001Okay, thank you so much for those that are joining us today. We are so excited for you to be here. We welcome you to our Purple Star Campus Support Professional Learning Community and our second session which is identifying military connected students. Again, if you're new with us, our PLC's are a great way for educators to collaborate with and tap into a network of peers and partners to support military connected students. This is a new PLC that we've designed for school professionals and educators at campuses across Texas that have either earned or are working towards that purple star campus designation. Uh our knowledge sharing model brings together network of learners, subject matter experts, peers from multiple focus areas for a really holistic approach. We will you will have the opportunity to identify potential solutions to common
002challenges related to purple star campus program. So again, thank you for joining us. If you've been with us before, we're excited to have you back. If you're new with us today, um we're excited to have you here. We're just going to do a few little introductions of who we are. Uh my name is Nikki Harrison. I'm with the Military Child Education Coalition. You'll commonly hear us referred to as MSE. And we're really all about supporting military connected children in regards to education advocacy and collaborating to resolve those education challenges associated with the military lifestyle. Our vision is that we would love for every military connected child to be college, work, and life ready. And I'm going to have my colleague introduce herself, Marie. Hi everyone. My name is Marie McGary and I am an educator
003and webinar presenter with MSAC. And I got my start in MSE in El Paso, Texas. So I'm always happy when I can present to Texas educators. So happy to be with all of you this afternoon. And Terry Hi, I'm a military student consultant with the um with MSE and I am happy to be here to support and answer any questions that you have. Uh Purple Star Schools are one of my uh specialty areas. Have a great day. >> Wonderful. Thanks. And then we have Kim Armstrong who will be supporting in the chat box today. So, we're appreciative of her being here. And I'll turn it over to Dr. Lei to introduce herself. Hi, good afternoon. Thank you so much for being here. Um, just wanted to quickly introduce myself. Dr. Annlay for you. If you
004don't know who I am, I lead the military connected student program. So all your technical assistance support requests um with military connected students or Purple Star, please uh email us at our militaryconnected inbox and we'll be happy to help you. Thanks so much Dr. Lei. We appreciate you being here and thank you for those that are in the chat box putting um your names where you're joining from. Um we love to see everyone from across the state of Texas. So please continue doing that. We we love that so much. So, we want to talk just briefly about the collaboration and the partnership that we have uh with the Texas Education Agency and of course MSE. We're proud to have this five-part professional learning community series. We're on session two, so we have three more to
005go. And we have the opportunity to offer professional development training and office hours that will happen after this session today through the fall into the spring of 2026. This is a really great collaborative effort that really underscores that commitment to nurturing a positive educational experience for our military families. And so, um, we are very excited about the collaboration and partnership that we have with TEA. The Purple Star Campus Support PLC series. Again, on our um, next slide again just kind of features that flyer that most of you all probably seen somewhere on social media or received during email. and again talks about the PLC series and our overall goal of really wanting to provide coaching support and strengthened guidance. And so we hope you're able to receive that today. So our learning objectives for this
006session is we're going to explore demographic data to really better understand the unique characteristics and needs of military connected students. Um, we love data and we're always um wanting to be research um driven in um what we do in regards to our trainings. Review current practices for identifying military connected students and consider ways to enhance that identification process. And then we're going to end with just sharing and discussing some practical strategies for you being able to identify those military connected students, engage with families, staff, and leadership in a meaningful way. And I'm going to turn it over to Marie. >> Great. Thanks, Nikki. So, as Nikki outlined our learning objectives for day today, I wanted to share with you that our overarching goal, our big picture goal is that participants will be able to utilize
007that military student identifier, that MSI data to support our military connected students. So, I do have a question for you. I'd love to hear from you in the chat box. My question is, do you know which students at your campus are military connected? So, I'd love for you to put those responses in the chat box. I'm going to take a look and give you all a minute or two to do that. Seeing lots of yeses. Um, couple of not currently, couple of nos. Do not. All right, great. Thank you so much. Not currently, just some of them. All right. Terrific. For those of you that are identifying uh your military connected students, how does your campus identify military connected students? I see difficult process. So, what are some of the ways that you are identifying
008students? I'd love for you to put that response in the chat box as well. Student enrollment. I see e school plus parent guardian self-identifying. So self-identifying military indicator part of the registration process lunch groups skyward. That's a new one for me. Student enrollment registration. Self-identifying. Great. All right. So lots of commonality there um in that process. Thank you. And we are going to circle back to that about how we can identify those military connected students. It'll be something that we'll circle back again a little bit later in the presentation. So before we do our deeper dive in today, we need to have a common understanding of who our military connected children are in order to provide support to them. On the slide, you will see some statistics from the Department of Defense that were collected
