As veteran administrators of several K-12 international schools, we fully understand the challenging and complex matrix of hiring for specialized positions in schools with small student populations. The combination of limited enrollment numbers plus tight budgets can present unique hiring needs for schools under 300 students. As a result, small school administrators are often tasked with the challenge of finding teachers and specialists who can fill multiple roles and subjects within their schools. By partnering with University Prep, our model gives administrators the flexibility of staffing the counseling office with both local and foriegn hired faculty. In short, our hybrid/remote program offers the asset of a high impact American based college counseling program without the high costs associated with hiring a full-time international K-12 school counselor by providing the following:

• Our hybrid model includes one University Prep counselor spending a full week on campus at the beginning of the 1st semester. This allows for in-person presentations to senior parents and students as a group followed by the initial individual student meetings in a live format with each family.
• All subsequent student meetings are held in a remote capacity. A full package program includes twelve (12) individualized virtual meetings for each 12th grader between September and December.
• We contract directly with the international school. University Prep works for the school and it is important for us to be seen as a part of the school and be able to build relationships with various stakeholders on campus. The individual remote sessions take place during the school day with the students on campus (assuming your school is in live mode). Actual meeting times would be built around your students’ academic schedule.
• Package pricing for the school is a flat fee for the 1st semester based on the number of registered full package students. Included in the flat fee is a roundtrip airfare and basic hotel lodgings for 5 nights for one University Prep counselor. The airfare and hotel fee is dependent on geographical regions and determined by real time industry averages. Significant discounts are available (compared to our domestic per student package pricing) for schools registering multiple students!
• We offer a remote class during the 2nd semester to 11th graders. This “College Prep” class covers all of the preliminary information, processes, planning, and procedures before the application season in 12th grade. The class is delivered in group format and scheduled during an available block for the 11th graders during the school day. Because the virtual class is streamlined for the group and delivered as a traditional “class”, as opposed to individualized 1-on-1 sessions, this option is significantly more economical than our 1st semester work with 12th graders.
• With over 30 years of college counseling experience between our counselors, University Prep has contacts at universities all over North America. Our program is designed to maximize the students’ results by optimizing each element of the application process through a strategic, intentional, and methodical process.