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Exchange students as resources - sharing

by Olena Breiman

Jul 17, 2010

I love working with Youth For Understanding exchange students ([link removed]

Exchange students and exchange returnees have much to contribute to their host and home schools -and they would like to contribute! The key to having most of the following ideas work is for a teacher or administrator to be the catalyst or facilitator. 1. Be a tutor or conversation partner for another student or an assistant in a foreign language class or a resource for students working on country projects. 2. Be a member of a panel of international students and exchange returnees talking about their cultures and experiences as part of an International Day at the school. 3. Help initiate a pen pal and/or video exchange with the home or school. 4. Organize an exhibit in the library focusing on "my country." 5. Publicly recognize exchange students that the school has hosted over the years through a flag display or on-going exhibit of one artifact from each country in the school entrance. 6. Be part of ...See MoreI love working with Youth For Understanding exchange students ([link removed]

Exchange students and exchange returnees have much to contribute to their host and home schools -and they would like to contribute! The key to having most of the following ideas work is for a teacher or administrator to be the catalyst or facilitator. 1. Be a tutor or conversation partner for another student or an assistant in a foreign language class or a resource for students working on country projects. 2. Be a member of a panel of international students and exchange returnees talking about their cultures and experiences as part of an International Day at the school. 3. Help initiate a pen pal and/or video exchange with the home or school. 4. Organize an exhibit in the library focusing on "my country." 5. Publicly recognize exchange students that the school has hosted over the years through a flag display or on-going exhibit of one artifact from each country in the school entrance. 6. Be part of a library brown bag lunch series on "Schooling Around the World." 7. Be part of a school, system, or region-wide day-long forum for American and exchange students on an international issue such as the environment or hunger. 8. Be part of a school mock United Nations team sponsored by the YMCA/YWCA or another organization. 9. Help organize an evening "Exchange Fair" to publicize exchange opportunities to students and their parents - and include international desserts! 10. Organize an international dinner and talent show, "Global Market," or celebration fiesta from another country for the community-perhaps working with foreign language classes and/or an International Club. 11. Participate in morning announcements by speaking in another language or ask questions on the "Country of the Weekâ€ - perhaps emphasizing geography and involving an appropriate prize. 12. Help make a video for the school in which people, representing cultures of all kinds, talk about prejudice and ways to overcome it. 13. Write one of a series of articles entitled "Bringing a Global Perspective to High Schoolâ€ in the school or local newspaper. 14. Help organize a "World Beat" dance with music from around the world. 15. Demonstrate games, sports from home/host country in physical education classes. 16. Help construct graphs in a math class showing comparative information about countries represented by exchange students, returnees and immigrants, using the "Population Data Sheet" published each year and available from Population Reference Bureau, [link removed].

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