Texas - Au Pair in America

State Information

Au Pair in America in Texas

Regional Update

Regional Presence:
This region of Au Pair in America includes the states of Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Texas. Community clusters can be found in Orlando, Tampa Bay, and West Palm Beach, Florida, Metro Atlanta, Georgia, New Orleans, Louisiana, Nashville, Tennessee, as well as in Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, and Houston, Texas.

Quarterly Message:
July 2010
Summer has finally arrived. The south region has many outdoor activities planned for au pairs and host families, including picnics, nights of baseball, excursions to the swamps, and evenings of listening to live music. Even a night-time laser light show is in the works!

Host family events are planned for early fall, so please make plans to join the clusters for a unique opportunity of cultural sharing.

Continue to look at education. Summertime is certainly a challenging time to try to complete the educational requirements, but summer-school schedules offer the opportunity to compact a lot of hours into a relatively short time.

Summertime is also a great time to spend outdoors. Please review pool and heat safety, put on sunscreen and wear hats!

Hopefully, there will be lots of opportunities to enjoy the long balmy summer evenings!

Regional Representative:
Barbara Brun-Ozuna, mother of two and an AP world history teacher joined Au Pair in America in 1994 as the counselor for the Fort Worth region. She became the Regional Representative for the Southwest region on September 1, 2002. Offering field support in the region, interviewing and training new counselors, planning meetings, sharing information with the counselors in the southwest region, and supporting marketing efforts in the area are the main responsibilities of a regional representative. Barbara will attend meetings with the six other regional representatives several times a year in Stamford, CT to give feedback from the field, to learn future plans of the company, and to share ideas.

Driving Information for Au Pairs

Visit the Texas Department of Public Safety Driver License Division website for information about driving in Texas.

Educational Information for Au Pairs

The information listed here is your starting point to fulfilling the education requirement. Your community counselor will have the most popular and affordable choices in your area.

The schools listed here are not all reasonable options. Ask your community counselor for the schools closest to you.
Continuing Education (also Adult Education or Lifelong Learning) classes are generally the most affordable options for au pairs.

Review the cost, class schedule, and transportation needed for the classes you are interested in with your host family. You need to be responsible about selecting courses that meet at times that will not conflict with your work schedule. Take into consideration the time it will take to travel between home and the campus. Your host family must approve your plans.
Host families reimburse tuition costs and costs of related materials (books and supplies) up to $500 ($1000 for EduCare) for you to complete your six semester hours (12 for EduCare), or the equivalent. You are responsible for all payments for tuition, fees, books and materials that exceed the host family’s contribution. Education money is not paid to you in cash if you do not use the complete amount.

For more detailed information about the education requirement and education in the US, click here to see the ABCs of Education.

Austin Community College
http://www.austincc.edu/ce/

Brookhaven Community College
http://www.brookhavencollege.edu/

Collin County Community College
http://www.ccccd.edu

Dallas County Community College District
http://www.dcccd.edu

Houston Community College
http://www.hccs.edu/portal/site/hcc

North Central Texas College
http://www.nctc.cc.tx.us

Northlake College
http://www.northlakecollege.edu/

Tarrant County College
http://www.tccd.edu/

Lone Star College System:

CyFair
http://cyfair.lonestar.edu/
Kingwood
http://kingwood.lonestar.edu/
Montgomery
http://montgomery.lonestar.edu/
North Harris
http://northharris.lonestar.edu/
Tomball
http://tomball.lonestar.edu/

Texas Christian University
http://www.tcu.edu/

University of Texas
http://www.utexas.edu/

Tourist and Other Information

Austin: www.austin360.com/partners/acvb/
Houston: www.houston-guide.com/
Dallas/Fort Worth: www.visitdallas-fortworth.com/
For events around the Austin area and activities to do with children: austin.babyzone.com
For events around the Dallas and Fort Worth area and activities to do with children: dallas.babyzone.com
For events around the Houston area and activities to do with children: houston.babyzone.com