1 / 16

Welcome

Welcome. Youth Exchange Your Club Can Do It!!!. Advantages to the Club. The club gets to experience another culture through the student. Gets the club name out in the community. Potential new members Improves the club’s relationship with the school.

fritzi
Download Presentation

Welcome

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Welcome Youth Exchange Your Club Can Do It!!!

  2. Advantages to the Club • The club gets to experience another culture through the student. • Gets the club name out in the community. • Potential new members • Improves the club’s relationship with the school. • Gives club members exposure to Rotary beyond the club. • Build good will and better friendships. • Promote peace one student at a time.

  3. Advantages to the Students • Get to experience living in another culture • Learn another language • Experience an American School System. • Make friends from around the world. • Build goodwill and better friendships. • Growth physically, mentally and emotionally.

  4. Types of Exchanges • Yearlong Inbound • Yearlong Outbound • Short Term / Summer Exchange

  5. Yearlong Inbound • District 7120 Club hosts a student from another District with which District 7120 has an exchange agreement with.

  6. Yearlong Inbound • District 7120 Club is responsible for: • Finding host parents • Registering the student in school • Monthly allowance of between $50 - $100 • Providing a Club Level Youth Exchange Officer

  7. Yearlong Inbound • District 7120 Club Responsibilities: • Provide a Club Level Youth Exchange Counselor of the same sex as the student. • Pay for the student to attend and provide transportation to the District Conference.

  8. Yearlong Inbound • Provide support for the student throughout the exchange year. • Welcome them into your meeting and events. • YEO and Counselor must be trained. • Background checks.

  9. Yearlong Inbound • Costs to the club: • Monthly allowance - $500 - $ 1,000 • District Conference - $350 • Meals when they visit your club - ? • Miscellaneous items which the club may choose to pay for ? • Plan in your budget for a line item of $1,500 to $2,500 depending on how much the club chooses to do for the student.

  10. Yearlong Outbound • District 7120 Club Responsibilities: • Assist with the paperwork for the application process. • Interview the candidate to make sure that at the club level they feel that the student will make a good youth ambassador. • Fund the District Conference for the Student and provide transportation. • Provide a YEO and Club Counselor that are trained.

  11. Yearlong Outbound • Costs to the club: • District Conference registration fee $350 • Some club will help students that have a hard time affording the cost of the exchange. That is completely a club decision and not required.

  12. Yearlong Outbound • Applications are due October 15th. • Students must pass an interview at the club level prior to Interview Weekend. • Students must pass District Level interview process at Interview Weekend. • Students must attend all mandatory events.

  13. Yearlong Outbound • Cost to the Students: • 2013-2014 fee is $5,500 • Fee Includes: • Visa • Airfare • Insurance • Language Camps • Travel Agent Fees • Interview Weekend costs • Mandatory weekend costs

  14. Short Term / Summer Exchange • Often called STEP • District 7120 Club Responsibilities: • Assist with the application process. • Interview the student to make sure that the student will be a student ambassador. • Host family paperwork and inspections because the students family is required to be a host family in the short term program.

  15. Short Term Exchange • Costs to the club: None • Costs to the students: • Insurance - $189 • Airfare • Visa cost if any • Spending money

  16. Questions ? ? ?

More Related