We focus on our students Development & Growth
International Education Alliance (IEA), founded and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, helps international students around the world meet their educational and cultural goals through exchange opportunities built upon strong alliance with host families and the host private high schools. We provide educational services to our international students. Our company builds relationships with academic institutions around the USA to meet the needs and goals of our international students.
Middle School And High School Students Ages 10-18.
Academic Year Hosting (10 Months)
Semester Hosting
Summer STEM Camp Weekend
Summer/Winter Home Stays 1-3 Weeks (ESL, Cultural plus School visit Immersion)
Teacher in China can come to USA for summer for a 2-4 weeks
International Education Alliance provides educational services for international student wishing to study in premier high schools in the USA and helping them prepare for entry into university
PRE- ARRIVAL
- provides a selection of schools in the United States and other countries that offer students the opportunity to grow personally, academically, and socially, and to help them prepare for college.
- provides an orientation prior to student arrival to help prepare for the transition to a new country, culture, and education system,
- Finding and carefully screening host families for students prior to arrival.
- Arrange for medical insurance
- Helping students obtain cellphone service, open bank accounts, storage, etc
POST ARRIVAL
- Arrange for our host families to pick up your son or daughter at the airport when they arrive in USA.
- Closely monitor our host families so students adapt to American life and encourage students to join activities at school and host family.
- helps students obtain cell phones, open bank accounts, and with any other support they might need.
- Monitor students gaming and overuse of electronics in the host family so grades do not get affected.
- Contact students school for school reports and transcripts so our international students succeed.
- Provide school reports and transcripts to natural families along with monthly reports on student’s progress.
- Help students choose their academic courses in school when needed.
- Consult with students on preparing for their SAT, TOEFL, ACT tests for college.
- Provide natural parents with school portal link so natural families can monitor their son/ daughter’s grades.
- Help students apply to many universities after they graduate if this service is needed.
- can assist with college counseling and advising, and is continuously available for support.
IEA Students learn a great deal about American culture and the U.S. education system, and students are asked to share their own culture and traditions in order to educate their classmates, host family, and community.
1-4 week Camp Program - Ages 12-17
Typically runs in July & January
provide opportunities for International students to:
- Experience life in America and learn about American culture
- Improve their English-language skills
- Learn about the U.S. education system.
The program is perfect and very helpful to international students to experience life in the United States prior to committing to come to the United States for high school and/or college.
The camps consist of half a day on English instruction, and half a day sightseeing excursions, school tours and learning about American culture. The program includes visits to museums, important tourist sites, local events, high schools, and colleges.
IEA provides college search /matching and preparation services for college entry into top colleges and universities in USA
Our ESL Tutoring programs are offered in group sessions or one-on-one sessions. Tutoring will depend on the needs of each individual student.
This program will help students prepare themselves to take the SAT's by enriching the skills needed to score highly on the critical reading, writing & math sections. The program will help students develop test taking strategies, as well as enhance reasoning, problem solving and critical thinking skills needed to score highly on the SAT.
The TOELF is a required test for all international students who intend on pursuing higher education at Universities or Colleges in the United States. This program will help students prepare themselves to take the TOELF.
Living with a host family provides a tremendous opportunity for learning, understanding, and exposure to the local culture and improving English language skills for international students.
Our International Education Alliance host families are chosen very carefully and criminal background checks are performed.
Our host families can be a single parent, or a 2 person family with or without children. Information and photos on the host family will be sent to the natural parents prior to the students arrival in USA
Our Host families will speak English.
IEA chooses warm caring parents who would treat our international students like their own children. Some families may be working parents, empty nesters or children that are grown and do not live at home anymore.
IEA will arrange for our host families to pick up your son or daughter at the airport when they arrive in USA.
The students will have a separate bedroom with a bed, desk, closet, and bathroom. Host families provide at least 2 meals per day (breakfast & Dinner). Students can get to school by walking, bus, public transport, or being driven by the host parent.
IEA will closely monitor our host families so students adapt to American life and encourage students to join activities at school and host family.
Living with a host family provides a tremendous opportunity for learning, understanding, and exposure to the local culture and improving English language skills for international students.
We look forward to hearing from you!
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