009in 2023 and released in December of last year regarding the our active duty service members which includes National Guard and reserves uh the ages of those military connected students. So across over 1.5 million military connected students, more than 23 about 69% are 11 years of age or younger. So that's our largest demographic. The smallest group is those um military connected students that are 19 to 22 years old. So that's the smallest demographic. So, as we work through our time together today, perhaps consider that the largest group of military connected students that are impacted by multiple transitions and separations are those students that are in those early elementary formative years of school. So it's just something to be considering as you're developing programs and working to identify students that that is that largest demographic are children
010students 11 years of age and younger. So let's drill down a little bit more and take a look at what is happening in the state of Texas. There are 20 regional education service centers or ESC's throughout the state of Texas and they were established to provide services to school districts throughout the state. The centers are service organizations not regulatory arms of the Texas Education Agency and participation by schools in services of the centers is voluntary. Chapter 8 of the Texas Education Code enacted by the 75th Texas legislation legislature in 1997 specified the following purposes for or of ESC's. Regional education service centers shall assist school districts in improving student performance in each region of the system, enable school districts to operate more efficiently and economically and implement initiatives assigned by the by the legislature or
011the commissioner. Military connected students reside throughout the state of Texas. On the slide is a list of the education service centers and how many military connected students are enrolled in schools within their region. Probably no surprise, you can see that region 20, the San Antonio area, has the highest number of military connected students. Region 12, Waco, and region 4 Houston come in second and third. and that data was collected in the 20 school year 2023 um PE's October snapshot. So I have another question for you and I'd love for you to again you're doing a great job share your answer in the chat box. Does your campus or district use an online registration form that includes a way to identify military connected students? And I know for some of you that'll be a quick yes
012because you had indicated that earlier. But if that's not something that you have, please let share that. So, lots of yeses in there. So, it's part of that registration process. Great. Um, so if you have identified those students and a lot of you are indicating that you have, if so, when and how is that first meaningful contact made with those students in their families and what is that interaction look like? So, again, please put your responses in the chat box. So, how are you connecting with those? You've identified them. And then where does that first meaningful connection happen with that student or their families? And you can put that in the chat box, too. That's a two-part answer, so I'll give you an extra minute or two to get that into the chat box. almost
013immediately I'm seeing back to school night teachers at the certain welcome letters um when they're using those answers to incorporate them into lunch groups meet the teacher night military liaison military kids club counselors fiesta newsletters openhouse love that that's great collabor collaboratives Terrific. One of the things I think is so meaningful is if one some of these ideas pop out at you as something that you would like to incorporate in your school, I think that's great. This this sharing is fantastic. The counselor, family nights, meet the teacher, counselors meeting students right away. And that immediate connection is so important, we know, in helping to ease those those transition fears and transition those uh transition concerns and help to make it them have a meaningful connection and and acclimate to that school. Terrific. Great. Thank you
014so much. You can continue putting those in the chat box and and people sharing ideas, but I'm going to turn it back over to Nikki and she's going to talk a little bit more about the military student identifier. Yeah, I loved seeing how um immediate the contact is in the chat box. So, I love that you all are getting that data early on and it's happening in you know meet the teachers which sometimes is even before school starts. So, I love that. So, we want to talk a little bit more about the military student identifier or the MSI and give a little bit of background because I feel like sometimes there's a lot of um you know confusion and kind of misconceptions on what that is. And so the Every Student S succeeds act or
015ESSA recognizes military connected students as a distinct subgroup that MSI defines military connected students as those with a parent who is um on an active duty member of the armed forces or on active duty orders. The MSI provides educators with that critical information to personalize those support services for military dependent children and requires all states to collect and report that assessment data using that uh MSI. In Texas, the Texas Education Code 25.006 006 was amended in 2019 to include dependence of the National Guard, Reserve Forces, and those killed in the line of duty. That MSI data really provides that additional dimension to schools programming needed to really effectively respond to military connected students as a subgroup and to really include best practices in extending that support to veteran and retirey student and uh families and
016I am a part of a retiree family. Um, so I'm always appreciative that um, schools are identifying my u military connected kiddos. So let's talk a little bit more about the MSI. Um, it really is a unique identifier and it's a critical tool for ensuring that military connected students receive the support and resources they need to succeed and really again allows K through2 schools to collect that data regarding enrollment, retention, and academic success. The MSI really enables the school system to do just that. Um, we talk so much about identification. you can't support a student if you don't have them identified and that really you know needs to happen upon enrollment. Um best practices for your campus transition program which is part of that purple star campus designation. Uh the evaluation of records and transcripts.
