In response to ever evolving needs and requirements, the AFS-USA Board of Directors has voted to implement an improved system for Field Finance, called the Unified Banking System.
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In the event of moves, you can now easily access a list of fully screened families in your Team who are not currently hosting.
With the AFS Volunteer Summit: National Volunteer Assembly approaching in April, it’s as important as ever to conduct and record all your contacts and visits!
Area Team leadership will now be notified when a liaison’s training and/or registration expires in 10 days.
This year, in partnership with RMCQA and IT, Hosting Operations has made minor updates to the Host Family Online Application.
Liaisons can now make note in MyAFS if a contact or visit did not happen.
When searching for new AFS Host Families, Volunteers, or Sending students, many volunteers and staff members find that social media is an effective tool for promotion and recruitment. However, there are a few best practices and rules to keep in mind when posting about AFS on social media. Confidentiality Online Many Area Teams use Facebook […]
Please keep in mind that every student needs to have an Arrival Orientation completed and recorded in Global Link. If you have not already done so, please make sure all your students have been linked to an Arrival Orientation and that they have been marked as attending the activity. Any student not given a date […]
This time of year we get a lot of questions about student medical cards. This is a friendly reminder that this information is available on MyAFS and ID cards (which contain medical information) can be printed in bulk from Global Link. Once all of the students have arrived, new cards will be sent directly to […]
With the introduction of the Pre-Screened Host Family process in Global Link, please note that we have eliminated the “Support” Applied OA Type/Interested in OA Type and “Support” Placement Type. Any families that you would like to be designated as support/emergency families prior to a student being linked should be assigned as Pre-Screened families. This will […]