Key points for parents

Your child’s first days away

The first few days are always the most difficult. Your child will arrive in a new country after a long journey. Please refrain from calling every day at the beginning to allow your child to acclimatize to their new setting and make new friends.

Your point of contact

In case of a problem, encourage your child to speak with their EF Leader or school staff for a quick resolution. Leaders are not to be contacted by parents because we need them to give their undivided attention to the students. The local office in your country is your main point of contact.

Photography and film material

The student or its parent/ guardian accepts that EF can freely and for the purpose of promoting EF’s products and services use photography, film and sound material that has been created during the course that contains an image of the student, that the student creates as part of the course and uploads to EF’s website(s) or apps, and/or that the student uploads to social networks, such as Instagram and Twitter, under the hashtag #EFMoment, #EF4ever or other hashtag invented or promoted by EF. The student will be asked for consent prior to each collection of such material.

Setting expectations

Please help us by asking your child to respect all instructions given by the EF team even though your child might have more/less freedom at home and abide by different rules.