Advocacy
Education
Partnership
When immigrants are fluent in English, have life-giving friendships, feel like they belong, and have tools they need to succeed, our work will be finished. But until then, we’ll keep working ourselves out of jobs.
We believe immigrants, just like our own family and friends, deserve the highest quality of services, especially when it comes to foundational skills that will change the rest of their lives!
Whether it’s our women-only English school, our preschool for immigrant children, our evening school for men and women, after-school tutoring, or our Conversation Partners program with local universities, we are serious about excellent and dignifying services.
Advocacy
It takes one person to change how someone feels in our city. And that could be you. We believe that a voice of grace can move mountains.
Education
Education is an integral part of making people feel welcome. Toledoans may need to learn how to care for people from other cultures. Foreigners need English and cultural training to find their groove here in Toledo.
American School Women
ASW is a women-only English school that not only provides international women with English skills, but facilitates life-giving relationships. It’s a community of students with teachers and volunteers who are passionate about building relationships and empowering them to reach their goals.
Our students are determined! Some want to go back to school or attend college for the first time. Others just want to understand their doctor or child’s teacher. Whatever their goals are, we strive to empower our students with the skills they need to achieve them.
To learn more or register for classes CLICK HERE
American School Children
For children to feel like they belong takes a strong foundation of love, creativity, caring instruction, and community.
Being a child in a foreign land presents both challenges and advantages. Challenges include learning another language, adapting to different school expectations, and struggling to find a new identity. Our school sees these difficulties but knows that with some help, these challenges can turn into incredible advantages for these kids.
To learn more or register CLICK HERE
American School Evening
American School Evening is an English school for men and women that not only provides English skills, but facilitates life-giving relationships. It’s a community of students with teachers and volunteers who are passionate about building relationships, connecting internationals to the community, and empowering them to reach their goals.
ASE offers four levels of instruction for internationals from all over the world. Our classes are Tuesday and Thursday nights from 6:30pm to 8:30pm.
For more information please call our office at 419-720-8089
To register for classes CLICK HERE
American School Kids
If you want to see eager learners, come join us at the American School Kids program. Our immigrant grade schoolers are working hard to catch up. Some have missed years of school before arriving here. Others are adjusting to English in the public school system. We’re cheering them on, helping them with their homework, and investing in the future leaders of our society.
For more information or to register for the program CLICK HERE
Conversation Partners
Toledo International Hospitality Program
WFI links international students with American families for fun monthly activities for one year. For more more information on this program CLICK HERE
WFI Welcome Corps
As a Private Sponsor Organization within the U.S. State Department’s new Welcome Corps, WFI Welcome Corps recruits, supports, resources, and oversees private sponsor groups (of 5+ Americans) who are receiving and resettling refugees.
Workforce Development
The Workforce Development Program links new Americans with job opportunities, and teaches English language learners career-specific vocabulary and soft skills for the American workplace.
Partnership
Ways we collaborate with the community & businesses
GO-UT Household Items Giveaway
No one wants you to sleep on the ground in your empty apartment! If you’re an international student who needs some help with furnishings, contact Wes, the furniture wizard.
GO-UT’s Toledo International Hospitality Program
Are you a university student looking to experience an authentic American family? How convenient! We have welcoming American families who love inviting new friends like you into their homes. Feel at home with Toledo International Hospitality Program.
GO-UT English Corner
English Corner is a fun, free, informal weekly time of tutoring for international students to improve their conversational English skills.
Training
We all need help understanding others’ lifestyles, worldviews, and cultures. We provide a friendly, safe place to learn the tools to be able to identify differences and navigate through cross-cultural interactions, withholding judgment and seeing the beauty in diversity.
Whether you’re an American who wants to understand the cultures of our clients, or you’re a client or you’re new to the country and you want to learn about why America functions the way it does, we want to create the space for exploration and enlightenment.
Will you partner with us?
We seek to grow our strategic partnerships with local organizations to deepen the impact that we can make for the sake of the international community.