Host an International High School Exchange Student (Mustang, OK)

About the role

ERDT/SHARE! is a global non-profit educational foundation that has been providing international student exchange services to host families and international teens since 1974. SHARE! High School Exchange Program seeks caring individuals and families to host international exchange students for a semester or a full school year. Students are 14–18 years old and come from countries including France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Poland, Japan, South Korea, China, Brazil, Mexico, and many others. They are excited to experience American family life, attend their local high school, and become a true member of your family while sharing their own culture and traditions.

Responsibilities

• Provide a safe, stable home environment for the exchange student.
• Include the student in family life, meals, and daily activities.
• Support the student’s integration into the local high school and community.
• Help the student share their culture and traditions while learning about American life.

Requirements

• Caring heart, stable home, and willingness to welcome a student into your family.
• Open to two-parent families (with or without children), single parents, single adults, retired couples, empty nesters.
• No specific family structure required; all caring households are welcome.

Qualifications

• Students speak English.
• Students have comprehensive medical insurance.
• Students have spending money for personal expenses.
• Students are carefully screened and selected before arriving in the United States.

Schedule

Hosting opportunities are available for a semester or a full school year.