You’re the experts — let your voice be heard! The U.S. Department of State, which designates organizations such as AFS to administer exchange visitor programs, will be engaging in a review of the regulations governing some of our programs this summer. Specifically with regard to the J-1 Secondary School Program (under which most AFS-USA students […]
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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 […]
Exciting news! AFS Volunteers can now perform searches in Global Link by County for Persons, Service Cases, and Host Family Applications. Thanks to this new filter, you can search for the county listed in a person’s home address. Here’s what you need to know: In every ‘Person’ record you will see a new ‘County’ field […]
As of this week, AFS volunteers with an active ‘Hosting Volunteer’ affiliation now have access to the “Advanced Search” button in Global Link’s Hosting Lead Management section. The Advanced Search feature allows you to more easily search hosting leads in your team by city, ZIP code or high school! To access it, go into Hosting […]
We are excited to share a new opportunity for AFS volunteer teams. As part of AFS-USA’s Strategic Plan 2017 priority to strengthen our connection and alignment with educators, last year AFS-USA established a cooperation agreement with iEARN. iEARN has been a pioneer in bringing technology to education as it connects classrooms and educators around the world. They […]
During 2016 AFS-USA trained over 150 AFSers who successfully completed the basic introductory course on intercultural learning (Level W). This included one hundred thirteen staff, interns and volunteers, as well as returnees, host families, potential host families and teachers/educators. In addition, 17 staff completed the next level course (Level 1) in intercultural learning. Across the […]
A small group of users is now testing this new tool designed for AFS-USA Volunteers. Need to view a student roster? Wondering who needs an interview? Looking to log a contact? Soon you will be able to do all of this without having to go to Global Link. MyAFS–a newly-designed, mobile-friendly volunteer tool is now […]