EF Welcome Days helps exchange students form new friendships and practice English altogether while exploring New York.

Welcome Days sessions are fast paced and full of energy and excitement, similar to summer camp atmospheres. All Welcome Days staff are provided with meals and dorm-style housing for the duration of the program, held at the EF Academy campus in Thornwood, New York.

Group Leaders
EF High School Exchange Year – Welcome Days

Group Leaders are energetic, adaptable, and responsible – they oversee groups of approximately 20 students during 3-day sessions filled with hands-on orientation activities and classroom content, lip sync battles, games, and a trip to Manhattan! Group Leaders help students feel comfortable, excited, and prepared/ supported (can’t choose which word) during their first days in the United States before traveling to their host families and beginning their exchange year.

July 14 – August 27
Transportation Coordinator
EF High School Exchange Year – Welcome Days

The Transportation Coordinator is responsible for ensuring smooth transportation by critically looking at transportation schedules and managing operations of the campus vehicles for programming and student /staff travel. This includes helping coordinate NYC day departures from campus, assisting with issues that arise on student arrival/departure days, maintaining upkeep of the vehicles, and providing scheduled transportation for staff members on days off.

July 10 – August 27
Airport Operations Coordinator
EF High School Exchange Year – Welcome Days

The Airport Operations Coordinator manages the smooth execution of fast-paced and ever-changing international arrivals and departures for students and visiting staff. They will work closely with our Group Leaders and Ambassadors to ensure that students have a smooth experience coming to and leaving from the Welcome Days, and with the Travel Team as well to make sure all the students’ travel plans are accounted for. This position requires high attention to detail, strong skills with Excel, clear communication, and the ability to make strong executive decisions.

July 10 – August 27
EF International High School Camp is a summer camp with an academic feel!

All Camp staff are provided with meals and dorm-style housing for the duration of the program, held on the campus of Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Teachers
EF High School Exchange Year - Camp

EF Camp teachers work with a homeroom of 25 students and a “high school” of 90-100 students; they deliver the EF academic program through structured and interactive lessons, as well as fun free time activities and excursions. Teachers work in teams to make their high school spirit come to life, competing throughout the camp program to simulate American high school spirit! All Camp teachers are provided with meals and dorm-style housing for the duration of the program.

July 16 – August 13