Michaela Lowery

Our January au pair meeting will take place on Friday, January 6^th at 8pm at the Texas State Employees Union Building located at: 1700 South 1st Street, Austin, 78704. Please be on time as we need to discuss a winter safety module teaching us about fire and carbon monoxide poisoning prevention. We will begin at 8pm sharp and the meeting will be over by 9pm. All au pairs please print out a quiz in this post  and bring it answered to the meeting. cep-winter-quiz

Our December Au Pair meeting will take place on Sunday, December 11^th at 2pm at Denise’s house. Each au pair please bring about 80 small cookies packed in a bag of 4. You must bake those cookies yourself, buying is not allowed. You are also not allowed to bring chocolate chip cookies. They should be homemade cookies preferably from your home country. We will be exchanging cookies with one another so you will return home with the same amount of cookies you brought to the meeting, just with all different kinds.

We will also play an Elephant Gift Exchange. Each au pair please buy a present ($5-10 value), wrap it up, and don’t tell anyone what you bought. The rules will be explained again at the party.

Unfortunately we have to say good-bye to our wonderful LCC Denise who decided to pursue a different career. We thank Denise for her support and wish her the best of luck!

“The Beyond Borders conference brought together a diverse delegation of United States and foreign government officials and adoption authorities, worldwide orphanage directors, humanitarian aid organizations and adoptive families. ” Cultural Care Au Pair was one of the sponsors and exhibitors at the conference, and Michaela was very pleased to bring four of Austin’s au pairs to raise awareness of the au pair program.

“We had a great time at the venue” says Michaela. “All four au pairs were eagerly talking to families, distributed brochures and prospects, and entertained visiting children. We were also able to meet representatives from Resources 4 Adoption, Baby Signs, and Barefoot Books. We are already working on planning our next Host Family Conference together with Barefoot Books, and looking forward to bringing more families into our program”.

Our November Au Pair Meeting will take place on Sunday, November 13^th at my place. The exact address will be send via e-mail.  All au pairs please print a quiz in this post and answer all questions. Bring the answers to the meeting. cep-fall-quiz

Topics:

Sports Injury Prevention Curriculum

Household Poisoning Prevention Curriculum

Goals:

To teach au pairs how to keep kids safe while participating in sports.

To teach au pairs about the dangers of household poisons and precautions that can be taken to keep poisons away from kids.

From time to time an au pair will exceed the number of hours or credits they need to fulfill the educational component during their first program term. We have recently received a clarification from the U.S. Department of State confirming that these excess credits can be applied towards the educational component required during the extension term provided they adhere to the following regulatory parameters:

• The coursework is completed at/through a U.S. post-secondary accredited institution.
• Official transcripts are obtained to document the academic. credits/hours successfully completed
• The academic credits/hours are accrued during an exchange program (the initial year and allowable extension of 6, 9, or 12 months).
• Academic credit completed during the au pair’s initial term or extension term cannot be carried over to repeat program participation.
• The coursework should be related to or in support of the au pair’s field of study or career trajectory.

Our September au pair meeting will take place on Sunday, September 25^th at 3pm at Denise Coursen’s house. Please come and join us for a fun afternoon/pool party. Feel free to bring your favorite snack and don’t forget a bathing suit. See you there!

Please join Cultural Care Au Pair for a pool party/au pair meeting that will take place on Sunday, July 17^th at 1.30pm at North Miami. The exact address will be e-mailed to all au pairs a week before the meeting.

Each au pair please bring some refreshments to share with everyone. Here are some ideas: finger food, fruit salad, vegetable platter, cake, water, sodas, ice cream etc.  Please click on “Comments” in this post, write your name and what you are going to bring so everyone brings something different.

This meeting will be a bittersweet one as I will have to say good-bye to all of you. I am moving to Texas and trust me I WILL MISS YOU ALL!