Obtaining School Credit Task Force
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Task Force Objectives
- Collect data on what students need in order to attain academic credit, and what their challenges are
- Update/create documents and webpages to support students' efforts to obtain academic credit for their study abroad experience
- If possible, work with CSIET to integrate the forms into the CSIET Outbound School Policy that will be released in Oct 2011
Documents, Webpages, and Survey's Created
- Getting Academic Credit for Your AFS Experience currently under construction
- Obtaining Academic Credit Form- U.S. School
- Obtaining Academic Credit Form- Host School
- Survey’s Posted on Ask an AFSer and Cultures Shocked
Meeting Notes
OSC Meeting 10- May 25th, 2010
OSC Meeting 9- May 6th, 2010
- No notes, continued working on documents
OSC Meeting 8- April 15th, 2010
OSC Meeting 7- March 3rd, 2010
OSC Meeting 6- December 16th, 2009
OSC Meeting 5- November 3rd, 2009
OSC Meeting 4- October 6th, 2009
OSC Meeting 3- September 9th, 2009
OSC Meeting 2- August 12th, 2009
OSC Meeting 1- July 23rd, 2009
Agreed Upon Group Norms
- Notes will be posted on the AFS wiki for accurate records (a wiki tutorial will take place off-line for those who need it).
- All action items from previous month will be reviewed in order to ensure tha the pieces of everything are completed.
- Representative from the TF report out information to the Sending Advisory Group.
- When emailing, always include all group members.
- While it is understood that members will not be able to make every meeting, members will do their best to attend when the meeting times are agreed upon in advance
Taskforce Members (2009-2010 School Year)
- Amanda Fischer, Staff/Sending
- Ann Smith, Baltimore AT
- Ann Ruhman, Michigan AT
- Floyd Van Weelden, Staff/Sending
- Jill Woerner, One World AT
- Nina Seavey, Capital AT
- Victoria Geyer, Northwest CA AT/CA
