- Provide a safe, clean, and welcoming home for the student.
- Provide a private bedroom with window, bed, desk with a reading lamp, closet/dresser or both.
- Provide 3 nutritious meals each day and snacks. Teach students how to make their own breakfast and lunch.
- Teach student to use laundry facilities.
- Include the student in family activities.
- Provide the student with 30 days’ notice if the host wishes the student to move out (unless inappropriate student behavior is a factor). Mutually agreeable moves in shorter times are permitted.
- Abide by the rules and agreements made with SunTag, as signed in the Host Family Agreement.
- Teach and review with the student the rules of the house.
Provide appropriate integration into the home and review safety:
- Home address, home phone number or parent(s) cell (ensure all relevant phone numbers are pre-programmed into the student phone, including a cab company in case of emergency.
- Emergency contact person in the neighborhood.
- Calling 911 and giving appropriate information in case of emergency.
- Fire escape route and earthquake plan
- Power outage – what can be used (water, toilet, telephone). Candle, flash light location.
- Theft – review family practices, i.e., locking up the house, alarms, sport equipment/bicycle, etc.
- Wild animal awareness – safety practices around garbage, foodstuffs and encounters with animals (raccoons, bears, cougars, coyotes, squirrels, chipmunks
- Safety practice when walking or bike riding on the dark – use of helmet and reflector clothing.
- Piercings or tattoos. International students are not allowed to get piercings or tattoos while studying in British Columbia, should an infection occur, it is not covered by the medical policy.
- Practice of extreme sports such as bungee jumping, sky diving, canopying, climbing, snowmobiling, scuba diving and to ride or be given rides on a motorcycle is not allowed, it is not covered by the medical policy.
