Volunteers should consult the COVID-19: FAQs and Resources section for the most up-to-date information regarding Hosting and Sending programs in the 20-21 and 21-22 cycles.
Host Family Topics
- Looking into extracurricular activities, stus may not be family with rigorous sports practice (CL)
Have you looked into any extracurricular activities for the host stu?
- AFS Learning Objectives (A&U)
- Follow up on communication style (CL)
- HF to check in at school about finals and next semester (CA)
Are you aware of any hindrances or progression in host stu academic school work with accordance to his/her Final exams? Will this affect next semester?
- HF to check in with hostsibs (CA)
How have your Natchildren been adapting to having host student living in the house? And/or possibly at the same school?
- Look for evidence of cultural misunderstandings, review county-specific info for clues (CL)
Have there been any challenges that you can foresee as a cultural misunderstanding?
Participant Topics
- Looking into extracurricular activities, stus may not be family with rigorous sports practice (CL)
Have you looked into any extracurricular activities?
- AFS Learning Objectives (A&U)
- Follow up on communication style (CL)
- This is the half way mark and it is hard to deal with winter. Please contact us in person this month. (CA)
How are you handling the winter?
- Review with us some of our accomplishments and encourage us to participate in a spring sport.(G&E)
What do you feel that some of your accomplishments have been thus far?
- Ask us about how school is going and give us some suggestions on how to make more of an impact on our school. (CL)
How do you feel school is going? How are your classes, teachers, other students etc?
Key
A&U = AFS and You
PSW = Personal Safety and Well-being
CL = Culture Learning
CA = Cultural Adjustment
G&E = Goals and Expectations
RL = Required Logistics