I am excited to announce that I am starting a new seasonal newsletter for au pairs and host families. I hope to bring very useful information about the program, parenthood, fun things to do for au pairs, educational component and also cultural information.
I hope you all enjoy the newsletter!
Thanks,
Adri
I know my au pairs are always excited to learn about new options to fulfill their Educational Component requirement.
Most au pair like to use their free time to join the outdoors and they also know their English will be great by the end of their au pair year. For those two simple reasons, the weekend classes are a popular option amongst them.
Cultural Hi Ways and BMCC from NYC put together a great travel/education option where you can earn some of your educational hours while traveling around after few classes about the subject. Please, read below the concept, also found at the Cultural Hi Ways website.
http://www.culturalhiways.net/bookbmcc.htm
Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC-CUNY) is offering educational courses (Niagara Falls-The Flow of History / Boston - A Revolutionary City / Washington, DC - Monuments and Memorials) as part of their Learning Across America program for students living in the METRO NEW YORK CITY / TRI-STATE area and WASHINGTON, DC METRO area. You will earn 45 hours of credit, or 4.5 CEU’s per course. The price of these educational courses start at $289 and include on-campus classroom sessions AND a weekend tour to the destination you study.
For the au pairs who live in the Washington, DC area there are three options coming up:
1. Niagara Falls - The Flow of History
Classes: August 28, September 10 and 18
Tour: September 30 - October 2
http://culturalhiways.net/niagaradcfall.htm
2. Washington, DC - Monuments and Memorials
Classes: October 23, November 13 and 20.
Tour: November 25-27 (Thanksgiving weekend)
http://culturalhiways.net/washingtononownnovember.htm
3. New York City
Classes: October 23, November 5 and November 13
Tour: December 3-4
http://culturalhiways.net/washingtononownnovember.htm
Have fun and don`t forget to let me know what think about the classes!
Adri
4th of July celebrates America independence from Great Britain. It is a day commonly associated with fireworks, parades and barbecues. Living with a host family, you are sure to experience at least, one of those.
It is a fun day to wear your white, red and blue. I am not American, but I do enjoy this day and it reminds me Independence Day back home. So, our family tries to make it special. This year, we will be joining friends watching a parade. And as a mother of toddlers girls, I took the occasion to get my nails fully dressed for the celebration. My children love it! Your host children would like it as well. You should try!
It is a fun moment to spend with your host family and share something very meaningful to them.
Today, I was thinking about ways you could incorporate your culture to this celebration. I browsed around my favorite blogs and sites, when I found the article below. It is fun and delicious!
http://www.npr.org/2011/06/29/137472461/july-4-barbecue-from-americas-melting-pot
How about you? How are you going to celebrate your 4th?
I hope it is fun and remarkable!
Adri
I just received the email below with some exciting information about opening on weekend classes. I hope it is useful to you all.
Thanks,
Adri
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Dear Washington, DC-area Au Pairs:
The registration site is now open for National Louis University’s (NLU) new, exciting, and affordable educational opportunity for Au Pairs and other international students beginning this summer at their Washington, DC satelite campus location!
To register for any of the 2011 course options, please click this registration link and follow directions: http://www.regonline.com/aupairweekendprogram_WashingtonDC
Au Pairs can complete their entire educational requirement for $500 at NLU in Washington, DC over two intensive weekends this summer or next fall. There is both a 45 hour, one-weekend (3 credit equivalent) and 90 hour, two-weekend (6 credit equivalent) option available. Spaces will be limited in each of the four weekends offered this year, so interested Au Pairs are encouraged to register ASAP.
The first weekend course offered is coming up June 24-26, 2011. There will be an early registration incentive drawing on May 7th. All students who have registered by that date will be entered in a drawing for a $50 Visa card, or for waived course materials and activities fee. There will also be a regular and late registration deadline (see attachment).
Please see the attached Fact Sheet (revised 4/29) for all the important details including course descriptions and requirements, cost, dates, schedule, housing (not provided), and registration information.
If you have any questions that are not answered on the attached fact sheet, please feel free to email: DC.Weekend@nl.edu.
Please forward this to any Au Pairs who might be interested in taking this class to help share this new opportunity.
Thank you,
Dr. Lora Anderson Cook Margaret Stemler
Program Director/Professor Director of Continuing Education, National Louis University
National Louis University (NLU) is introducing a new, exciting, and affordable educational opportunity for Au Pairs and other international students beginning this summer at their Washington, DC satelite campus location! Registration will be opening soon!
Au Pairs can complete their entire educational requirement for $500 at NLU in Washington, DC over two intensive weekends this summer or next fall. There is both a 45 hour, one-weekend (3 credit equivalent) and 90 hour, two-weekend (6 credit equivalent) option available. Online registration will be available soon, but since the spaces will be limited in each of the four weekends offered this year, interested Au Pairs are encouraged to email as soon as possible to reserve a space. Early registration incentives will be offered for this initial program opening. The first weekend course offered is coming up June 24-26, 2011 and the early registration deadline is May 1. There will also be a regular and late registration deadline
If you have more questions about it, please feel free to email: aupair.classes@nl.edu or myself at adriana.ferreira@lcc.culturalcare.com
I would be happy to forward to you a fact sheet with all the information about those classes.
Warmly,
Adri
