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Military Child
Education Coalition™
The American Legion
Indianapolis – September 20, 2008
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MCEC is...
• A private, non-profit 501c(3)
organization
• Focused on academic & schoolrelated needs of militaryconnected children – working with
ALL services
• The only COALITION of all
communities:
– Military Installations
– School Systems
– Organizations
– Caring Individuals
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MCEC’s Service for Our Military Children
Professional Development Training
• Transition Counselor Institute (TCI)™
Phase I – School Transitions & Military Life
Phase II – Social/Emotional Challenges
Phase III – Advanced Applications
• Special Education Leaders Institute (SELI)™
Phase I - Awareness, Policies, Practices, & Communication
Phase II - Social/Emotional Needs, Tech Support, Apps
• Supporting Children of the National Guard
and Reserves™
• Living in the New Normal (LINN)™
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MCEC’s Service for Our Military Children
Innovative Technology
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 SchoolQuest
 “Ask Aunt Peggie”
 Education Resource
Center (ERC)
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MCEC’s Service for Our Military Children
Peer-to-Peer Programs
Parent-to-Parent
Student-to-Student (S2S) and
Junior Student-to-Student (JS2S)
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MCEC’s Service for Our Military Children
Student Scholarship and
Early Literacy Initiatives
Scholarships
• Bernard Curtis Brown
NASA Space Camp
• Frances Hesselbein
Leadership Program
Early Literacy
• Tell Me a Story
• Growing, Learning, Understanding (GLU) Kits
• Sesame Street Collaboration
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MCEC’s Service for Our Military Children
Extensive Research Experience
• Secondary Education Transition Study
(SETS) Resulting in many positive changes in Army’s
policies and programs for student transition
• US Pacific Command Transitional Study
• Special Needs Transitional Studies I and II
• Ongoing:
• Policy and Legislative Research
• Resources and Response to Families, Communities,
and Schools
• School data research
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MCEC’s Service for Our Military Children
Publications
• Periodical: On the Move Magazine
• Pamphlets/Booklets:
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Chart Your Course Series (Academic Passport, Map & CD)
Preparing for the Journey (Birth  2nd Grade)
Getting Your Duckling in a Row (K & 1st Grade Reqs.)
The Military Parents’ Guide to No Child Left Behind
Touching the Hearts of Children Anthology; The Art of
Being a Military Child
…and more
• Specialized:
• Supporting the Children of the Guard & Reserve
• Deployment Guide: Staying Involved
• Complete Guide to College Financing & Admissions
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MCEC’s Service for Our Military Children
Networking
Annual Conferences
July 23-25, 2008
“For the Sake of the Child;
For the Good of the World”
The Gaylord Texas Resort &
Convention Center
Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas
July 15-17, 2009
“Celebrate the Star-Spangled
Promise”
Sheraton City Center
Philadelphia, PA
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