AYAアメリカ高校交換留学（教育財団）
本高校交換留学プログラムを提供する現地受入奨学財団の紹介
当協会は、以下2つの米国受入奨学財団から業務委託を受け、日本国内での本高校交換留学プログラムの運営支援をしています。
American Institute for Foreign Study Foundation (AIFS)
非営利教育組織であるAmerican Institute for Foreign Study (AIFS)財団は、故ロバート・Ｆ・ケネディーの援助で、異文化交流を通して世界的な相互理解を促進するために1967年に設立されました。毎年、30カ国以上からの数千人の学生が様々な工夫を凝らすアメリカを経験しています。それぞれ母国からの大使として、留学生はホストファミリーやアメリカの友人と習慣や文化を共有します。交換留学プログラムによって人生における貴重な思い出と友情を得ることができるでしょう。
Letter from Organization
American Institute for Foreign Study
January 20, 2003
Dear All IYEO Members:
I am pleased to introduce the American Institute for Foreign Study Foundation (AIFS Foundation) and the Academic Year in America Program. The AIFS Foundation is a non-profit educational organization founded in 1967 with the assistance of the late Robert F. Kennedy. Our mission is to promote worldwide understanding through cross-cultural exchange. The AIFS Foundation is designated by the U.S. Department of State to issue the J-1 Cultural Exchange Visitor visa for this program. The Foundation's primary program is the Academic Year in America (AYA) high school student exchange program. The AYA program has been operating successfully for more than 20 years.
AYA is one of the most established and well-respected cross-cultural educational exchange programs in the U.S. and abroad. The program enables high school students ages 15-18 ? from more than 40 countries to visit the U.S. and to live with American families while attending high school for a semester or an academic year. Students participating on the AYA program learn about America and its culture while improving their English language skills and achieving their educational goals.
The AIFS Foundation has worked with IYEO since 1999 and has enjoyed a strong cooperative relationship. Together, IYEO and AYA have brought hundreds of students to live and study in the U.S. Students report that spending a year as an AYA student has changed their lives. They become fluent in written and spoken English, they become true members of their American host family and community, and become more mature and independent.
We look forward to welcoming students selected by IYEO to the AYA program. The friendships made during this program last a lifetime and help to bring the world together.
Sincerely,
Melanie French
Director/Vice-President
Academic Year in America
AIFS Foundation
Educational Resource Development Trust (ERDT)
非営利教育機関である Educational Resource Development Trust (ERDT)は、1974年に元UCLA国際関係学教授であるDr. Roger Riskeによって、設立されました。それ以来、ERDTは、30カ国以上からの高校交換留学生を後援しています。毎年、世界中から750人以上の学生が、アメリカの高校に通いながら、ホストファミリーとともに生活しています。 ホームステイ先で、またアメリカの高校で過ごす1年間は、忘れられない経験になるでしょう。
これら現地受入奨学財団は、それぞれアメリカ合衆国連邦政府、国務省の認定を受けてから長年にわたり、世界30ヶ国以上から毎年度1,000人を越える学生を受け入れています。
各受入奨学財団は、米国国務省から、交換留学生プログラムを取扱う非営利教育機関として認定されているため、当プログラム参加者にはDS2019（就学受入証明書）が発行され、一般私費留学とは異なり、交流訪問者ビザ（J-1)の給付を受け、渡米します。
Letter from Organization
Educational Resource Development Trust
January 2003
Dear All IYEO Members
I would like to invite Japanese students to apply through IYEO for the ERDT/SHARE! high school exchange program in the United States.
ERDT/SHARE!, a non-profit organization, was incorporated in the Sate of California in 1974 and has been offering U.S. Department of State-designated high school exchange programs since 1980. ERDT/SHARE! has also been granted Full Listing in the Advisory List of the Council on Standards for International Educational Travel (CSIET). We have sponsored more than 10,000 students to study in a U.S. high school while living with an American host family.
We have had a successful and productive relationship with IYEO for a number of years, and we hope that the relationship will continue for many more years. We anticipate receiving a large number of qualified students for the upcoming academic year from IYEO.
We look forward to working together to create opportunities for greater tolerance and understanding among peoples of the world.
Sincerely,
Roger A. Riske, Ph.D.
President