Teachers Institute opportunities are virtually free for the participants. The grant to attend a TI covers transportation, hotel, a modest per-diem to cover meals, instructional resources for the electronics, microcontroller, and robotics segments of the course, and a resource library of relevant ARRL publications.   

To qualify, applicants must be an active teacher at an elementary, middle, high school or at a community college or university, or in a leadership or enrichment instruction role in an after-school program.  An Amateur Radio license is NOT required.  

The application to attend a Teachers Institute is very simple. Download and complete the application, indicating the dates you would like to attend, in order of preference. Send a cover letter on school letterhead, signed by you and a school administrator, along with the application, stating that you would like to attend. Please be sure to review the reimbursement guidelines provided in the application. A refundable $100 deposit is required. This deposit will be refunded upon your completion of the Institute.  

Be sure to include contact information that is good during school and summer (phone number, address, e-mail).  Make sure the e-mail address(es) you provide (at school and/or at home) will accept e-mails from addresses @arrl.org.  

Mail the letter and application including the pre-workshop survey to: 

ARRL Teachers Institute

225 Main Street

Newington, CT 06111-1494.  

Applications are reviewed, and as accepted, applicants are assigned to session preferences on a first-come, first-served basis.  Travel distance considerations may influence some session assignments.  With a class limit of 12 for each session of the Teachers Institute, don’t delay.