Being an au pair is a wonderful opportunity to educate children in a unique and culturally diverse way. With your experience in childcare from your own country–paired with Au Pair USA’s vigorous Academy training program and your host family’s guidance–you will be ready to shape...
Traveling around the U.S. is a wonderful part of the au pair program. With 2 weeks of paid vacation time during the program year and an additional 30 day grace period upon program completion to remain in the United States, many au pairs plan incredible...
If you’re an au pair, you may or may not have heard of the Montessori method of learning. According to American Montessori Society, Montessori is a holistic, experiential, child-directed system of education, developed by revolutionary educator Dr. Maria Montessori over a century ago. It focuses on the whole child and motivates independence and self-growth in cognitive, emotional, social, and physical development.
Being an au pair in the U.S. can mean being thousands of miles away from your home, family, friends, and everything you know. The good news is, with technology, you can maintain close connections and frequent communication fairly easily during your time away. Here are...
When you’re an au pair living in a foreign country, it’s important to be familiar with what type of emergencies you could be faced with and how to respond, just in case you find yourself in a dangerous situation. Asking your host family questions about...
When parents, Laura and Dan Johnson, decided an au pair might be the right childcare solution for their family of five in the summer of 2024, they immediately got to work perusing Au Pair USA’s database of au pairs. They wondered who would be the...
Cultural exchange is the root of the Au Pair program. When you decide to become an au pair in the U.S., you’re signing up to take care of children full time and live with an American family, adapting to a new culture and way of...
It’s no secret a big reason au pairs decide to join the program is the ability to travel and live abroad. With ten paid vacation days offered as part of the au pair agreement, most au pairs take full advantage of travel opportunities during their...
As an au pair, you’re at a prime age to be thinking about your future career. You may have plans after the au pair program to return home and begin (or continue) university studies. You may already be a university graduate while on the au...
Au Pair USA is pleased to offer tax information to host families and au pairs. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) considers au pairs to be employees of the host family for tax purposes. This means that au pairs are required to file a tax return....