{"id":1930,"date":"2014-08-30T12:43:39","date_gmt":"2014-08-30T17:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/vas\/2014\/08\/30\/dont-forget-your-education-requirements\/"},"modified":"2014-08-30T12:43:39","modified_gmt":"2014-08-30T17:43:39","slug":"dont-forget-your-education-requirements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/vas\/2014\/08\/30\/dont-forget-your-education-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t forget your education requirements!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;font-size: 18px;color: #00529c;font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: normal\"><\/h3>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;color: #333333;font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px;line-height: normal\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 8px 0px;line-height: 1.7\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 5px;border-style: none\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/cha\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2012\/07\/education-icons.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"178\" height=\"176\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 8px 0px;line-height: 1.7\">Au pairs are required to complete 6 credits or 8 CEUs or 72 or more hours.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 8px 0px;line-height: 1.7\">EduCare Companions are required to complete 12 credits or 16 CEUs or 144 or more hours.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 8px 0px;line-height: 1.7\">You may take credit or non-credit classes from an accredited college. Look on the right side of this page for accredited schools in our cluster area. If you want to take a class at a school not listed here on my blog, please check with me first to make sure it is accredited. Otherwise, it would not count toward your education requirement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 8px 0px;line-height: 1.7\">Your host family will pay an education allowance to assist you in completing your education requirement. Au Pairs education allowance \u2013 $500, EduCare education allowance \u2013 $1000<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 8px 0px;line-height: 1.7\">There are ways to get your credits for just your education allowance, but it will not give you a lot of choices. Normally au pairs will contribute some of their own money ($200+) towards their education.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 8px 0px;line-height: 1.7\">The APIA Advantage UCLA Course is the only State Dept. approved class with an online component. No other online classes are accepted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 8px 0px;line-height: 1.7\">Note: Au pairs should only take one weekend course for their education requirement. 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