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The National Humanities Center has designed its toolbox seminars to fit into tight budgets. Access to a toolbox is free. The Center provides organizational advice online at no cost. Seminar expenses typically include honoraria for consulting scholars, stipends for participating teachers, food costs, and in some cases mileage reimbursement.
A district should construct a seminar budget according to its own policies and resources. Below we offer sample budgets, from the top-of-the-line to the economy model, to illustrate how a district might configure a seminar to fit its available funds. Other variations are possible. Costs might be spread over two fiscal years, for example, with planning taking place in one, in March or April, and the seminar itself taking place in the next, in July or August. We recommend an honorarium of $200 per session for each consulting scholar, but a district should feel free to offer a different amount. In a cost-sharing arrangement the partner university might pay the consultants. Summer stipend levels will vary from district to district as will food costs. If participants must travel considerable distances, a district might provide mileage reimbursement. The point is that the toolbox seminar model is sufficiently flexible to accommodate a variety of budgetary situations.
SAMPLE BUDGETS
| MODEL |
HONORARIA FOR
CONSULTING SCHOLARS |
TEACHER STIPENDS |
FOOD |
TOTAL |
| Top of the Line |
$4,200
3 consultants: a literary scholar, an historian, an instructional specialist @ $200 each per session for 2 planning sessions and 5 seminar sessions |
$10,000
$500 per teacher x 20 teachers |
$1,725
snacks and lunch for 23 people @ $15/day x 5 days |
$15,925 |
| Mid-Range |
$2,800
2 consultants: a literary scholar and an historian @ $200 each per session for 2 planning sessions and 5 seminar sessions |
$5,000
$250 per teacher x 20 teachers |
$575
snacks for 23 people @ $5/day x 5 days; participants provide their own lunches |
$8,375 |
| Economy |
$1,400
either an historian or a literary scholar @ $200 per session for 2 planning sessions and 5 seminar sessions |
0
teachers receive recertification credit only, no stipends |
$575
as above |
$1,975 |
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