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 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  $100 deposit is required.

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.