Event Registration

Step 1: Complete Registration Form

Please read carefully (and in its ENTIRETY) before completing the registration form.

All form fields are required for EACH participant.
Each participant, including group members, will receive an email confirmation.
Forms (with payment) may be submitted via fax or mail.

Group Registration:

Deadline: All group participant names and contact info must be provided at least 1 month before the event.
School districts should include the name, email address, and telephone number of a primary contact, when making a group reservation.
Group spaces are reserved under the primary contact's name.

Full-time Student Registration:

Full-time graduate students are eligible for discounted rates. Please submit proof of full-time enrollment with your registration form. Submit either:

A copy of an official transcript for the current semester from your college or university, or
A letter from your academic advisor on official university letterhead, indicating your full-time student status.

Note: Please also register as an individual (not a group member).

Registration Forms:

Please print and fax or mail your completed registration form:

Please contact us with any questions

Full-time Educator (FTE) Scholarship:

The IAD staff are passionate about making differentiated instruction philosophy and pedagogy both meaningful and accessible to educators and educational leaders. We also realize that current economic contexts have made former district professional development funds unavailable, placing the burden of conference fees on teachers. Since most of our staff are former public educators, we understand that money is often unavailable when we most want to grow as professionals!

With this in mind, we offer 5 partial scholarships per event towards our registration fees:

$415 - SIAD 2010
$165 - Fall Symposium 2010
$200 - Best Practices Institute 2011

FTE Scholarship Deadlines:

May 24, 2010 - SIAD 2010
October 2010 - Fall Symposium 2010
February 2011 - BPI 2011

You may reapply for each event. Scholarship recipients are typically notified 1 week after the deadline. Also, recipients must submit registration and payment on time or they forfeit the scholarship.

Application Requirements:

FTE Scholarship Application form
A 500 or less word essay, describing why you feel you qualify for the scholarship; and, if granted, what you will do to ensure the information you gain through the event/ institute is applied to your classroom and school.
Signed Differentiated Lesson Plan Agreement indicating that, if you receive the scholarship, you will a) provide 1 differentiated lesson plan no later than 1 month following the institute/event, and b) grant IAD permission to post it to its website, with comments for instructional purposes. The lesson plan must include:

Learning goals stated in KUD format;
Differentiated content, process, or product;
Planning according to student readiness, interest, or learner profile.

The Differentiated Lesson Plan Agreement is attached to the application form. You may submit or email your lesson plan as a Word document.

Note: Please register as an individual (not a group) if applying for the FTE scholarship.

Step 2: Submit Payment

Please submit full payment with your registration forms. Registration is not complete until payment is received and processed! (Also, spaces are not reserved without it.) Please read carefully (and in its ENTIRETY) before submitting payment. Registration rates:

2010 Summer Institute on Academic Diversity:

$825 - individual*
$805/person - groups of 5 or more*

*per week

2010 Fall Symposium:

$329 - individual
$309/person - groups of 5 or more
$99 - full-time students

2010 Best Practices Institute:

$399 - individual
$379/person - groups of 5 or more

We accept checks or purchase orders (PO) via fax and mail.
Faxing a copy of the check or PO with the registration form is highly recommended to reserve spaces.
Checks and POs must be written for the full registration amount.
Checks must be mailed to IAD, even if a copy is faxed to expedite processing.
Make checks payable to: University of Virginia, Curry School of Education
You must provide the actual PO, not just the number.
Registration fees includes conference materials and catered lunch and snacks each day. (SIAD also includes a reception in the University of Virginia Rotunda.)
Groups of 5 or more qualify for a group rate.
With proof of full-time enrollment, students qualify for a discount.
Full-time educators may apply for a partial scholarship.

Submit Forms, Payment & Applications to:

ATTN: Institutes on Academic Diversity
Curry School of Education
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400277
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4277

ATTN: Institutes on Academic Diversity
Fax: (434) 924-1384
Phone: (434) 924-6137

Cancellation/Refund Policy:

Please note: if a participant cancels, part of their registration fee is non-refundable.

BPI cancellation: $300 is non-refundable
SIAD cancellation: $$525 is non-refundable
FS cancellation: $230 is non-refundable

Note: The registration fee at the student rate is non-refundable for all cancellations.

The University of Virginia also reserves the right to cancel the event and return all fees to participants, if minimum enrollment requirements are not met.