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What You Need to Know Before you Accept
International Students
Peggy Johnson
Dave Timmons
How your school can save the world, and the world can save
your school!
Peggy JohnsonDave Timmons
What You Need to Know Before you
Accept International Students
Objectives•Build a strong foundation for your program•Become a Sevis authorized school (F1 Visa)•Secure medical insurance (If not
agent-provided)
•Schedule physicals and immunizations (as above)
•Find and screen host families
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Section OneSave the World?
Yes, One person at a time.
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Fulfilling the Great Commission
Takaeto's story
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A foreign student program as an
"inbound" mission
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Getting the Whole School InvolvedStudents
"Teen Twin” Program Mentoring
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Getting the Whole School InvolvedFaculty / Staff
Special accommodations required
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Getting the Whole School InvolvedParents
Host families (Compensated or not?)Involving students in family activitiesHow to encourage participation
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How the World Can Save Your School
Section Two
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How the World Can Save Your School
Helping your students and families develop a Christian
worldview
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How the World Can Save Your School
Building academic excellence
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How the World Can Save Your School
Financial implications
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How to Start or How to Build
Section Three
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How to Start or How to Build Develop Firm
Guidelines: Age/Grade
SLEP score minimumCultural Mix
Faith requirements???Agency representation?
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How to Start or How to Build SEVIS and ICE
Getting registeredUpkeep
• Student and Exchange Visitor Information System• Types of student visas– F1– J1– M1
What You Need to Know Before you
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• Approval of form I-17– Application– Site Visit– Designated School Official Responsibilities• PDSO• DSO
– Online Tutorial– Issuing an I-20 form
What You Need to Know Before you
Accept International Students
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• International Student’s steps for obtaining an F1 Student Visa
• Reporting and updating student information in the SEVIS system
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• Questions / Comments!
• Contact Information– Dave Timmons davet634@yahoo.com– Peggy Johnson pjohnson@wcastl.org
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