Payment Policies

• Fees are established by the State Board of Education (see below) and are subject to periodic change.

• Your space is reserved when you send full payment and the registration form. Checks should be made to Idaho State University. Please send a separate check for each workshop and for each student. Also, please write your social security number on the check. Thanks!

• At least two weeks before the workshop meets, we’ll send registration forms and information about the specifics of your course.

• If the workshop is canceled for any reason, all fees will be refunded to you.

• You are responsible for payment of all fees - we are unable to bill a third party (school district or scholarship provider).

• PLEASE notify us if payment is to come from a third party.

Credit

• ISU offers one graduate credit at the 597 level for each two-day workshop through the College of Arts and Sciences or the College of Education. (To be eligible for a graduate credit at ISU, you must hold a baccalaureate degree.) The fee is $172 per credit. Undergraduate credit is also available at $140 per credit.

• Senior citizen? If you are over 60, you are eligible for ISU’s special rate of a $20 registration fee and $5 thereafter for each one-credit workshop. Please send a copy of your driver's license with your registration.

• Upon full payment of your fees, we will send ISU’s part-time registration form to you that must be submitted to the Sawtooth Science Institute before the workshop convenes. Fees must be paid and you must be fully registered prior to the workshop convening; you will not be able to register on site.

• Class credit requirements include a short assignment (more information will be provided with class materials) which is due two weeks following the workshop and a completed evaluation form

• Workshops that take place after July 20 will be considered Fall courses, with grades available in September. However, we are happy to provide documentation of your completion of the course for SDE or your district – just ask!

Cancellations

• Cancellations received one month prior to the course convening are fully refundable.

• Cancellations received two weeks prior to the workshop will be subject to a cancellation fee.

• No fees will be refunded for cancellations less than two weeks prior to the workshop convening.

• If the workshop is cancelled for any reason, all fees will be refunded.

Stipends

We strongly encourage teachers to seek support from their district’s Eisenhower funds allocated for "professional development". Each district allocates its funds differently. If you need help, please ask. We can provide you with a sample letter that may help.

In addition, scholarships are available from:

• The Idaho Environmental Education Association -- contact: Dr. Richard McCloskey, BSU Biology Department, 1910 University Drive, Boise, Idaho 83725, 208- 426-3490, e-mail: rmcclosk@boisestatemail.idbsu.edu.

• The Idaho Science Teacher’s Association -- contact: Saundra Caulkins, Richfield Elementary, Box E (Tiger Drive & Kootenai) Richfield 83349, 208-487-2790.

Each organization will encourage you to be a member and it’s worth it!

Outdoor Study

Please come prepared for all kinds of weather - this is Idaho after all! And mountain weather is predictably unpredictable. Appropriate rain gear, warm clothes and hiking shoes are very important. Please call with questions - we are happy to help.

Your safety is very important to us and we use all discretion in our field work. As portions of nearly all of our programs are conducted in the field, participants should be able to walk short distances and be ready to spend much of the day outside.

If possible, we’ll have vans but in some cases, it may be necessary to carpool to our study sites.