Volunteer Teachers

ISE relies on teachers to find safe and loving homes for our international students. With a little enthusiasm, you can provide your students with the promise of a meaningful cross cultural experience and a new friend.

We are looking for teachers to serve as Local Coordinators. Our Local Coordinators are volunteers however a stipend for their work will be awarded.  The amount of stipend depends on the program one decides to coordinate. If you are interested in opening your community to the world, please contact us to learn about what opportunities are available.
 

Program Types

Family Stay Only Program (FS)

A group of students come for a five-week family stay-onlyprogram. A Local Coordinator places the student in volunteer host families, monitors their stay and plans one social event. Students from France, Germany and Spain pariticpate in this type of program, but not in every location listed below. Students are welcome to host students from any of the three countries even if they don't speak the language of that country.

ISE seeks teachers to serve as local coordinators and run these programs. Coordinators and host families should live within driving distance of the following cities:

• Anchorage
• Chicago
• Cleveland
• Detroit
• Denver
• Milwaukee
• Minneapolis
• St. Louis
• Seattle

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Currently the following programs only involve visiting students from Spain. However, U.S. students and their families are welcome to host a Spaniard even if they don't speak Spanish.   

Special Program

A group of 12-15 students come for one month for a family stay combined with English lessons and weekly activities. A Local Coordinator places students in volunteer host families, designs a conversational English class and provides one all-day excursion and one half-day activity per week.

Family Stay & English Classes Program (FSE)

A group of 8-10 students come for five weeks for a family stay combined with English lessons. A Local Coordinator places students in volunteer host families and designs and teaches a practical conversational English course.

Family Stay & Activities Program (FSA)

A group of 6-8 students come for five weeks for a family stay combined with planned activities consisting of four all-day excursions and four local activities. A Local Coordinator places the students in volunteer host families and coordinates and supervises the prescribed activities.     

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To learn more:

Contact Kristi about hosting students from Spain:  kristi@isemn.org
Contact Holly  about hosting students from France:  holly@isemn.org
Contact Jana about hosting students from Germany:  jana@isemn.org

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Testimonials from Teachers / Local Coordinators

"The most important thing for me was to be able to speak to an ISE representative if something unexpected came up.  ISE was always there to take my calls and answer my questions.  This is SO important."

-- Local Coordinator in Detroit, MI

"For our families involved, and the friends of these families, some lifelong connections have been made.  I know that through this program, families have visited each other in Spain and here.  I truly value this type of connection and am glad to be a part of it!"

-- Local Coordinator in Appleton, WI

"Our families all seemed to have a great time and praised the program.  There aren’t many opportunities like this to host and they all enjoyed it.  Seeing the families/kids having a tough time saying goodbye was proof for me that it was a successful, meaningful program."

-- Local Coordinator in Appleton, WI