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New School: 5 Tips to Prepare Your Student

By Amanda Trimillos When a military family gets PCS orders, it’s time for military-connected students to say goodbye to one school and prepare to enter a new one. When farewell…

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Student Resume: Collecting Skills and Materials

By Amanda Trimillos Resume-writing is a skill young adults often encounter for the first time when applying for college, scholarships, or perhaps their first jobs. Military-connected students can benefit from…

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Proactive Communication for Students in Every Season

By Amanda Trimillos In meet-the-teacher sessions at new schools with my children, time and time again I heard teachers use the term “proactive communication.” Teachers offer parents several ways to…

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  • Survey Brings Attention

    Survey Brings Attention to Experiences of Military Students

    The Military Kids Now 2020 Survey conducted by the Military Child Education Coalition reflects what military families already know: military life creates real challenges for military-connected students. Dr. Amanda Trimillos and Stacy Allsbrook-Huisman, authors of Seasons of My Military Student: Practical Ideas for Parents and Teachers, say they’re hopeful the…

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    Interstate Compact Reduces Risk of Graduation Delays

    October 8, 2019

    Remote Learning: Scaling Virtual Walls

    October 15, 2020

    Five Ways Military Kids Clubs Help Students and Schools

    August 14, 2019
  • Jill Biden Joins MCEC for Military Student Survey Release

    With support from Dr. Jill Biden, the Military Child Education Coalition released its Military Kids Now 2020 Survey Summary Report at the MCEC 2020 Education Summit. Other leaders from the military, government, and education communities discussed the military student survey and other issues affecting military-connected children at the two-day virtual…

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    Power of Education Binder Goes Beyond Graduation

    An Education Binder holding key information about a military-connected student is a powerful tool for continuity—and the power of the binder goes beyond high school graduation. A complete Education Binder documents progress and can help students communicate their abilities and accomplishments to future employers, prospective colleges, and scholarship committees. Documenting…

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    Education Binder: A Portable Teachers’ Lounge

    August 16, 2018

    Creating an Education Binder

    May 24, 2018

    Student Resume: Collecting Skills and Materials

    March 5, 2020
  • Remote Learning: Scaling Virtual Walls

    Virtual learning can create some very real obstacles, especially for military-connected students in the Season of Arriving. Navigating a new school and new home while trying to make friends in virtual classes may feel like facing a brick wall. Amanda Trimillos and Stacy Allsbrook-Huisman, coauthors of Seasons of My Military…

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    Interstate Compact Reduces Risk of Graduation Delays

    October 8, 2019

    Bringing a Student’s Military Life into Classroom Learning

    February 11, 2019

    Military Students and Where to Find Them

    May 3, 2018
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    Game Plan: Adapting Strategies for Every Season

    Even in a shifting pandemic environment, the Seasons of TransitionTM cycle continues for military-connected students. When a new situation means a new game plan, the strategies in Seasons of My Military Student: Practical Ideas for Parents and Teachers are still effective for healthy transitions. Here are some ways to adapt key…

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    Exit Plan Cultivates a Healthy Season of Leaving

    April 12, 2019

    About the Seasons of Transition ™

    May 24, 2018

    Proactive Communication for Students in Every Season

    September 15, 2019
  • Back to School: Supporting Teachers Strengthens the Team

    By Terri Barnes Building a strong student-advocacy team is essential for military-connected students. As the school year begins in a pandemic environment, now more than ever, the team-building strategy should include supporting teachers, as well as students. Military-connected students at new schools won’t be the only ones navigating a new…

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    Conference Time: Choose Student Timeline Over Tradition

    October 11, 2018

    Superintendent Emphasizes Support for Teachers, Students, Parents

    August 15, 2020

    Academic Gaps and Overlaps

    September 14, 2018
  • Superintendent Emphasizes Support for Teachers, Students, Parents

    By Terri Barnes Jesse Najera is the superintendent of Silver Valley Unified School District in California. He is also a member of the California State Council of the Military Interstate Children’s Compact Commission. Military-connected students make up seventy-five percent of Silver Valley’s 2,200 students. The district’s seven schools, Pre-K to…

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    Bringing School Home: Focus on the Possibilities

    March 20, 2020

    Teachers: Supporting Students Before, During, and After Deployment

    November 14, 2018

    Conference Time: Choose Student Timeline Over Tradition

    October 11, 2018
  • Moving During a Pandemic: How Schools Can Help

    Stacy Allsbrook-Huisman for Military Times — When military families first come to a new school, whether in-person or on Zoom or via email, we are carrying an invisible backpack on our shoulders weighted heavily with the emotional stress of the last several months of moving. It will be all that…

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  • Mom’s View: Challenges of Pandemic Transitions

    Stacy Allsbrook-Huisman for The 74 Million — For military families, moving during a pandemic is like navigating the K-12 landscape through a kaleidoscope. When a military-connected child arrives at a new school this fall, teachers and administrators should understand that it has been a hard journey to get there — much…

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  • Start Early for a Strong Student-Advocacy Team

    The Season of Arriving is a crucial time for military-connected students. As school transitions are happening alongside pandemic conditions, students and parents are facing the possibility of an academic year that is either partially or completely online–at a new and unfamiliar school. No matter what kind of classes are planned…

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    Teachers: Supporting Students Before, During, and After Deployment

    November 14, 2018

    Seasons Book Clubs Engage Networks of Support

    February 5, 2020

    Superintendent Emphasizes Support for Teachers, Students, Parents

    August 15, 2020
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