| "ETC is very organized. The field trips and group gatherings were well done." |
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| - Susan, ETC Host Mom |
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 Education Travel & Culture (ETC) is a non-profit [501(c)(3)] educational exchange organization. Its purpose is to promote international understanding and goodwill by providing high quality educational and cultural exchange programs in the United States and abroad. ETC provides inbound program opportunities for high school students throughout the world to study in an American high school and live with an American family. Host families provide room and board, a quiet place to study, and an American family experience for guest students during their semester or academic year in the United States. ETC's outbound program offers students the chance to study and live in a foreign country. To find out information about ETC's sister organization and short term summer student exchange program, please visit Northwest International Student Exchange (NISE) at www.nwise.org.
The ETC inbound program places international students
all around the USA. The ETC outbound program is able to sponsor students living throughout the continental United States.
ETC maintains a professional staff at its main office in Portland, Oregon. It also has a network of Community Coordinators (CC) that serves as the local support for the students, host families, and schools. The CC calls and visits each host family and student on a regular basis to assess the student's progress and assists both the student and the host family with the adjustment process. The CC submits this information in a written monthly evaluation to the ETC main office, the student's natural parents and overseas sponsoring organization. The CC also monitors the student's progress in school and provides assistance as needed.
| Alix S. Nathan, Executive
Director |
| Will Romaine, Senior Inbound
Program Manager |
| Scott Garrison, Inbound and
Outbound Program Manager |
| Kathryn Lavenne, Inbound
Program Assistant |
In 1999 ETC was designated by the U.S. Department of State as a J-I visa program. Participating students receive DS-2019 forms in order to obtain J-1 visas. ETC is a member of the Council on Standards for International Educational Travel (CSIET). ETC has been a member if CSIET since 2000 and has maintained a full listing on their advisory list since 2002.
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