The Sixth International
Conference on Supplemental Instruction (SI)
Website: http://www.umkc.edu/cad/si/ic2010/
Theme: “Breaking it Down, Jazzing it Up”
Wednesday, June 2nd – Friday, June 4th, 2010
Loews Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Keynotes
Dr. Alastair J. S. Summerlee, President & Vice-Chancellor, University of Guelph – Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Dr. Saundra Yancy McGuire, Assistant Vice-Chancellor for Learning & Teaching, Louisiana State University – Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Hotel Information
Loews Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Hotel Website: http://www.loewshotels.com/en/Hotels/New-Orleans-Hotel/Overview.aspx
Room Rate:
$149 USD ($169.37 with taxes) – Single or Double Room
Valid Friday, May 28th – Monday, June 7th, 2010
Check-in Time 4:00 p.m.; Check-out Time 12:00 p.m.
Reservations:
U.S. Residents: 1-866-211-6411
Outside U.S.: 8-011-1-866-211-6411
Reference: “Supplemental Instruction (SI) Conference”
(Online Reservation Option – Coming Soon!)
Other Travel Arrangements
Shuttle: “Airport Shuttle” http://www.airportshuttleneworleans.com/ 1-504-522-3500
$38 USD Round-trip or $20 USD One-way (plus gratuity)
Taxi: Approximately $30 USD (plus gratuity) each-way
Parking: $20 (plus tax) USD nightly
Timeline of Events/Deadlines:
October 15: Conference Website Launch
October 15: Call for Proposals
October 15: Registration Process Opens
February 1: *Deadline for Proposals & Award Nominations
March 1: *Notification of Acceptance of Proposals
April 1: Early Registration Discount Deadline
April 1: Conference Registration Deadline for Presenters
April 25: Last Day to Make Hotel Reservation at Conference Rate (set by hotel)
* If your institution requires you to know your proposal acceptance status prior to these dates, we will happily work with you to expedite this process.
Registration Information:
Regular Conference Rate: $575 USD
Early Registration Rate (by 3/31): $525 USD
Regular Student Rate: $300 USD
Early Student Rate (by 3/31): $250 USD
Conference Theme Description:
"Breaking It Down, Jazzing It Up"
Jazz, as a music form, has always been a little unorthodox and impolite. It’s like a painting that you can’t quite make out if you stand too close to it, but back up a few steps, and it all comes together in its themes, colors, and motifs. The theme of the 2010 workshop is borrowing from its host city’s reputation as a place where jazz music is beloved. Jazz music was, ultimately, the product of the New Orleans' melting pot. At the turn of the century, the streets of New Orleans ‘were awash in blues music, ragtime and the native brass-band fanfares’ where performers shared a passion for syncopation and for improvisation. For us, jazz as a metaphor fits because, like SI, it’s innovators had to have a vision. When we put all of our voices together, it may sound like a cacophony to some but back up a little and it all comes together. Supplemental Instruction, like Jazz is messy to the untrained senses but it’s all about getting everyone to play at once, to put their voice in the room, to contribute and participate. SI participants, SI leaders, faculty, and support staff . . . each of us doing our best to break it down for each other . . . because breaking it down is our way of jazzing it up.
