What You Need to Know Before you Accept International Students Peggy Johnson Dave Timmons How your...

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




Section OneSave the World?

Yes, One person at a time.




Fulfilling the Great Commission

Takaeto's story




A foreign student program as an

"inbound" mission




Getting the Whole School InvolvedStudents

"Teen Twin” Program Mentoring




Getting the Whole School InvolvedFaculty / Staff

Special accommodations required




Getting the Whole School InvolvedParents

Host families (Compensated or not?)Involving students in family activitiesHow to encourage participation




How the World Can Save Your School

Section Two





Helping your students and families develop a Christian

worldview





Building academic excellence





Financial implications




How to Start or How to Build

Section Three




How to Start or How to Build Develop Firm

Guidelines: Age/Grade

SLEP score minimumCultural Mix

Faith requirements???Agency representation?




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




• Approval of form I-17– Application– Site Visit– Designated School Official Responsibilities• PDSO• DSO

– Online Tutorial– Issuing an I-20 form




• International Student’s steps for obtaining an F1 Student Visa

• Reporting and updating student information in the SEVIS system




• Questions / Comments!

• Contact Information– Dave Timmons [email protected]– Peggy Johnson [email protected]




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