Area Team leadership will now be notified when a liaison’s training and/or registration expires in 10 days.
Tag: Contacts
We’re excited to announce the launch of the new Sending widget in MyAFS! The Sending widget makes it easy for volunteers to “say hello” to new sending applicants in their teams.
Liaisons can now make note in MyAFS if a contact or visit did not happen.
More than 130 volunteers attended one of the MyAFS webinars offered during the month of August. Based on that success, we’re offering two additional MyAFS webinars in September. These webinars are particularly useful for Liaisons interested in learning how to enter contacts easily and efficiently. Click on a link below to register for a time […]
Now that the first wave of hosted students has arrived, it’s a good time for a reminder about our contact requirements for students and host families. Maintaining regular contact throughout the year with our participants and their host families, whether in person, by phone, or at group meetings, is key to building trusting relationships, assisting them […]
As of today, your assigned NH16/SH17 participants will no longer appear under the “My Assigned” tab in MyAFS. To enter an NH16/SH17 contact, you will need to either access your participant in the “All Participants” tab* or through Global Link. We encourage you to enter any missing contacts as soon as possible! As a reminder, […]
Departure Day is just around the corner for the remainder of our students! Before you say your goodbyes, please take a few minutes to make sure that you’ve completed all the items on this June to-do list: 1. Talk or meet with your student. End-of-stay orientations and farewell events are perfect opportunities to do so. 2. […]
With the MyAFS Contacts & Visits widget now available to all volunteers, the Monthly Contact Mobile site will be shut down in mid-July (final date to be announced). If you haven’t started using the C&V widget yet, now is the time! We encourage you to use it to record any remaining contacts for the year. […]
Congratulations! Now that it’s June, we are officially in the final month of the NH16 hosting cycle and our students will return home soon. While we understand this can be a very emotional and busy time of year, remember that every student and their host family must have a contact recorded in the month of […]
Did you know that in order to conduct and enter a monthly contact you are only required to have your HSA trainings and DoS certifications? That means if you have contact with a student or host family, even if you are not their assigned liaison, your contact can count for that month’s requirement. This can […]