Are you community engaged? Enjoy meeting new people? Looking to work from home? These are just some of the qualities that ISE’s best Area Representatives possess. As an ISE Representative you will have the rewarding job of finding volunteer families in your community who are interested in hosting a high school age foreign exchange student. You will also provide support and guidance to host families and exchange students throughout the homestay, and help these young people from all over the world adjust to their new life in America.
How the Program Works
We provide a twelve-month, ten-month, first-semester, or second-semester high school exchange program for foreign students.
After students have been carefully screened for English language proficiency, grades, and overall suitability for the program, we provide placement in public, or upon written request, private high schools.
While on our program, exchange students live with a volunteer host family and attend their local high school. Each student is assigned a personal ISE representative to provide supervision and assistance during their stay.
*Depending on individual school schedules, actual program duration may vary.
Area Representative Duties
Network in their communities to find host families
Play matchmaker, putting exchange students into host homes where there are shared interests
Help hosts share American traditions and perspectives
Serve as mentor, problem-solver, and friend
Work with local high schools in support of exchange student enrollment