Educator Resources

Military Child Education Coalition: MCEC is a non-profit organization that identifies the challenges that face the highly mobile military child, increases awareness of these challenges in military and educational communities and initaties and implements programs to meet the challenges. MCEC's goal is to level the educational playing field for military children wherever they are located around the world and to serve as a model for all highly mobile children.

SchoolQuest.org: Military parents are now armed with a new resource to use when moving and choosing new schools for their kids – and it’s provided free of charge. SchoolQuest.org enables parents to create customized reports tailored to their children’s specific needs and grade levels. This online program not only aids students and families in adjusting to various academic requirements among schools, but it also helps them to consider other important issues specific to different districts and locations.

• Best Practices: Building Blocks for Enhancing School Environment
• Educator's Guide to the Military Child During Deployment
• School Connectedness
• Ten Tips for Administrators
• Ten Tips for Teachers
• Military Students on the Move:
  • A Tool Kit for School Leaders
  • A Took Kit for Installation Commanders
• Helping Children Deal with Change
• Helping Kids Cope When a Loved One is On Military Deployment
• Honoring All Who Served: Teacher Resource Guide

Journal Articles

Helping Children Cope When a Loved One Is on Military Deployment - Journal of the National Association for the Education of Young Children