Host Family to Exchange Student

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Education Travel & Culture (ETC) offers inbound program opportunities for high school students worldwide to study in an American high school and live with an American family. ETC's outbound program offers students the chance to study and live in a foreign country.

Hosting a foreign exchange student is a great way to start! ETC works with the U.S. Department of State to find homes for high school foreign exchange students coming to the USA on a J-1 visa.

• Ensure a safe and nurturing home environment for the student
• Provide a room and bed for the student (can be shared with similar aged host sibling)
• Three meals per day
• Transportation to and from school and for extracurricular activities
• Give love and support to the student
• Explore cultural differences and similarities
• Families with or without children are accepted

• Bring their own spending money and health insurance
• Have good English skills
• Highly screened for the program
• Excited to meet their American family
• Learn a new culture: tasting new foods, listening to new music, speaking a new language
• Share your culture with an exchange student
• Add another member to your family
• Help an exchange student gain an American education and experience a lifetime

Hosts receive an average of $17-$19 per hour, no experience necessary. Apply BELOW