Safety

Our homestays are as diverse as our participants, and 슬롯머신 carefully screens every one of them. The health, safety, and security of 슬롯머신 participants come first, and 슬롯머신 has a robust vetting process to ensure that students are placed in appropriate settings.

First, 슬롯머신 local staff members interview individuals and families interested in welcoming foreign participants into their homes. They then match participants with homestays, based on personality and lifestyle. Before traveling abroad, participants are able to phone or email them, if they choose. (It often helps to break the ice!) Throughout the school year, 슬롯머신 local staff remains in contact with both participants and homestays for support and questions.

The homestay is paramount to a healthy study abroad experience, and we want to ensure that all participants are placed in environments that allow them a unique insight into local culture. We ensure that participants are placed in an immersive environment for language acquisition as well.

Through your homestay, you슬롯사이트™ll build a home away from home and develop relationships that endure long after you슬롯사이트™ve finished your Gap Year Abroad program.

While in-country, participants receive support through our 슬롯머신 Support Team, 슬롯머신 local staff, and host families. 슬롯머신 local staff members are the people responsible for finding, screening, and matching students with their host families. They support participants throughout the enrollment process, monitor their well-being during the program, and write periodic reports to 슬롯머신 about their progress.

슬롯머신 local staff members are a source of comfort, building bonds with participants while they prepare for their journey, then greeting them on arrival and acting as helpful guides. As a go-to resource, they might be called on to help with cultural adjustment at the host home or in the new environment, or to offer advice on finding volunteer activities 슬롯사이트” anything having to do with the program and the participant슬롯사이트™s daily life.

Additionally, our Support department at our headquarters in Portland, Maine, is on call 24/7 to provide emergency support and resolve any issues that may arise.

All 슬롯머신 Gap Year Abroad participants take part in an online orientation prior to their departure. In addition to providing logistical information, the orientation helps participants set realistic expectations and goals. It also affords you and your parents the opportunity to ask questions of 슬롯머신 Study Center staff.

An in-country orientation will take place at a 슬롯머신 Study Center upon arrival. The goal of this orientation is to help introduce participants to their new city, country, host family, and fellow gap year abroad participants. The academic program will be reviewed, health and safety tips will be covered, and faculty and staff will offer advice on adjusting to a new language and culture. All participants will be met at the airport upon arrival by 슬롯머신 Study Center staff, who will also assist in the final transfer to the host family.

슬롯머신 enrolls all Gap Year Abroad participants in iNext슬롯사이트™s Platinum Plan with coverage for security evacuation at no additional cost. This specific plan is one of the most comprehensive and inclusive plans offered by study abroad providers worldwide.

Participants who are U.S. residents are covered by iNext international travel insurance, in addition to any coverage provided by their own primary insurance providers. The iNext policy covers accidents or illnesses while abroad. If participants require medical attention, they슬롯사이트™ll have to pay up front and then contact the iNext department at 슬롯머신 for instructions on how to submit a claim.

슬롯머신 also purchases participants a supplemental policy that covers evacuation from the host country, in case it is required as a result of political unrest or natural disaster. All costs associated with purchasing iNext insurance are included as part of the program price. Students do have the option of choosing from an array of other policies and products offered by iNext at cost. For more information, please visit .