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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 via email. |
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| MCEC in the News |
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 access the interview and view the article.
March 27, 2008 - MCEC's® helpful tools such as School QuestTM and the Transfer Checklist were showcased in the March edition of the Hanau Union in Hanau, Germany. Click here to view the article (page 20).
March 6, 2008 - The success of the MCEC's Heidleberg-Mannheim Parent to ParentTM (P2P) team in Heidleberg, Germany was featured in an article in the Herald Post. Click here to view the article (pg 4). |
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| Register now for MCEC's® Annual Conference, featuring a keynote address from Secretary of Defense Dr. Robert Gates |
| You don't want to miss the MCEC® Annual Conference 2008! This year's conference will be held 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 |
| 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. Visit ZERO TO THREE® to see details on all of their military programs. |
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| MCEC® Kicks Off the "Month of Military Child" By Recognizing North Carolina's Commitment to Military Families |
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HARKER HEIGHTS, Texas – The Military Child Education Coalition™ (MCEC®) celebrated the "Month of the Military Child" by announcing it has trained more than 600 educators in the state of North Carolina. Eight of the MCEC's® Supporting Families and Children of the Guard and Reserves Institutes™ have been held in the state over the past two years, thanks to the generous support of Gov. Mike Easley.
Created by the MCEC® in 2004, the Supporting Families and Children of the Guard and Reserves Institutes™ help educators identify and understand the challenges faced by children of deployed parents. The two-day trainings provide K-12 school-based administrators, teachers, counselors and social workers with resources and strategies to support military children in the classroom. Institutes have been held in states across the country, but no state has done as much as North Carolina to foster a military-friendly education environment.
Gov. Easley recently issued a call to action to governors across the country during the National Governor's Association meeting in February. Easley cited the success of the Institutes and LINN™ in urging his colleagues to join North Carolina in equipping their states to better support the children of the nation's servicemen and women.
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