OPS for Teaching EPs

Internship Goals

Being your

country’s ambassad

or

Reintegrating with my home LC

How to prepare for

my internship?

Sample Agenda1. Travel Preparations and Precautions• Checklist before accepting the TN• Acceptance Note (AN)• Budget and Expenses• Travel Documents• Visa Permits• Travel Warnings and Advises• Travel Health Insurance• General Precautions

Sample Agenda• Story Sharing from a realized EP

2. Ambassadorship and Integration• Role of an ambassadorship• Representing your AIESEC Entity• Cultural Shock• Integration in Host Country• Re-integration with AIESEC Local Chapters on

return

• Q&A Session

Expectation Settings (1)

Before accepting the internship position: Always make sure you are sure about

all the details of your TN If there are questions, do not hesitate

to ask your TN Manager or employer Always keep emails, just in case if

something happened

Expectation Settings (2)

In the case of ET TNs, EPs maybe required to: Contact TN manager for preparation prior

to travel Contact TN manager for possible

research or preparation for class Prepare education materials for class Contact supervisor to understand

expectations from the teacher Cultural elements like dress code, teaching

styles etc.

Budget and Expenses• Airfare• Health Insurance• Visa• Passport• Immunizations• Special Equipment• Room• Food• Entertainment Expenses• Daily Travel Costs

Travel Documents• Passport• Visa• TN Acceptance Note/ Acceptance Letter• Health Insurance Card• Prescription for medications• Airplane Tickets

Role of an ambassador• Building brand of your country and culture• A window through which other people are

looking at your country and culture• Activities and behaviors are verifying stereotypes

through which other people are perceiving place from which you came

Representing your home entity to your students

• Multimedia Presentation• Postcards and Pictures• Songs and Movies• Local Dances• Souvenirs for company and AIESECers• Cultural dishes and Cooking• Teaching your language etc.

Cultural Shock Curve

Goal settingFor a successful internship

1. What are my concerns/ fears about my exchange?2. What do I hope to learn/ gain from this

experience?3. What type of support do I need from AIESEC

home and host entity to make my exchange a success?

4. What responsibility am I willing to take to make my exchange a success?

5. What are my expectations for my exchange?6. What kind of impact do I want to make through

my exchange?7. What do I want my students to remember about

me? What do I want to be remembered for?

AIESEC Cultural Preparation Seminar

for Teaching EPs

Things to keep in mind for preparing your EPs culturally

1. Have wikis that the EP can refer to for more information

2. Make sure you educate EPs on the AIESEC Values and how they need to demonstrate these while on exchange

3. Make cultural preparation a co-delivery activity, talk to your country partners, see how they can help you with preparing the EP

4. Have returned EPs share their stories5. Create a platform where EPs can connect with

other EPs abroad6. Connect matched EPs to realized EPs from the

same country/program to understand what it feels like to teach abroad