Au Pair in America

Au Pair in America in Massachusetts

Regional Update

Regional Presence:
Au Pair in America has 18 clusters in the New England states of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. The majority of the almost 400 families live in Eastern Massachusetts but population centers across the area served.

Quarterly Message:
January 2009
Region 1 welcomes 2009 and the winter!
After a great holiday season with holiday parties and a variety of cultural events, counselors are busy planning fun activities for the first three months in 2009: a ski trip, an opportunity to see the Blue Man Group in Boston and a fun evening at a karaoke studio.
In addition, cluster meetings will be held monthly by all Community Counselors. Au Pairs will learn or practice ice-skating, go snow-tubing, celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with the Irish, explore museums, do Valentine’s crafts, and learn how to say “I love you” in many different languages!

Regional Representative:
Heidi Schnabel has been a community counselor for Au Pair in America since September 2000 in Newton, MA. After having moved to the western suburbs, she is now a counselor for several towns in the Metro west area. In November 2007 she became the regional representative for the New England Region.

Her main responsibilities as a regional representative are offering field support in the region, interviewing and training new counselors, planning meetings and sharing information with the counselors in the New England region, and supporting marketing efforts in the area.

Heidi was born in Germany and is now married to an American. She and her husband met traveling in South America. Heidi "won" her Green Card in the lottery, so she says, “Everything is possible!” She has an MA in Social Education from Germany and trained at Woodbury College, VT, in Conflict Resolution.

Heidi has two school-aged children who are growing up bilingual.

Driving Information for Au Pairs

Visit the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles website for information about driving in Massachusetts.

Educational Information for Au Pairs

The information listed here is your starting point to fulfilling the education requirement.  Your community counselor will have the most popular and affordable choices in your area.

• The schools listed here are not all reasonable options.  Ask your community counselor for the schools closest to you.
• Continuing Education (also Adult Education or Lifelong Learning) classes are generally the most affordable options for au pairs.

• Review the cost, class schedule, and transportation needed for the classes you are interested in with your host family. You need to be responsible about selecting courses that meet at times that will not conflict with your work schedule. Take into consideration the time it will take to travel between home and the campus. Your host family must approve your plans.
• Host families reimburse tuition costs and costs of related materials (books and supplies) up to $500 ($1000 for EduCare) for you to complete your six semester hours (12 for EduCare), or the equivalent.  You are responsible for all payments for tuition, fees, books and materials that exceed the host family’s contribution. Education money is not paid to you in cash if you do not use the complete amount.

• For more detailed information about the education requirement and education in the US, click here to see the ABCs of Education.

Boston Academy of English http://www.bostonacademyofenglish.com Boston University Metropolitan College http://www.bu.edu Bristol Community College http://www.bristol.mass.edu Bunker Hill Community College http://www.bhcc.mass.edu/ Cambridge College http://www.cambridge.edu Clark University http://www.copace.clarku.edu/ Cape Cod Community College http://www.capecod.mass.edu/web/guest/home Framingham State College http://www.framingham.edu Harvard Extension School http://www.extension.harvard.edu Hebrew College http://hebrewcollege.edu/ Lesley University http://web.lesley.edu/admissions/professional.asp Mass Bay Community College http://www.massbay.edu/ Mass College of Art http://www.massart.edu Massasoit Community College http://www.massasoit.mass.edu

Merrimack College http://www.merrimack.edu Middlesex Community College http://www.middlesex.mass.edu/ Montserrat College of Art http://montserrat.edu North Shore Community College http://www.northshore.edu Northeastern University http://www.northeastern.edu Northern Essex Community College http://www.necc.mass.edu Pine Manor College http://www.pmc.edu/eli Quincy Community College http://www.quincycollege.edu Quinsigamond Community College http://www.qcc.edu Regis College http://www.regiscollege.edu Salem State College http://www.salemstate.edu/ce University of Massachusetts http://www.umass.edu/ Wellesley College http://www.wellesley.edu/ Worcester State College http://www.worcester.edu/

Tourist and Other Information

For events around town and activities to do with children: boston.babyzone.com
Online news and information for Western Massachusetts: www.masslive.com/
Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau: www.bostonusa.com/
Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism: www.mass-vacation.com/
Family oriented site with listings by town: bostoncentral.com

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