Monday, July 14, 2008

Guardianship host hamilies - the key to our success




Good staff? - check


Good systems? - check


Good knowledge of students? - check


Good marketing department ?- check




Good host families ?- OH YES!!!




At Bright World it has taken us 8 years to really get to grips with what makes a good host family and to realise that this is the key to our success for our guardianship programme. With good, generous, educated, kind and giving families our students get the very best experience from their stay - yes they actually enjoy their exeat weekends and half terms and look forward to going.




Our families are not sourced through newspaper advertising but through the schools we work with and through word of mouth. This means that high quality is consistent. Plus you have go the fussiest person in the world checking them out - Lana Foster, MD of Bright World demands a very high standard from our families.




'if I would not happily stay there for a week then I would not expect my students to' says Lana who does most of the host family interviews and house inspections.




Our families really enjoy the experience of hosting international students. Many of them have been boarders before so they understand how important it is to have a home from home during holiday times and your parents are not around.




We are so proud of our host family network and realise that it is the key to our success now and in the future - so Bright World host families we salute you !