Training Center

AMIGOS requires all Volunteers to complete the Core Curriculum prior to traveling abroad. The subjects covered include: introduction to AMIGOS programs, health and safety, youth leadership, multicultural understanding and more.

Volunteers are trained in one of two ways to meet the Core Curriculum requirements. Volunteers who are associated with a local AMIGOS chapter must complete their chapter training program. While Correspondent Volunteers train online and attend an intensive training just prior to their departure for their AMIGOS program.

The Seattle Chapter also provides training for parents to prepare them for the summer. Topics include: health and safety, packing, CALM plan, summer on-call process, fundraising, and more.

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Contents

• Important Documents - parent handbook, attendance policy, standards of conduct, payment deadlines, copies of handouts from training, etc.
• Training Events - training calendar, directions, to-bring lists. If you miss a training, your make up work will be in this location, too.
• Trainers - Get to know the training director, assistant training director, and vet vol staff on the training team for 2011-2012. This page also includes links to the core curriculum files for trainers to access.
• Paperwork - links and downloads for things like the online application and AMIGOS paperwork (including medical forms)
• Fundraising - documents about Letter Writing, Product Sales, and Spring Fundraisers
• Links - links to information about summer projects, packing, and Engrade
• Spanish - get prepared for the summer with these helpful sites and documents
• Photos - Want to know what training is like? Here is a media collection of our chapter's training experience! (photos and videos)