Critical and important points for a successful match.
It’s all about communication, communication, and more effective communication
Foreigners to whom English is a second language at large can comprehend English in writing first or better than verbal English. Therefore provide all of you written expectations to your aupair and discuss them with her. Don’t just hand a list to the aupair. She needs to have the one-on-one with you to be able to ask questions and get feedback about written details from you.
You should prepare an Aupair schedule and Rules for Children and talk through them with your aupair a couple of days after arrival. The excitement during the first couple of days is very high, and often not everything is absorbed by the aupair. Therefore, I suggest to go over the Aupair Schedule and Rules for the Children 2 weeks into the program year. Often a third review after 1 – 2 months of both is a good idea, this give you the opportunity to amend the document with needed changes of items that are not up to par or acceptable by you.