-63 days!
Documents
Once you have confirmed your host family you'll need a lot of documents and now I'm preparing all of them.
This is what I already have:
- Passport: it should be valid for the entire period I'll be in the USA;
- School or University Diploma;
- Driver's Licence;
- Criminal Background Check;
- Insurance Coverage for 13 months;
- Physician's Health Evaluation.
I'm waiting to get my J-1 Visa, the DS-2019 form and the International Driver's Permit.
Organization
I decided to be organized!
I bought this cute diary on Amazon Prime for less than 10€/11$ That is good for taking notes before leaving and it'll be perfect for my monthly and weekly organization.
Then I bought a very usefull Passport Cover that can carry my flight tickets, my credit car and a pen. You can find it on Amazon Prime too for the same price.
I need to buy new luggage in the next few weeks, because packing for a year needs a looot of space!
Courses
Before leaving for the Training School in New York City I've to do some course activities and to complete a final activity for each course.
These activities are designed to bring me closer to the real experience of being an au pair.
The activities are divided in four sections:
- The stages of childhood development;
- Health in the home and a guideline to common childhood ilnesses;
- American food and childhood nutrition;
- Childrearing in the USA.
Nowadays I've completed the number 2 and 3 of this list and I got the 100% score. I've to do some written activities about this topic before leaving, because we'll discuss them in the Training School.
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