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Education and military partnership that combines
resources to promote the common goal of graduating
all West Virginia students with awareness and skills
ready to enter post-secondary educational
opportunities.
(Original):
THE WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL GUARD
THE WEST VIRGINIA WING CIVIL AIR PATROL
WEST VIRGINIA CONGRESS OF PARENTS AND TEACHERS, INC.
THE UNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITING BATTALION BECKLEY
THE NAVY RECRUITING DISTRICT OHIO
THE MARINE CORPS RECRUITING STATIONS IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA
THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE RECRUITING STATIONS IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA
THE WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE WEST VIRGINIA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
(Additional):
THE UNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITING BATTALION OHIO
THE UNITED STATES NAVY RECRUITING DISTRICT PITTSBURGH
Purpose:
 Define partners
 Establish mutual understanding and cooperation
 Joint goal of graduating all students in West Virginia
college and/or career ready.
 Share resources
 Promote all post-secondary options for students in
West Virginia, not for promoting recruitment
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Provide career counseling and tutoring services
Provide career mentors
Provide JROTC programs
Explore the development of middle grade level programs in
West Virginia schools.
Provide a variety of free and relatively inexpensive resources
for schools to use
Provide counselors, faculty and administrators Educator
Tours
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Provide program information and appoint project officer/mentor
when appropriate.
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Provide materials to gain student interest in the program.
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Provide instructor guides, lesson plans, activity books and other
program resources at no cost.
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Provide student membership with textbooks, uniforms and
additional training materials.
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Provide FBI background checks on all adult members at no cost.
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Encourage all high schools to provide the opportunity
for military personnel to present career information
to interested students in West Virginia schools.
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Communicate and coordinator with all parties of the
MOU to establish a career mentoring program.
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Incorporate in a student exit process all parties of the
MOU to provide guidance about the benefits of
graduating from high school to any students
considering dropping out of school.
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Ensure that every student will have the opportunity
to take the ASVAB test in their school or a school
nearby, for the purpose of career assessment,
exploration and development.
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Create a communication plan to educate students,
parents, faculty, administration and community
members about the intent, purpose and benefits of
this MOU.
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Provide education and resources to its members of students, parents,
faculty, administration and community members about the positive supports,
including career development and tutoring services, available through military
personnel through bulletin articles and displays/materials at WV PTA
conventions.
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Help to create networks of people, organizations, and other resources to help
support military children.
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Support and encourage all efforts to make available career and mentoring
programs to all students in West Virginia provided through this MOU.
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Educate and increase community awareness of the impact of the
deployment cycle on service members, families, kids, and the community as a
whole 
 Common Ground Website
 School Counselor Protocol
 Interstate Compact on Education of
Military Children
 Speaker Series
Contact Information:
Shelly DeBerry, Student Success Advocate Coordinator
Office of School Improvement
304-558-7881 or 304-558-3199
sdeberry@access.k12.wv.us
Col. James Runyon, Joint Chief of Staff
WV National Guard
james.runyon@us.army.mil