APIA and UCLA in an on-going partnership that began years ago, developed a special course that meets the Department of State exchange program goals. This hybrid US American History course utilizes expert professors from UCLA who deliver the course content online over 19 weeks, while concurrently sending au pairs into their local community to share [...]
Swedish au pair Malin S. is spending her year in Pamela Mayer Caes' River Forest, IL cluster. As part of her UCLA course requirement she did a presentation to twenty 10 and 11 year olds at Willard School in River Forest, IL. She showed where Sweden was on a map, and shared some general facts about [...]
Thai Au Pair Supanich P. is enrolled in UCLA's APIA Advantage course. In addition to the online class there are requirements to present to children about the Au Pair's home country, fulfill community service hours, and also participate in historical or cultural activities. Kristina Scholten, Supanich's Community Counselor, shared these great pictures. Supanich chose do her [...]
