Educator talking points
From AFSWiki
Sample talking points to use when speaking to educators or teachers –
- Introduce yourself
- Introduce AFS with brief history (60 yrs, immersion programs, summer-semester and year, gap year programs, community service and language study)
- Did you receive our mailing? If yes, how is the material made available to students? If no, can I send you our catalog?
- We would like to make sure that students are aware of the study abroad opportunities and the advantages to them in going on a program (college advantage, increased maturity – flexibility – adaptability)
- Can a link to the AFS USA website be placed on your school website? If so, who do we need to speak to about this?
- Can a listing of the scholarship opportunities be made available to students? Global Leaders Scholarships, NSLI, YES program, etc. Speak to them a bit about these scholarships.
- Is there a list of summer opportunities where AFS could be added? Students might be interested in language study or community service.
- (if volunteers are locally available) – can we set up an appointment to have a volunteer visit and speak to students who are interested in study abroad?
- I’ll send you a “blurb” to put in the school bulletin to see if there are interested students.
- We have an eNewsletter for educators with the latest information on programs and scholarships; as well as, intercultural activities that can be shared in a classroom. Would you be interested in signing up for this? I can either send you the link, or enter your email from here. Either way, you’ll have to confirm your interest in receiving the newsletter by responding to the confirmation email you’ll receive.
