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The Military Child Education Coalition™ is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, world-wide organization. A model of positive leadership and advocacy, the MCEC®'s work is focused on ensuring quality educational opportunities for all military children affected by mobility, family separation, and transition.
Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) # 10261
Military Child Education Coalition™ Web Site:
www.militarychild.org
State-by-State Education Resource Center Web Site: www.militarychild.org/URC.asp
SchoolQuest™, a powerful MCEC™ web tool that allows parents and children to match needs with their new schools: www.schoolquest.org
For more information and interview opportunities, please contact
Laura Campbell at 254.953.1923 or
laura.campbell@militarychild.org. |
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Register now for MCEC's®
Annual Conference featuring keynote address from Secretary
of Defense Dr. Robert Gates |
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You don’t want to miss the MCEC®
Annual Conference 2008!
This year's conference is July 23-25, 2008, at the Gaylord
Texan Resort and Convention Center — just minutes from the
DFW airport in Grapevine, Texas.
The MCEC®
Annual Conference includes pre-conference sessions,
workshops, and interesting speakers and presenters. Here’s a
preview of what’s scheduled:
· General
session speakers include: Dr. Robert M. Gates, Secretary of
Defense; General George W. Casey, Jr., Chief of Staff of the
United States Army; General William “Kip” Ward, Commander of
the U.S. African Command; Lieutenant Colonel Greg Gadson and
wife Kimberly, sharing about their family’s experience
Living In a New Normal;
and more!
· Special
topic speakers include: Darlyne Bailey, founding Dean of the
College of Education and Human Development at University of
Minnesota; Major General (ret.) Charles F. Bolden, USMC,
Former Astronaut and MCEC Board Member; Jim Collins, author
of
Good to Great
and co-author
Built to Last;
and
Dr. Ken Ginsburg, author of
A Parent’s Guide to Building Resilience in Children and
Teens: Giving Your Child Roots and Wings;
and more!
For more information about conference events, please visit
our website
www.militarychild.org or contact our conference
coordinator, Carrie Garlick, at
Carrie.Garlick@militarychild.org.
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MCEC® and ZERO TO
THREE® form
partnership to help military children |
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The Military Child Education Coalition™ has
joined with ZERO
TO THREE® to
extend support to our youngest military children. As
part of ZERO TO THREE's®
Coming Together Around Military Families (CTAMF) Initiative,
MCEC®
has provided its "Tell Me A Story For Young Children"™
program and a three-hour Living in the New Normal™ module at
12 military installations heavily impacted by deployment.
Together, ZERO TO THREE®
and MCEC®
have developed a partnership that provides a web of support
for infants through pre-school age children and their
parents. Click on the ZERO TO THREE®,
www.zerotothree.org/military,
to see details on all of their military programs.
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| MCEC® in the News |
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March 20, 2008
- Dr. Mary M. Keller was featured on NPR’s national “Day to Day”
program, and is also quoted in an article appearing on the NPR
web site. The “Day to Day” program is broadcast on 188 NPR
stations around the country.
Click
here to see the interview.
March 27, 2008
- MCEC’s®
helpful tools such as School Quest™
and the Transfer Checklist were showcased in in the March
edition of the
Hanau Union
paper, in Hanau, Germany, see
www.usaghessen.eur.army.mil
(pg 20).
March 6, 2008
- The success of the MCEC’s Heidleberg-Mannheim Parent to Parent™,
or P2P, team was featured in an article in the
Herald Post.
Details
can be found at
www.bw.eur.army.mil (pg
4).
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| MCEC® Resource |
Military families stationed around the world today face high rates of deployment and transition. Deployment is a difficult time for everyone involved – from the adults being deployed and the children they leave behind, to the community of family and friends who must step into new roles. But with the right approach and a plan in place, families and schools can provide the stable, warm environment children need to succeed. The MCEC™ offers resources for military families and educators to ensure military children around the world receive the support and tools they need to succeed.
Click here to view the MCEC™ deployment toolkit. |
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