We’re just the right size SHARE! is well-respected in the exchange
community (overseas agents, host families and coordinators) specifically for our
personal approach to student exchange. We are a medium-sized organization—large
enough to provide stability and variety, but small enough to maintain a personal
touch. Being as selective as we are, we can maintain a family-like atmosphere that
extends to our field staff, host families, and exchange students.
Our student acceptance process is rigorous Prospective students undergo
a screening process that includes written and spoken English language tests, the
submission of academic and medical records, student and host family questionnaires,
interviews and more.
ERDT and SHARE! are well-established ERDT/SHARE! was established in
1974 and has been successfully involved in working with international students--both
individually and in groups—for short-term and long-term educational and homestay
programs. In 1980, ERDT/SHARE! was designated by the United States Department of
State to sponsor high school exchange students—our SHARE! Student Exchange Program.
We’ve received full listing from CSIET for 2010-2011 ERDT/SHARE! is
included in the Advisory List published by the Council on Standards for International
Educational Travel (CSIET), an independent not-for-profit organization committed
to qualify international educational travel. CSIET establishes standards for organizations
and monitors compliance with those standards. ERDT/SHARE! is proud to have met the
criteria for listing in the CSIET Advisory List since 1984.
Our coordinators are well-trained SHARE! EPCs undergo an extensive
training process and are given specific tools to help them support both families
and students through the exchange process.
Student safety is our top priority SHARE! was the first exchange program
to partner with Darkness to Light. Darkness to Light’s programs raise awareness
of the prevalence and consequences of child sexual abuse by educating adults about
the steps they can take to prevent, recognize and react responsibly to the reality
of child sexual abuse. SHARE! coordinators receive regular, instructor-led training
via Darkness to Light’s Stewards of Children curriculum, which is a evidence-based
adult-focused child sexual abuse prevention training program.
