The Youth Exchange Support System

Host Family

  • Every Day

  • Daily

  • Student’s first point of contact with most simple needs. For problems, students use your host club YEO in conjunction with host family.

Host Club YEO

  • Structuring your year, planning activities.

  • Bi-Weekly/Monthly

  • This is the Rotary contact for host family arrangements, allowances, rules, travel permissions, meeting attendance, etc.

 

Host Club Counselor

  • Problems, Successes, Social Occasions

  • Bi-Weekly/Monthly

  • This is student’s advocate for solving problems when things go wrong –to provide advice, support and help when needed.

 

Host District Coordinator

  • Routine Reporting, serious problems.

  • As Needed

  • Students send regular reports to the Inbound Coordinator

 

Host District Chairman

  • Unresolved problems, routine reporting

  • As Needed

  • This is the head of the District program, who maintains oversight of policies and procedures and the well-being of students.

Sponsor District Coordinator

  • Routine Reporting, serious problems not solved by previous channels.

  • Monthly

Sponsor District Chairman

  • Very Serious Problems

  • As Needed

ROTEX

  • Advice and support

  • As needed

  • Will not be able to help with technical issues. They are for student’s emotional support and mentoring only.

Sponsor Club YEO

  • Preparation and then report about your experience.

  • Monthly

  • Students should write to their club regularly to tell of  their experiences.

Parents

  • Routine, non-YE problems, health emergencies

  • Regularly – on a SCHEDULE

  • Students should LIMIT e-mail and phone contact.  Write letters instead of e-mailing and phoning!