Sustaining a commitment to ensure military children are successful in their academic journey, MCEC President and CEO, Dr. Rebecca Porter, sought to take a fresh look at the challenges facing military families to understand how MCEC might best respond to those challenges. “We want to know what is working, and if it’s not working, we want to know why. MCEC wants to invest in programs that make an impact and recalibrate initiatives to help better serve our community. The survey is a way to do that—to listen intently to our military families and children, as well as those who educate them,” said Porter. The survey is a first for MCEC. Although MCEC works to keep its ears to the ground and listen to military families and professionals, they’ve not attempted a survey of this magnitude before. MCEC not only wants to collect valuable data, opening up meaningful conversations is equally vital to understanding the educational priorities of MCEC constituents. “We’re hoping this survey will be a way for militaryconnected families and the professionals who support them to have their voices heard and to focus on helping military-connected students not just survive but thrive on their educational journey. Ultimately, MCEC is interested in determining the best ways to provide tools and solutions through innovation and ingenuity,” said Helen Mowers, MCEC instructional systems design manager. The target audience for the survey is: • Military-connected students (age 13 and up) • Military-connected parents with school-aged children • Professionals who support military-connected students and their families For those that fit into more than one category, we are encouraging people to take it more than once if they wear multiple hats (i.e., military parent and professional). The survey takes about 8 minutes and responses are anonymous.
For more information, contact Helen Mowers: Helen.Mowers@militarychild.org
The Military Kids Now Education Survey is available online at http://bit.ly/MCECeducationsurvey. Findings will be made available on the MCEC website later this year.
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