Transcript Highlights of Accomplishments

Highlights of Accomplishments
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Vision:
To serve as a model of positive leadership and advocacy for
ensuring quality educational opportunities for all military children
affected by mobility, family separation, and transition.
Mission:
To ensure quality educational experiences for all military children.
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Board of Directors
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
General (Retired) Thomas Schwartz, Chairman
Dr. William Harrison, Vice Chairman
Laura Cichowski, Vice Chairman
Zoe Trautman, Vice Chairman
Cathy Franks, Vice Chairman & Secretary
Bob Ray, Treasurer
Valerie Baldwin
Major General (Retired) Charles Bolden
Beth Chiarelli
Admiral (Retired) Walter Doran
Brigadier General (Retired) Bob Gaylord
General Retired Ben Griffin
Toni Hill
Lil Ingram
Don Jones
Kathleen O’Beirne
BOARD MEMBERS EMERITUS:
Matt Rogers
Sandy Schwartz
Patty Shinseki
Lieutenant General (Retired) Pete Taylor
David Splitek
Dr. James Mitchell
Uri Treisman
Mary Jo Reimer
Joyce Ward
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Pledged Support
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MG James Myles
Col Robert Pastorelli
Mayor Tommy Battle
Mayor Paul Finley
Mike Gillespie - County Commission Chair
Dr. Dee Fowler
Dr. Ann Roy Moore
Dr. Terry Davis
Scott McClain - Schools Foundation
Dr. Mary Jane Caylor - SDE
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Local Involvement
Steering Committee
• Eula Battle – wife of Mayor Battle
• Dr. Julie Finley – wife of Mayor Finley
• Nancy Jones – MCEC facilitator and wife of Tony
Jones of Boeing
• Alice Myles – wife of MG James Myles
• Anna Pastorelli – wife of Col Robert Pastorelli
• Barbara Williams – School Liaison Officer with
Redstone Arsenal
• Debbie Beaupre – Schools Foundation
• Virginia Griffith – wife of Congressman Parker
Griffith
• Margie Williams – wife of Dr. David Williams of
UAH
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Professional Development
Transition Counselor Institute
•Trained over 6300 professionals
since 2000 in 27 states, 5 countries
Special Education Leaders Institute
•Trained over 599 professionals since 2003 in 13 states
Supporting Children and Families
of the National Guard and Reserve Institute
•Trained over 2180 professionals since 2004 in 32 states
Living in the New Normal: Supporting Children Through Trauma and Loss
•Trained 503 professionals since 2007 in 14 states
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Technology Solutions
Interactive Counseling Centers
•248 located worldwide
www.SchoolQuest.org
•Represents 217 military installations
•Includes more than 2668 campuses
•Over 958,000 hits since January 2008
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Student Programs
Student to Student
•Located in over 164 schools worldwide
•Conducted training in the Europe and Pacific
Junior Student to Student
•Trained 58 middle schools in 6 states
Frances Hesselbein Student Leadership Program
•16 selected S2S™ students during launch at West Point in 2007
•14 selected S2S™ at West Point in 2008
Bernard Brown II Space Camp Scholarship
•Selected 77 students to attend camp since 2002
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Parent Programs
Parent to Parent
•Over 29,430 military parents trained
•62 Parent to Parent™ teams located in 24 communities to
include 15 states and two countries: Germany and Italy
Tell Me A Story
•Conducted 33 events at 12 locations
•Over 2080 participants attended
•Launched
tell me a story for young children
•Featured Tell Me A Story™ at the 2007
National Conference
• Conducted tmas at 13 installations
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Guiding Principles for
Living In the New Normal
- Encourage the courage of children.
- Acknowledge the positive attributes of military children.
- Promote resilience.
- Acknowledge children as grievers.
- Non-victimization of grievers.
- Respect for cultural traditions, belief systems, and privacy of each child.
- Address the unique factors that compound the loss.
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Honors Received
• Award winning publications – a bronze ADDY for the
TMAS illustration campaign
• 2008 Niarchos Survivorship Prize – awarded by Survivor
Corps
• Named one of America’s BEST independent charities
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The Military Child Education Coalition
94 cents of every dollar goes for programs and initiatives
… for the sake of the child™
Dr. Mary Keller
(254) 953-1923 or [email protected]
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