The Building Capacity Consortium: An Exemplar on Supporting Military-Connected Schools

1. The Building Capacity Consortium: An Exemplar on Supporting Military-Connected Schools Presented by Diana Pineda, MHA, MSW, LCSW The Future of Children – Military Children and Schools, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ October 8th, 2014 Building Capacity is funded by the Department of Defense Education Activity #HE1254-10-1-0041 (2010 – 2014)

2. Building Capacity Partnership Consortium Fallbrook Elementary School District Fallbrook High School District Escondido Elementary School District Escondido High School District Chula Vista Elementary School District Temecula Valley Unified School District Oceanside Unified School District Bonsall Union School District University of Southern California (USC) Ron Astor, PhD (PI)

3. Initial Aims and Goals • MSW & BA Internships • Creation of Data Driven Monitoring System • Develop Military-Connected School Module for the California Healthy Kids Survey (CHKS), the California School Climate Survey (CSCS), and the California School Parent Survey (CSPS) • Bi-Annual Surveys to School Leaders, Interns, and Field Supervisors (Qualtrics) • Implementation of Evidence-Based or Home-Grown Practices • Advocating policy for Military and veteran identifier in schools • National Dissemination

4. Internships for Yr1-Yr4(959 Interns; 162,379 Hours) • Yr1(2010-2011) • 30 USC MSW Interns • Yr 2 (2011-2012) • 30 USC MSW Interns • 5 SDSU MSW Interns • 10 SDSU School Psychology Interns • 10 SDSU School Counseling Interns • 10 UCSD Partners at Learning Program Undergraduate Interns • Yr 3 (2012-2013) • 30 USC MSW Interns • 4 SDSU MSW Interns • 10 SDSU School Psychology Interns • 10 SDSU School Counseling Interns • 400 UCSD Partners at Learning Program Undergraduate Interns • Yr 4 (2013-2014) • 30 USC MSW Interns • 2 SDSU School Psychology Interns • 5 SDSU School Counseling Interns • 400 UCSD Partners at Learning Program Undergraduate Interns

5. Gilreath, T. D., Cederbaum, J., Astor, R.A., Benbenishty, R., Pineda, D., & Atuel, H. (2013). Substance Use Among Military-Connected Youth: The California Healthy Kids Survey American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 44(2), 150-153.

6. De Pedro, K., Astor, R.A., Gilreath, T., & Benbenishty, R (2013). The role of school climate in the mental health of secondary students: A study of students in military-connected schools. Paper accepted at the American Educational Research Association Conference, San Francisco, California. De Pedro, K., Astor, R.A., Gilreath, T., & Benbenishty, R.  (2013). Victimization among students in military-connected schools: The role of school climate. Paper accepted for presentation at the American Educational Research Association Conference, San Francisco, California.

7. To what extent these issues have improved during the last three years

8. Programs • Living in the New Normal • Psychological First Aid • Threat Assessment • Partners at Learning • School-Based Project FOCUS • Because Nice Matters • Learning Together • Family Readiness Express • Student to Student Training for school staff

9. Recognizing the Military Student

10. Because Nice Matters • Data-driven decision • Home-grown practice • School-wide to district-wide implementation Building Capacity | 2

11. Partners at Learning • Total (Estimate and Cumulative hours for 2011-2014): 40,000 Hours of service Building Capacity | 2

12. Learning Together • Peer to Peer Tutoring Program Building Capacity | 2

13. Project FOCUS • Total (Estimate and Cumulative groups for 2011-2012 and 2012-2013): 131 groups SECTION TITLE | 2

14. Family Readiness Express • Vail Elementary School (Oct 1-2, 2012) • Jefferson Middle School (Oct 11-12, 2012) • Wolf Canyon Elementary (Dec 17-18) • Total # of Visitors between 2011-2013 = 1858 Building Capacity | 2

15. Student 2 Student Workshops • eS2S • Bonsall • Chula Vista • jS2S • Bonsall • Oceanside • S2S • Oceanside • Temecula

16. Regional and NationalPartnerships • Navy and Marine School Liaison Officers • Navy’s Family Readiness Express • San Diego Military Family Collaborative • San Diego State University • UC San Diego • UCLA’s Project FOCUS • California Department of Education and WestEd • Military Child Education Coalition • Educate the Educators and Joining Forces (White House) • Teachers College Press

17. National Dissemination • Military Child Education Coalition (MCEC) • American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) • American Education Research Association (AERA) • Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) • American Psychological Association (APA) • American Public Health Association (APHA) • American School Counselor Association (ASCA) • National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) • American Middle Level Educators (AMLE) • National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) • National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) • National Association of School Nurses (NASN) • National Association of Social Workers (NASW) • National Education Association (NEA) • National Parent Teacher Association (PTA)

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