Military Student Resources
The DoDEA Educational Partnership Branch is pleased to announce the launch of the "Be Here" attendance campaign Toolkits! These toolkits contain downloadable "ready-to-go" briefs, flyers, PSAs, newsletter/newspaper articles, message templates and much more. The resources are organized into three toolkits: Schools & Teachers; Parents & Students; Military Leadership & SLOs. Whenever possible, DoDEA has provided resources in WORD or PPT format so that they may be modified and/or revised to meet your specific needs. The toolkits are available at the DoDEA Educational Parternship Branch website.
Please feel free to provide the link on your websites, and share the resource with all of your stakeholders and partners in your efforts to improve attendance and inform families about the new DoDEA attendance policy. Please check back often as DoDEA continues to update the site with additional resources. We hope you find these toolkits helpful in your efforts to promote the "Be Here" campaign, and ultimately improve attendance.
According to a study conducted by RAND Arroyo Center, the academic performance of elementary and middle school aged military connected students is negatively affected by the long and frequent deployments of their parents. Students who have experienced parental deployment for 19 months or more, have significantly lower scores and more behavioral problems than their peers who have not experienced parental deployment at all or as much. Interviews with school officials showed that a majority of them were not able to adequately understand the problems facing their military students and a lot has to be done to inform and support these officials.
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This guide is provided by the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (DCoE) to support military families and health care providers in tackling the mental and emotional needs of military children. It is a compilation of topic-specific and age related resources from DCOE's internet-based literature review materials which include books, websites, films and social media and support groups.
This site compiles resources related to military students, their families and educators,
and DoDEA activities. Includes sections on Communication with Parents, Military
Life and Culture, pertinent Legislation, and other topics of interest to military-dependent
student education.
MISA is an association of school superintendents that aim to provide all military
impacted students with high-quality educational opportunities. They provide information
and resources for military families and training for educators of military-dependent
children.
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PDF – 353 KB)
This Guide was sponsored by the Educational Opportunities Directorate of the Department of Defense in order to inform educators about the impact of deployment on military families and to provide them with strategies of overcoming the challenges their students face.
The Military Child Education Coalition (MCEC) is tasked with helping schools and military installations meet the needs of transitioning military-connected students by providing information to develop systems and processes to solve transition problems.
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PDF – 1.89 MB)
Education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) will play a crucial role in preparing our students for the coming challenges of entering and succeeding in the 21st century workplace. In this interview with Phi Kappa Delta International, Peggy Brookins, director of the Engineering and Manufacturing Institute of Technology (E.M.I.T.), discusses the importance of STEM courses and how to engage students in these vital subjects. Many DoDEA grant projects focus on enhancing educational opportunities in STEM courses for military-connected students.
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