This paper details methods teachers can utilize in a Virtual Exchange (VE) project to maximize development of intercultural communication and linguistic competence. The International Virtual Exchange Project (IVEProject) was born out of a desire to connect students in monocultural classrooms to multiple cultures. The project was started in Japan, a highly monocultural environment, where opportunities to use English as a foreign language (EFL) are highly limited. The project now spans across multiple countries and offers a real setting for students to connect across continents using EFL. It is free for teachers to join with their students and teachers all around the world may participate twice a year by contacting the authors. Research on previous exchanges showed participation in the IVEProject enhances students' knowledge of their own culture and other cultures, increases interactional confidence, and improves intercultural sensitivity -- essential for the development of intercultural competence (Hagley, 2020). Research also suggests teacher involvement is essential to the success of VE (Kelsen and Flowers, 2017). The IVEProject encourages teacher as well as student participation and in this paper three areas teachers may focus upon to aid students in the project are discussed: preparation activities, integration of tasks into class activities and reflection activities. It is hoped that these suggested activities will provide a framework which teachers interested in VE, and in particular the IVEProject, may use to maximize the benefits of engaging EFL students in VE.