Rotary International

1. 2019 YEO Preconvention
Noora Liimatta
Rotex International
Emil Schenkyr
Rotex International
Early return
IGNORE OR IMPROVE?

2. How can we detect the issue before it turns into a
problem?
What can we do to raise the awareness and
readiness for early return?
How can we make the student feel safe enough
to talk about the issues?

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Why do we have
early returns?

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Homesickness
Problems with health
Violating the rules
Problems with host family
Problems at school
Why do we have
early returns?

5. SHOULD WE IGNORE
OR COULD WE
IMPROVE?

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IGNORE?
By arguing and blaming the student alone, we are ignoring the
real problem
By ignoring the early return as a whole, we can’t solve the
problem, which means we can not improve

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Change the attitude we have towards the early return
We should learn from early return, not try to hide or ignore it
Instead of ignoring and forgetting the students that end their
exchange program as a early return we should learn from them
and help them when they get back to their home countries, e.g.
get-together, discussions, etc.
IMPROVE!

8. 2019 YEO Preconvention
IMPROVE
READINESS TEAMWORKCOMMUNICATION
Reminding about the
program rules, fair and
coherent treatment for
every student, reflection
Rotarians and Rotex
working together for
everyone’s benefit
Open communication with
the student, the host
family, the host club, the
school

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OPEN
COMMUNICATION
LISTEN TO HEAR,
NOT TO RESPOND
TALK TO UNDERSTAND,
NOT TO ARGUE
OBSERVE TO LEARN,
NOT TO KEEP AN EYE
ON

10. Readiness
Fair and coherent treatment for every student that might face an early return
Reflect and explain
Repeating the rules
Meeting after the return, whether it was a early one or not

11. TEAMWORK

12. Rotary
Rotex
The family, friends, school
We should have the same goal for
everyone despite the early return
TEAMWORK

13. Learning
something
new

14. 2019 YEO Preconvention
Q&A
noora@rotex.org
emil.schenkyr@rotex.org
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