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Is Your Area Team Website Up to Date?

  • January 21, 2020
  • AFS-USA

“Team Profiles” are the way for area teams to share content with their local audiences. Visitors can see who their local contacts are, what events are going on, and other relevant information.

Marketing

Clarification on Host Family Interview Form

  • January 16, 2020
  • Lauren Kramer

The Host Family Interview Form has been clarified to reflect policy regarding follow-up for host family members not present at the interview.

Compliance Hosting

Introducing a New Tool: My Emotional Passport

  • January 15, 2020
  • Kendra McKechnie

A new tool is available for volunteers to guide hosted participants in identifying and practicing positive self-care strategies during their exchange.

ICL Participant Support

The New Visual Storyteller Scholarship is Now Available!

  • January 9, 2020
  • AFS-USA

We’re ringing in the New Year with a new study abroad scholarship! The Visual Storyteller Scholarship is perfect for students who are interested in documenting unfamiliar cultures and experiences abroad with creativity, honesty, and empathy.

Scholarships Sending Study Abroad

You’re Invited to the First Connect with Schools Webinar!

  • January 8, 2020
  • AFS-USA

You are invited to join us for a webinar to hear about building school relationships. These webinars will introduce you to what we mean by school relationships, why they are critical and how to begin fostering those connections now.

School Outreach Webinars

Reduction of Monthly Contact Notification Emails

  • Kendra McKechnie

Monthly Contacts requiring staff and volunteer follow-up will now produce fewer notifications emails.

Compliance Contacts Participant Support

Drumbeat: Share our Hosting Post on Facebook!

  • AFS-USA

On the AFS-USA Facebook page, we created a post encouraging families to host one of our semester students. To spread the word, share our post on your own Facebook page by clicking the “Share” button in the right-hand corner.

Drumbeat Host Family Recruitment Hosting Take Action

The SH20 Placement Deadline is Fast Approaching! Please Reach out to Current Host Families

  • January 7, 2020
  • AFS-USA

We are approaching the placement deadline for our SH20 students (Thursday, Jan 9) to arrive on January 16, 2020. As of the morning of Jan 7, 17 students remain to be placed (six of them already have pending placements).

Featured Host Family Recruitment Hosting

Download the New 1-8 Week Study Abroad Program Flyer!

  • January 3, 2020
  • AFS-USA

The Marketing Department has created an easy reference sheet for 1-8 week study abroad programs, including Global Prep and summer programs.

Marketing Materials Study Abroad

Congratulations to our IEW Winners!

  • December 19, 2019
  • AFS-USA

This year, over 300 students submitted presentations that they gave over 2,000 times, reaching almost 50,000 people in their schools and communities.

International Education Week

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Take Action

  • Following Up on Saturday’s Call: 3 Ways You Can Help Now
  • Saturday: AFS-USA Crisis Briefing with Tara Hofmann
  • Urgent: Every One of Us Must Act Now to Place Students & Protect YES

Featured Articles

  • Reflections from the First 2025 AFS-USA Community Summits: Where Belonging Meets Impact
  • Highlights of the AFS-USA Staff Gathering in Nashville
  • Updates to the Meet the Students Search Tool

From the President

  • A Message from the President: State of AFS-USA
  • A Special Week for the AFS-USA Staff Community
  • AFS-USA President Tara Hofmann Shares Her Insights in Foreign Affairs Magazine

Board of Directors

  • AFS-USA Board seeks individuals with strong professional and volunteer experience - apply by February 14!
  • Apply by February 2nd if your professional and volunteer experience matches the needs of the AFS-USA Board of Directors!
  • AFS-USA Fireside Chats: President & CEO Tara Hofmann Interviews Volunteer and Alumna Joan Siegel

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