Sending Interviewer

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Sending Interviewer

Position Description

Contents 1 Objectives 2 Required Responsibilities: 3 Beneficial Responsibilities: 4 Time Required: 5 Responsible to: 6 Competencies Required: 7 Beneficial Competencies: 8 Training 9 Beneficial Training: 10 Works with: 11 Benefits to Volunteer: 12 Best Practices for Sending Interviewers 13 See Also

Objectives

• Assess the viability of a candidate for an AFS intercultural experience, as well as the receptivity and support of the sending family
• As a representative of AFS, provide a quality face to face interaction with a potential sending student and their family

Required Responsibilities:

• Be a registered AFS volunteer
• Contact the student and the parents to arrange a mutually convenient interview time when parents will also be present (unless it is indicated to you that your local area handles arranging interviews differently)
• Conduct the interview
• Complete and submit a well-written Sending Interview Form Confidential Placement Summary (sending interview form).

Beneficial Responsibilities:

• Review the student's online application in order to prepare for the interview

Time Required:

• 90 minutes, excluding travel
• Periodic, when needed

Responsible to:

• AT Sending Interview Coordinator and/or AT Sending Coordinator

Competencies Required:

• Ability to make phone calls and other logistics arrangements
• Ability to listen and ask open ended questions, create a safe zone for honest dialogue, and to address potential issues to aid the interview reader in understanding unusual circumstances
• Able to complete the Sending Interview Form, preferably electronically
• Have general knowledge of what it takes to be an exchange student and supportive sending family
• Able to drive to student's house (unless public transport is available)
• Ability to respect the confidential nature of interviews

Beneficial Competencies:

• Familiar with the AFS Full Application and how to find the program specific information contained within www.usa.afs.org

Training

• Complete the online sending interviewer training module (available through Global Link - click "Resources," then "AFS USA Online Training," then sign in, then click "Sending Courses."), or
• Do an in-person training that covers information that is equivalent to the training module (such trainings usually occur at the local level, with an experienced sending interviewer bringing along a new interviewer to an actual student interview to see how it is done).

Beneficial Training:

• If at all possible, go with an experienced interviewer for the first interview
• "AFS Path: Application and Beyond" Online Workshop (Available at www.afsusa.org)

Works with:

• Volunteer
  • AT or Chapter Sending Interview Coordinator

• Staff (typically only when there is not a local sending coordinator or extenuating circumstances)
• Sending Team Manager
• Student Services Adviser

Benefits to Volunteer:

Being a sending interviewer has many benefits for a volunteer, including.

• Meeting interesting applicant families and students interesting
• Finding resonance with the AFS Mission through interacting with bright young people going on an intercultural exchange
• Gratification of helping families get involved with AFS
• Opportunity to recruit new volunteers and host families for your area

Best Practices for Sending Interviewers

See Also

• Sending
• Critical and Beneficial Volunteer Activities Agreement: Sending
• Sending Volunteer Activity List
• Sending Interviews
• Phone Interviews
• Sending Interview Coordinator
• Sending Interviewer Recruitment Brochure
• Best Practices for Sending

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