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Become an exchange coordinator
ORGANIZATION: EF High School Exchange Year
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
Encourage local families to host foreign exchange students. Make an impact in your community.
Your role as a student exchange coordinator
As an International Exchange Coordinator (IEC), you play a key role in the world of cultural exchange. You bring cultures together in your community by connecting foreign exchange students, high schools and host families. The role is part-time, flexible and volunteer-spirited.
- Find caring host families in your community
- Match host families with EF exchange students
- Support your host families and students throughout the year
More opportunities with EF High School Exchange Year
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About EF High School Exchange Year
Location:
2661 North County Rd 80 NE, Greensburg, IN 47240, US
Mission Statement
We believe in learning from each other Our mission is to open the world through education. We strive to create the opportunity for a life changing cultural exchange for students, host families and schools regardless of gender identity, race, sexual orientation or religion. Our goal is to build cross cultural understanding, global families, and an inclusive experience for all program participants.
Description
We bring more exchange students to the US each year than any other high school exchange program. Since 1979, our organization has connected more than 100,000 international students with caring host families across America. We proudly work alongside the US Department of State in promoting public diplomacy through our program.
EF Education First is the world leader in experiential learning. Each year, over a million people travel the world, learn a language, participate on a cultural exchange, or earn a degree with an EF program.
We believe that cultural exchange makes the world a better place. We foster global citizenship through cross-cultural understanding, tolerance, open-mindedness, and the creation of global families.
CAUSE AREAS
Arts & Culture,
Children & Youth,
International
WHEN
We'll work with your schedule.
WHERE
Multiple locations Clarksburg, WV 26301
(39.2754 ,-80.3386 )
DATE POSTED
May 7, 2024
SKILLS
- Youth Services
- Networking
- People Skills
- Problem Solving
GOOD FOR
- Kids
- Teens
- People 55+
- Public Groups
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Background Check
- Must be at least 25
- Orientation or Training
- We ask our IECs to commit to placing exchange students throughout the year. Some of our IECs place one EF exchange student in their free time, while others place upwards of 20 EF exchange students. It all depends on your availability & personal goal
- IECs are encouraged to recruit EF host families throughout the year. In the late summer and early fall, the main focus shifts to supervisory responsibilities, like conducting orientations and getting to know exchange students and host families.