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)
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)
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
Internships for Yr1-Yr4
(959 Interns; 162,379 Hours)
 Yr1(2010-2011)
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30 USC MSW Interns
 Yr 2 (2011-2012)
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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)
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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)
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30 USC MSW Interns
2 SDSU School Psychology Interns
5 SDSU School Counseling Interns
400 UCSD Partners at Learning
Program Undergraduate Interns
Gilreath, T. D., Cederbaum, J., Astor, R.A., Benbenishty, R., Pineda, D., & Atuel, H. (2013). Substance Use Among MilitaryConnected Youth: The California Healthy Kids Survey American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 44(2), 150-153.
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 militaryconnected 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.
To what extent these issues have improved
during the last three years
Student - staff relationships have improved
Our school relationships with parents have
improved
Our academic performance has improved
Our school has gained new knowledge of how
to improve school climate
Some extent
Large extent
Levels of school violence have gone down
We have a greater appreciation of the potential
contribution of a school social worker
We are more effective in getting additional
resources from the community
Our awareness of military connected students
and their needs has grown
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Programs
 Living in the New Normal
 Because Nice Matters
 Psychological First Aid
 Learning Together
 Threat Assessment
 Family Readiness
Express
 Partners at Learning
 School-Based Project
FOCUS
 Student to Student
Training for school staff
Recognizing the Military
Student
Because Nice Matters
• Data-driven decision
• Home-grown practice
• School-wide to
district-wide
implementation
Building Capacity | 2
Partners at Learning
• Total (Estimate and
Cumulative hours for
2011-2014): 40,000
Hours of service
Building Capacity | 2
Learning Together
• Peer to Peer
Tutoring
Program
Building Capacity | 2
Project FOCUS
• Total (Estimate and
Cumulative groups for
2011-2012 and 20122013): 131 groups
SECTION TITLE | 2
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
Student 2 Student
Workshops
 eS2S
• Bonsall
• Chula Vista
 jS2S
• Bonsall
• Oceanside
 S2S
• Oceanside
• Temecula
Regional and National
Partnerships
 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
National Dissemination
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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)
Thank you!
http://buildingcapacity.usc.edu
USCBuildingCapacity@gmail.com