Benefits for Study Group Leaders (SGLs)
Study Group Leaders at BOLLI play a special leadership role in the BOLLI community, and often forge a strong and rewarding connection with each other.
The majority of SGLs affiliate with the BOLLI community — we explain the advantages of affiliation below. All SGLs, regardless of affiliation, enjoy regular invitations to BOLLI teaching workshops and collegial conversations. These gatherings offer the SGL opportunities to consult with one another about the distinctive challenges of the classroom, and to connect with another around the joys of leading study groups. Many friendships and mutually supportive relationships form as a result.
Benefits of SGL Membership Affiliation at BOLLI
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Some SGLs like to take study groups either concurrent with their own teaching or in the next term. They should affiliate as Comprehensive members during the term in which they intend to enroll. See the note below on deferring these special SGL benefits into the future. Note that special SGL annual pricing is also available in the fall. Contact the office for details.
If you are leading a 10-week course
- By yourself, you are entitled to two (2) course lottery exemptions and a 50% membership fee reduction;
- With one or more co-leaders, you are each entitled to two (2) course lottery exemptions and a 25% membership fee reduction.
If you are leading a five-week course
- By yourself or with one or more co-leaders, you are each entitled to one (1) course lottery exemption and a 25% membership fee reduction;
If you would prefer not to utilize your special SGL lottery exemption benefit during the term in which you are teaching, you may apply your membership fee reduction and lottery exemptions to the very next term in which study groups are offered. Note that this means you may not "bank" your membership fee reduction and lottery exemptions more than one term into the future. This benefit may only be used during the term in which you are teaching or in the term that immediately succeeds it.
We encourage you to affiliate:
- Consider an SGL Special Interest Group Membership, which is free for SGLs in the term in which they are teaching. Over a dozen special interest groups to choose from, including the New Yorker Fiction Salon, Conversations on Race, and BOLLI's Book Group. For more information, consult the Special Interest Group page of our website.
- Another option is a Lecture & Activities Member, specially discounted for SGLs by 75%. For $70, an SGL can enjoy a host of outstanding programs over a six-month period, including faculty lecture courses, Special Interest Group meetings, and reduced cost for Spingold Theater tickets and other campus events. Note that the SGL Lecture & Activities membership allows access to BOLLI programs for the fall/winter term or spring/summer terms.
- SGL Special Interest Group Membership — Free
- SGL Seasonal (Fall/Winter or Spring/Summer) Lecture & Activities Membership — $70
- SGL Annual Lecture & Activities Membership — $335
- SGL Seasonal (Fall/Winter or Spring/Summer) Comprehensive Membership* (teaching a 10-week course solo) — $200
- SGL Seasonal (Fall/Winter or Spring/Summer) Comprehensive Membership* (co-teaching a 10-week course) — $305
- SGL Seasonal (Fall/Winter or Spring/Summer) Comprehensive Membership** (teaching or co-teaching a 5-week course) — $305
- SGL Annual Comprehensive Membership (teaching a 10-week course solo) — $590
- SGL Annual Comprehensive Membership (all other SGLs) — $695
*With this specially discounted membership, you also receive two course lottery exemptions.
**With this specially discounted membership, you also receive one course lottery exemption.