Question and Answer Section
- When is the registration deadline?
Registration began February 25th and will continue until May or until all openings are filled. (175 Participant Maximum)
- If I am interested in becoming a scholar, when do I find out if I have been accepted?
Notification letters will be sent by March 15, 2008.
- If I am applying to become on of the 28 scholars, do I still registrar to reserve my spot at CASTL?
Yes. Scholars need to formally register for the institute. You may register as a participant/scholar anytime after February 25.
- Team rates are $1000.00 for two people. Does this include the Pre-Institute Workshop, Leadership Forum, and the Institute?
The team rate includes full participation at the Pre-Institute, the Forum and the Institute. Additional members will share the complete range of training and learning opportunities for only $350 per person.
- Are scholarships available for students planning on attending the institute?
Full-time students are invited to attend and begin their development as SoTL scholars. Although “formal” scholarships are not available form the institute, “informal” subsides in the amount of $150 are applied to all full-time students. Students are further encouraged to seek scholarships or other focuses of aid from their home institutions.
- If I am new to SoTL, do I have to take the Pre-Institute Workshop prior to attending the Institute? Will I be behind if I don’t?
It is recommended but not required. The workshop lead by national experts, will proved foundational materials to ground you in the vocabulary, processes, and models or SoTL research.
- What does it mean to be accepted as a scholar?
Scholars are participants who submitted a SoTL in progress project for competitive review and who were accepted as one of our top 28 proposals. Scholars will be assigned a mentor and join a cohort of 3 other scholars; each scholar will be a featured presenter and will receive feed back from his/her cohort, mentor, and institute participants.
- Can we select only one track for SoTL and stick with that track, or can we mix and match the individual workshops?
Workshop tracks offer participants a range of options; you may select one series or a workshop track, if that meets your interests or needs. You may also select workshops, across tracks to better address your interests and/or levels of expertise. You are encouraged to maximize your learning across the workshops.
- Is there transportation from the airport to the hotel?
All 3 hotels provide a shuttle service from the airport to the hotel. Please contact your hotel to make arrangements. Cab service is also available if you prefer.
- Is there transportation from the hotel to Gallup Riverfront Campus? Is there parking at Gallup Riverfront Campus if I drive?
Transportation between the hotels and Gallup Riverfront Campus, our conference host site, will be provided at pre-arranged schedules. Also, parking is available at Gallup in the visitor’s parking lot.