Professional Development
The Military Child Education Coalition has the goal of “leveling the playing field” for all military students as they transition from one school to another and from one community to another. This is accomplished through extensive research that is presented during conferences institutes, workshops, training, and through numerous publications. The MCEC serves all branches of the military service, including active duty, the National Guard and Reserve components, their families, and especially, the children.
The MCEC’s professional development institutes specifically address issues of school transitions, deployment and separation, and trauma and loss. The institutes included are the following:
Institutes
Transition Counselor Institute (TCI) Phases I, II, and III
Special Education Leaders Institute (SELI) Phases I and II
Living in the New Normal: Supporting Children Through Trauma and Loss (LINN)
Supporting Children of the National Guard and Reserve Institute (GRI)
Transition Counselor Institute (TCI)
Phases I, II, and III
The MCEC’s Transition Counselor Institute (TCI) is primarily held for elementary, middle school, and high school guidance professionals. The critical importance of the professional counselor in supporting and accommodating the military student in transition is without question. TCI is a three-phase professional development institute series based on solid research that prepares school guidance professionals and other educators to recognize and address school transition concerns that impact mobile military students.
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Special Education Leaders Institute (SELI)
Phases I and II
The Special Education Leaders Institute (SELI) is a two-phase series of institutes developed to promote awareness and increase the availability of professional educators who understand the challenges associated with transitioning mobile military-connected students with special needs.
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Living in the New Normal:
Supporting Children Through Trauma and Loss (LINN)
Sparked by concerns about military children dealing with illness, injury, or death of a parent, the Living in the New Normal or LINN initiative was developed through collaboration with experts in the fields of trauma and grief, resiliency, health care, and child development. LINN provides participants with the framework to ensure that children have tools to bounce back from life’s storms and “stressors,” fosters community support efforts, and provides concerned adults with information to help support children during times of uncertainty, trauma, and loss.
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Supporting Children of the National Guard and Reserve Institute (GRI)
The Supporting Children of the National Guard and Reserve Institute is primarily held for school educators, especially counselors and administrators of all grade levels, and members of the National Guard and Reserves and their families. It provides participants with an understanding of the unique challenges faced by children of members of the National Guard and Reserve components who are geographically separated due to mobilization, deployment, and transition of family members. Participants develop strategies and the framework of an Action Plan to support these children of the “suddenly military.”
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Continuing Education/Graduate Credit
Continuing Education: The MCEC has been approved as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education Training (IACET), 8405 Greensboro Drive, Suite 800, McLean, VA 22102. Several states have also given their approval. Furthermore, the MCEC is a National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC) Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP) and may offer NBCC approved clock hours for events that meet NBCC requirements. The MCEC solely is responsible for all aspects of the program. To receive the MCEC CEUs, participants will be required to complete the CEU Application during the Institute. CEU credits of 1.2 will be awarded for the successful completion of each institute for the cost of $25.00 payable by check only to the Military Child Education Coalition (no cash or credit cards accepted). Twelve (12) full seat hours required for institute credit, attendance is required for both full days, and no partial attendance will be accepted. For CEU credit, participants are required to attend 95% of the training institute and fill out an end of course evaluation.
Graduate Credit: Upon successful completion of the institute, you have an option to receive one graduate credit hour underwritten by a branch of Texas A&M. The University fee is $175.
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