{"id":738,"date":"2015-02-04T12:19:51","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T12:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/susablt.wordpress.com\/?p=737"},"modified":"2015-02-04T12:19:51","modified_gmt":"2015-02-04T12:19:51","slug":"who-pays-for-what-during-the-summer-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joyministries.net\/blt\/2015\/02\/04\/who-pays-for-what-during-the-summer-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Who pays for what during the Summer Program"},"content":{"rendered":"

During the interview of the Basque student and parents, our goal is to set clear\u00a0expectations of what is included in the cost of the program and what is not. It is\u00a0important for the reputation of the JOY TEEN<\/strong> English immersion program that American host families and\u00a0coordinators, as well as the Basque families are of the same understanding and\u00a0expectations.<\/p>\n

This is how we explain it to our Basque families:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\uf0b7 Most of the planned activities and outings that the student will participate in\u00a0will be free<\/strong>, as they are covered under the cost of the program. These\u00a0activities have the objective of creating relationships between the American\u00a0families and the Basque students, and may include: BBQ\u2019s, water sports day\u00a0at the lake, bike rides, hikes, trips to a shopping mall, etc.<\/p>\n

\uf0b7 Some group activities are not included in the cost of the program<\/strong>, such as\u00a0paintball, bowling, movies, etc. These activities will be optional but if the\u00a0student chooses to participate they will need to pay.<\/p>\n

\uf0b7 The planned group outing to the city will be at the cost of the student:\u00a0transportation costs, food and any activities such as museums, ferris wheel,\u00a0etc. Some of the activities available, such as the Duck Tour or a baseball\u00a0game, is expensive and will be optional and the coordinators\/monitors will\u00a0help provide other chaperoned opportunities in lieu of the costly activity. For\u00a0example, if the group is in Seattle for the city day, and half the group wants to\u00a0pay to go on the Duck Ride but half the group doesn\u2019t, there will be an\u00a0American adult that will go with the group on the Duck Ride, and another\u00a0American adult that will go with the other group to a less costly or free\u00a0activity.<\/p>\n

\uf0b7 As far as housing and food, when the student is with the family, everything is\u00a0included: housing, transportation, activities, and food, including eating at\u00a0restaurants. Basically, the Basque student IS one of the family members<\/strong> and\u00a0is included free of charge in whatever the family is doing<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Exception: personal items or gifts will be the financial responsibility\u00a0of the student.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\uf0b7 If the student participates in an outing or activity without the host family<\/strong>,\u00a0they will be responsible for paying. For example, if the student goes by\u00a0himself with friends, with the monitors, etc, the cost of that outing will be at\u00a0his expense.<\/p>\n

\uf0b7 We tell the parents to send with the student $300 more or less<\/strong> , depending\u00a0on the amount of shopping they plan to do. We say that $100 should be\u00a0sufficient to cover any activities\/outings that they will need to pay for,\u00a0and the rest can be used for spending money. For this reason, expensive\u00a0outings should not be offered since the Basque families are only planning on\u00a0spending $100 for additional activities.<\/p>\n

** At the orientation meeting in the USA, the coordinators should tell the students\u00a0that $100 of their money needs to be saved for costs of activities throughout the\u00a0month.<\/p>\n

It is important to help the student understand the costs of the outings that will be\u00a0offered<\/strong> in that HBC<\/strong> throughout the month. Although the idea is to have\u00a0surprises, and therefore not share the calendar with them, the students do need to\u00a0have an idea of what the upcoming costs may be. This way the students can budget\u00a0and save the money for activities planned later in the month. If not, the student will\u00a0spend all their money up front and be frustrated at the end that they cannot\u00a0participate in optional group activities.<\/p>\n

Maybe the students can vote on outings they want to accomplish\/do during the\u00a0month that would be outside of the planned, family activities.<\/p>\n

** Also, before every activity, the student needs to be told whether the activity is\u00a0required or optional, whether it is free or at the expense of the student. If the event\u00a0is required, it should be free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

During the interview of the Basque student and parents, our goal is to set clear\u00a0expectations of what is included in the cost of the program and what is not. It is\u00a0important for the reputation of the JOY TEEN English immersion program that American host families and\u00a0coordinators, as well as the Basque families are of the … Continue reading “Who pays for what during the Summer Program”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-orientation","category-policy","category-summer-program"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joyministries.net\/blt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joyministries.net\/blt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joyministries.net\/blt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joyministries.net\/blt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joyministries.net\/blt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joyministries.net\/blt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joyministries.net\/blt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joyministries.net\/blt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joyministries.net\/blt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}