Host a Course

The Call for Course Hosts is always open. Fill out our short survey HERE.

Host benefits:

  • Timely education delivered by experienced faculty and practicing archivists,
  • Cost savings—eliminate travel expenses and receive discounted registration for your employees,
  • Convenience—SAA handles many pre- and post-event tasks, PLUS
  • $25 discount off the nonmember registration rate to staff members of the hosting institution.

SAA will:

  • Schedule an SAA instructor and cover honorarium and travel-related expenses,
  • Process course registrations,
  • Create an online portal for each course, providing attendees with convenient access to pre-readings, print-your-own course workbooks,* exams, evaluations, and certificates, PLUS
  • Market via In the Loop, our monthly Education eNews, occasional online ads, and SAA's social media accounts.

Host provides:**

  • Meeting/classroom space,
  • A/V equipment as needed,***
  • Beverages (e.g., water, tea, and coffee) for breaks,
  • Marketing of the course to their contacts, mailing lists, and professional networks,
  • Name badges (optional),
  • Printed copies of presentation slides for attendees (optional), and
  • Paper/notepads for notetaking (optional).

Aspects of the hosting experience that previous hosts found most valuable:

  • "Cost effectiveness."
  • "SAA handling most of the logistics."
  • "Our own members can attend at a time and place that is convenient because many of them also attend our conference."
  • "As the Education chair, I appreciate that SAA handles the travel/lodging/registration logistics."
  • "Raising education level locally."

 


 

*SAA is no longer providing printed, bound workbooks for course attendees. Course attendees will have access to an online portal where they can download and/or print their own materials.

**Hosts receive one complimentary course registration if the following is provided at no additional cost to SAA.

*** Each course has different audiovisual requirements; see the specific course listing in the Course Catalog for more information. 

To express interest in hosting a course, or for answers to other questions regarding SAA's educational programs, contact us at education[at]archivists.org.

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