MCEC Podcast

De-Stress the College Process with College Board

Steve Bumbaugh the head of College and Career Access at the College Board shares SAT and college preparation tips, resources and scholarship opportunities available to all students.

With 20 hours of practice using the free personalized SAT prep tool with Khan Academy there is an average 115 score gain for students. www.satpractice.org

In 6 critical steps starting junior year of high school, help alleviate some of the stress associated with the college process and be rewarded for grit, persistence and effort with the College Board Opportunity Scholarship at: www.cb.org/opportunity

Big Future- college finder tool. www.bigfuture.org

College Board Military-Focused College Planning can be found at: www.cb.org/military

Pre AP for All

Shawn Francis from the College Board talks about the new changes with Pre AP courses and their relevance for highly mobile students.  

• Parents interested in learning more about Pre-AP should visit: http://preap.collegeboard.org   
• The Opportunity Myth study referenced from TNTP can be found here: https://opportunitymyth.tntp.org/

Extraordinary Military Kid Evan- "Don't Limit Yourself"

Brown University student, Evan, talks about how he turned challenges in high school into opportunities.  He offers advice to other military teens about college, balance, giving back to the community, sports, deployment and much more.  This is a conversation that you will want to share with your kids.   

Desire to Serve

Dr. Bob Grimesey, Superintendent Moore County Schools, military dad, educator and community leader shares about how his county uniquely serves military families along with what has been the driving force behind his desire to serve this community.  

 

Parent to Parent:

https://www.militarychild.org/audience/parents

Student2Student:

https://www.militarychild.org/audience/students

 

Money Matters for College-Bound Kids

As your young adults prepare to head back to college, listen in to hear some tips on what parents can do to help their kids gain crucial money management skills and what every college student needs to know about credit from Executive Vice President for Communications and Operations for the Association of Military Banks of America (AMBA) Andia Dinesen. 

 

Are you interested in diving deeper into the topic of kids and money? Login to our FREE Parent to Parent webinar recording of "Show Me the Money: Teaching Children the Value of a Dollar" 

 

Ms. Kim Joiner and Jaren #KnowYourMil

Ms.  Kim Joiner, Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Strategic Engagement, talks with our guest S2S host Jaren about an opportunity for all Americans to better understand the military lifestyle through the Know Your Military Initiative.  Join the conversation  at #KnowYourMil or become a supporter at https://www.defense.gov/knowyourmilitary. 

Well-Being of Military Families

Dr. Kenneth W. Kizer, Distinguished Professor at the University of California Davis and Dr. Stephen J. Cozza, Professor Psychiatry at the Uniformed Services University, provide a snapshot of what they will be sharing at the MCEC NTS on the report on the Well-Being of Military Families from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Infographic:

https://www.nap.edu/resource/25380/interactive/

 Strengthening the Military Family Readiness System for a Changing American Society Report is available. Click Below

https://www.nap.edu/catalog/25380/strengthening-the-military-family-readiness-system-for-a-changing-american-society

 

Promoting Healing after Disasters & Violence

Dr. Melissa Brymer, director of terrorism and disaster programs at the UCLA-Duke National Center for Child Traumatic Stress and an expert on how children deal with stress following disasters shares some of what she will be speaking about at the National Training Seminar.  Check out some of the many tools and resources that she shared in the podcast for parents and professionals.

 

Resources mentioned on the podcast:

https://www.nctsn.org/resources/creating-school-active-shooter-intruder-drills

https://www.nctsn.org/resources/helping-youth-after-community-trauma-tips-educators

https://www.nctsn.org/resources/creating-supporting-and-sustaining-trauma-informed-schools-system-framework

https://www.nctsn.org/resources/child-trauma-toolkit-educators

Additional Tools:

https://www.nctsn.org/resources/working-effectively-military-families-10-key-concepts-all-providers-should-know

https://www.nctsn.org/resources/helping-military-children-traumatic-grief-tips-educators

https://www.nctsn.org/resources/childhood-traumatic-grief-information-for-school-personnel-teaching-military-children

https://www.nctsn.org/resources/after-service-veteran-families-transition

 

Extraordinary Military Kid Carter - “His Legacy”

S2S Student Advisory Council member, Carter, is an Extraordinary Military Kid who talks with Debra Longley, S2S Program Manager, about the importance of showing others what right looks like through service.  Listen in to the podcast to hear more about his inspiring story of perseverance and legacy.  

 

www.militarychild.org

Independence Day Special: U.S. Congressman John R. Carter- Supporting the Children of the National Guard and Reserves

In our Independence Day Special podcast, Jaren from the MCEC S2S Student Advisory Council interviews Representative John Carter for Texas’s 31st Congressional District. Their conversation draws attention to the Every Student Succeeds Act and his co-sponsorship of H.R. 1896 — 116th Congress: Supporting Children of the National Guard and Reserve Act that recognizes ALL military-connected students PK-12 in our nation’s public schools.

 

www.militarychild.org 

 

To learn more about Representative John R. Carter visit: https://carter.house.gov/#dialog

 

This podcast has been made possible because of the generous support from the Minot Spouses’ Club.