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Certification

Youth Exchange Program is Certified by Rotary International
The Rotary District program is certified by Rotary International as meeting its Certification criteria as listed on its website (www.rotary.org). Rotary International's Headquarters is located at One Rotary Center, ., Evanston Il 60201. You may reach Rotary by telephone at .

We are also recognized by the US Department of State, and all our Rotarian volunteers must complete an annual training and pass a test administered for the Department of State in order to have contact with our students. The Department of State is located in Washington, DC. You may contact the Department of State at . Its website is www.state.gov or [email protected].

csiet logo Rotary District 7150 is also accepted for listing by the Council on Standards for International Travel for the 2018-19 youth exchange years. CSIET maintains offices at siet.org Our program must pass an annual program audit by an independent Certified Public Accounting firm and be reviewed by a CSIET accrediting committee.

The Council on Standards for International Educational Travel (CSIET) is a not-for-profit organization committed to quality international educational travel and exchange for youth at the high school level.

The purpose of CSIET is to identify reputable international youth exchange programs, to provide leadership and support to the exchange and educational communities so that youth are provided with meaningful and safe international exchange experiences, and to promote the importance and educational value of international youth exchange.

2018-19 CSIET Certificate - >>View PDF

The mission of CSIET shall be to:

  •  Establish standards for international educational travel abroad by American high school aged youth and by foreign youth traveling to the United States;
  •  Monitor compliance with those standards by educational travel and exchange programs on behalf of schools, students, educational groups and the exchange community in the United States;
  •  Provide and manage a process by which international educational travel and exchange programs can be reviewed and evaluated as to their compliance with the standards;
  •  Annually publish an CSIET Advisory List of International Educational Travel and Exchange Programs to disseminate findings and decisions relative to compliance with the standards in a manner which will constructively serve the exchange programs, exchange students and their families, and the schools;
  •  Promote the value and facilitate the development of international educational travel and exchange experiences for young people.
The CSIET listing is based on program evaluation against nine (9) Standards for both Inbound and Outbound students of eight weeks or more duration. Evaluation is done via an independent compliance audit of the organization Youth Exchange Program performed by an independent Certified Public Account (CPA).

The Standards are:

  •  Educational Perspective
  •  Organizational Profile
  •  Financial Responsibility
  •  Promotion
  •  Student Selection & Orientation
  •  Student Placement
  •  Operations
  •  Student Insurance
  •  Adherence to Government Regulations

Other Certification Requirements

All Rotary District volunteers must annually complete a standard YOUTH PROTECTION AWARENESS training course (and achieve a score of 90% or better), as well as receive annual local training in the program operation and student protection and safety. All volunteers must be recommended by their Club's President and be approved by the District or District Youth Exchange Chair following a thorough background check.