Military Child Education Coalition

Student achievement - provide opportunities through peer-to-peer mentoring programs, leadership training, student summits and enhancement trainings. Student 2 student (s2s) campus mentoring programs at the elementary, middle, and high school levels bring military and civilian students together to welcome new students, support academic excellence, personal well-being, team building and ease transitions as students transition into or out of schools. Frances hesselbein student leadership program, established in 2006, is an intensive leadership training program held at the united states military academy west point and united states air force academy designed to grow and sustain the s2s program on the local campus offering an intensive experience for selected students to enrich their leadership and team building skills. Through the week-long intensive experience, sophomores and juniors gain confidence, competence, and commitment to their leadership to build their program. Students also have an opportunity to share their program challenges and successes with other peers to gain a new insight on improvement. Distinguished guests provide insights into overcoming challenges and building personal character.

Professional services - mcec professional development helps prepare professionals across disciplines to address the unique challenges facing military-connected children. Face-to-face and virtual training informs educators and other youth-serving professionals to glean better understanding, appropriately respond, and help mitigate the unique challenges presented by the military lifestyle. Mcec has partnered with the university of new mexico health sciences department and project echo to host professional learning communities, a new way for educators to utilize a network of peers and partners, to learn, collaborate and to implement strategies to best support military-connected students.

Other program initiatives including organization initiatives, community coordinators, military student consultant service center, mcec 360 summits, and mcec global training summit.