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Student Exchange Alliance,

PAID VOLUNTEER AREA REPRESENTATIVE

Another industry first in STUDENT EXCHANGE by SEA

 

Be a VOLUNTEER or PAID VOLUNTEER, support your favorite school Club or Sport.

EA-usa Volunteers become Paid Volunteers by donating their earned stipend to their favorite high school club or community organization.  Volunteers receive the stipend for themselves. All Representatives can earn trips to exotic places.

HAVE YOU WORKED AS A VOLUNTEER in STUDENT EXCHANGE?

NOW: Volunteer or Paid Volunteer, It is your decision.

Representatives Make a Difference in the Lives of ManyWe would like to talk to you about the OPPORTUNITIES at Student Exchange Alliance member programs. There is no obligation and we have a terrific story to tell on this NEW industry opportunity for volunteers in exchange.

VOLUNTEER REPRESENTATIVE

What Makes a Volunteer? The service a volunteer does on behalf of a STUDENT EXCHANGE program is silently donating their stipend that most receive to support a national office, regional operating center or lavish National Offices that are most times high paid and over staffed. The important work on behalf of student exchange is performed in the local areas of the country, all across the nation.

Many Volunteer based older programs have operated as a volunteer based operation. It had been a wonderful old time way to spread the good of exchange. In the 1980’s, at the time of exchange program explosion, a new way of exchange came into student exchange. A stipend payment for performing required activities in support of student exchange. Today, more students are supported by the stipend payment method of exchange.    
This is the normal volunteer representative of yesteryear. TODAY you have options!

PAID VOLUNTEER REPRESENTATIVE

The stipend for services normally provided by the representative would go to the representatives’ favorite school club, school booster club, community activity, community club, church or any local community organization of their choice. This can be a PAID VOLUNTEER REPRESENTATIVES personal COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT. Now isn’t that being a TRUE Volunteer Representative; you can really contribute back to your local community for all you do, NOT to support a Regional Centers etc.

Volunteer Representative VS Paid Volunteer Representative

  • Ability to help your school club, your church or organization
  • Compensation can go as your donation & you take the travel
  • Industry leading materials and qualitative training
  • Take a trip to our "Celebration of Success" location
  • Opportunities for promotion
  • Local offices instead of costly Regional Centers
  • Good English and high academic standing of our students
  • Annual training for all qualified leadership
  • Support activities promoting our local representatives
  • Programs developed to enhance opportunities for you
  • Company Store, where items can be purchased
Be a Paid Volunteer Representative
The Brumbaugh family welcomes the visit of their Ukrainian daughter, Tatiana. Tatiana is attending graduate school in NJ

Volunteer programs use your efforts for the interest of the program, what assistance is given to our local clubs, organizations, non-profit groups does your program contribute too?  Do they make local donation like we would on our PAID VOLUNTEER REPRESENTATIVE program? Of course, your community is where you live and work, not where a Regional Center is located. Just think of all the good you can do for your school and your community. That’s true Community Service!

Paid Volunteer Representative is also where the representative is given the stipend for services performed, to either reimburse themselves for services performed and/or to assist those students under their care needing direct assistance while on the exchange experience.

These are NEW ideas in exchange and are an example of the SEA industry leading programming.
Our SEA Family of Programs will place over 3000 students from over 60 different countries in the 2007-2008 school year within our Alliance Members’ student exchange programs.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY IN YOUR COMMUNITY

If you would like to do some volunteer work for an exchange organization, SEA has opportunities for you!

There are many ways you can support exchange, other than by being a representative. Our volunteers do support students, families, programs and other volunteers in a vast many ways. You can make classroom presentations, holding orientations for students, giving social opportunities for the students. You may enjoy doing some problem solving for the students.

International program volunteers perform so many functions in a region or community and are so valuable to the program in your community; from recruitment, presentations, interviews, orientations, support or/an administrative process. Below are some of the ways you can help:

Administrative, by supporting the activities in the Regional office you work in. You will provide helpful assistance by providing services to the team of representatives, students, families located in your Region.

Interview prospective host families as well as explaining the joys of exchange.

Orientation, working with your Regional, plan and conduct an orientation for the families, students.

Presentations, given to schools, clubs, organizations in your community wanting an introduction to exchange

Recruit, talk to families identified as having something to offer to an exchange student

Support, helping to support students and families that are in the program during this cycle

As a volunteer for an SEA, member program, you will receive great feelings for all the good you are doing for America. You will understand why you are an "Ambassador for America".

SEA youth Exchange Paid Volunteer Reps donate their earned stipend to a favorite Club, Church, or School.  Volunteer Reps receive a stipend themselves. All Reps can receive a trip to Portugal.