ITL is pleased to provide partial travel support for CSU faculty attending the Teacher- Scholar Summer Institute. ITL will transfer funds to the campuses to help defray the cost of lodging and, for faculty coming from distant areas, ITL will partially support airfare or other transportation costs in excess of $200. To be assured of travel support, participants should register by the April 13 deadline.

All participants will be responsible for making and guaranteeing their room reservations at one of the Union Square Hotels, for making their own travel arrangements, and for following campus procedures for securing permission to travel on state business and for filing travel claim forms after the institute. Participants will file all travel claims on their own campus, not with ITL, and should coordinate their travel claims with their campus faculty development center. Information on all campus faculty development centers is available at http://www.calstate.edu/itl/FacDevCoun.shtml.

How much of the lodging costs will ITL reimburse?

ITL will provide a lodging subsidy of $100 per night. To calculate the maximum number of nights that you will be eligible for the lodging subsidy, count the number of days you are in workshops and add one. For example, those enrolled in workshops over three days will be eligible for a maximum of four nights' lodging.

What about airfare and other transportation expenses?

ITL will provide some support for transportation costs (mileage, airfare, airport parking, train fare) when those costs exceed $200 and the traveler is using lowest fares and traveling from their home or campus base. ITL will not provide travel support for faculty whose travel expenses are $200 or less. If you know that your transportation costs will exceed $200, please send a supplemental travel request to ITL Administrative Assistant, Dawn Wheeler, at dwheeler@calstate.edu. In that request, provide details of your expected expenditures for transportation. ITL will not reimburse for meals en route, incidentals, registration fees, and other travel expenses. To be considered for this support, your supplemental travel request must be received by April 13, 2002

Will my campus cover expenses that ITL doesn't?

Many campuses have funds to reimburse other Teacher-Scholar Summer Institute travel expenses (registration fees, meals en route, incidentals, the first $200 in transportation costs, etc.). Please contact your campus representative to the CSU Faculty Development Council about support available on campus. Also, ask your department chair and dean about additional travel funds available for the 2001-2002 fiscal year.

Are lecturers entitled to this travel support?

Yes, faculty in lecturer (temporary) or part-time appointments may receive travel support from ITL provided they teach courses in the CSU on a regular basis (every quarter or semester) and are eligible for travel support from the campus. Graduate teaching assistants and lecturers who teach only occasionally are not eligible for travel support from ITL but may register for a TSSI workshop on a space-available basis.

Who can answer my questions about travel support?

Please contact ITL Administrative Assistant Dawn Wheeler if you have questions about any of these policies and procedures. She can be reached at (562) 951-4736 or by email (dwheeler@calstate.edu).

How do I register for TSSI 2002? Is there a deadline?

Please go to the registration page and follow instructions there to request workshop reservations and pay the registration fee. You will be able to indicate your preference and alternate workshop choices for both Session A and Session B. If you are unable to register online, please call (562-951-4736) or email ITL (dwheeler@calstate.edu) for assistance.

Registration includes payment of a fee (to help defray costs of workshop materials, lunches, dinners, and refreshments). Your workshop reservation request will not be processed until ITL has received payment of the fee. The fee is $65 for Sessions A and B combined; $45 for Session A alone (a two-day workshop); or $30 for Session B alone (a one-day workshop). You may pay your fee by credit card (via FAX or phone to ITL) or by check. Please follow instructions on the fee payment form that appears online immediately after you submit your workshop reservation request.

Faculty who have registered and paid fees will be assigned to workshops immediately after the registration deadline, Saturday, April 13, and will be sent written confirmation of their registration shortly thereafter. ITL will fill workshops giving priority to registrants attending both Sessions A and B and to those who have not attended a Teacher-Scholar Summer Institute in the past three years. Also ITL will distribute workshop spaces among registrants from as many campuses as possible. If there are workshop spaces available after the April 13 deadline, they will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.

If ITL is unable to accommodate your workshop reservation requests, your registration fee will be refunded in full. For those confirmed in workshops but unable to attend TSSI, the registration fee will be refunded only if a refund request is made in writing and postmarked by June 1, 2002.

If you have questions please contact:
Dawn Wheeler, Administrative Assistant at the CSU Institute for Teaching and Learning.

E-mail: dwheeler@calstate.edu