017our military families um are PCSing, permanent change of uh duty station in the summers and so they're really needing those records and those transcripts evaluated right away and can really help with academic and mental health screening. And you'll see on the screen there's an infographic that TEA um puts out. This is the updated one. And I love that it's a really great way of just having a snapshot of the MSI and kind of um a walk through of how that's changed over the years. So, next we're going to watch a video, a really just kind of short video that discusses the importance of the MSI um and really kind of that identification that happens in the enrollment process. >> [music] >> Identifying our military connected students as they enroll is critical to the campus's ability
018to be able to understand and [music] support the students unique needs. Registars and data processors play an important part in properly coding our military connected students in PS. It is crucial to have district-led training for registars and data processors at the beginning of the school year as well as follow-up meetings regularly throughout the school year. Providing regularly scheduled meetings ensures the opportunity to train and follow up with registars and data processors so they have a clear understanding [music] of the military student identifier and how to properly code military connected students in PES upon enrollment. It is necessary that all registars and data processors [music] correctly and promptly enter the information so the campuses have the most current and accurate information for military connected students. Once the [music] student is fully enrolled and coded properly in
019PES, the campus-based military liaison should be notified to initiate the campus transition program. The student-to- student program helps to provide a smooth transition for new military connected students by fostering a sense of belonging and connection upon enrollment. [music] Okay, I love that video. I think it gives just a really great kind of broad overview of the significance behind the military student identifier and them being properly identified um with those PES codes. So here we have some examples of the military student identifier form. I know many of you said earlier that you know that that's being done during that enrollment or registration process. it may be really being done online for for the most part, but I love that here is kind of an example of what some of those questions look like. And on the
020left, we have um one that MSE has designed just kind of so you can see what that looks like. And on the right, we have an example of an of a form from an actual campus um here in Texas um and features all six of those PES codes. So, yours may look a little different, but having this form during the enrollment or registration process is really a great time to capture this information. And again, for a lot of you, I know u my kids school registration enrollment's done online and so it's it's in an electronic format, but I'd love for you to share if you know what your online registration form or process looks like. So, could you share that in the chat box? I just I I would love to know like, you know,
021do you know what that looks like when parents are registering or enrolling their kids? And we have um feel free to ask questions in the chat box. We may come back and address them towards the um the end if like we can't get them um at throughout the course of the session or we also have our office hours at the end of um our PLC2 session that you can stay back and ask more questions. Okay, so it looks like a lot of you said yes. Um you also have to enroll your kids so you know what it looks like similar to the one on the screen. I see a lot of people saying yes. Um, oh, I have someone saying we usually help parents register so we can see how the forms appear. So, I
022think it's great if you don't know what your online registration questionnaire looks like in regards to to the MSI, those PES codes. I would um really have you kind of uh investigate and research that because I think that could be really helpful for you to know um what that looks like. in the chat box, we're putting a FAQ that MSX developed about the military student identifier and so you can use that as a resource. Um, I love a lot of people saying it's a questionnaire during enrollment and as a parent, you know what it looks like. So, I think that's fantastic. So, we want to talk a little bit more. I know earlier we we talked about how many military connected students are within the regions um throughout the state of Texas. um we're looking
023a little bit more at what those students look like based off of PE's codes. And so um I love that that we have this data and I think it's really great. And so you can see over the past three years there has been significant growth um which really reflects improved identification and reporting practices but also underscores the increasing importance of targeted support and resources for this population. So you can see from 2023 we had a total of about 199,326 military connected students to 2025 which is 229 392. So you have almost a 30,000 um jump in those numbers of military connected students. So again, proper identification is really really in um important. Okay. On our next slide, we want to talk about military connected students and the coding. So again, uh Texas Education Code 25.006
024006 requires school districts and open enrollment charter schools to collect that data to identify their military connected student population and submit it to the Texas Education Agency. So you can see um in the box um the rectangular box on the left hand side all six of the PES codes um and kind of what that looks like. students in K through 12 if that student is a dependent of a current or former member of the US military. And we've included Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard. The Texas National Guard, which is Army, Air Guard, or State Guard, or a reserve force. Also, the student was a dependent of the US military or reserve force who's fallen in the line of duty. There's also PES codes for our pre kindergarten students. And
025I think as someone who's lived across the US um and even around the world, I think it's amazing that there's identification happening at the prek level. So you can see that's for a dependent of an active duty member of armed forces of the US including those state military forces or reserve components of armed forces um who are ordered to active duty by proper authority or a dependent of the armed forces of the US including state military forces or reserve component of armed forces who are injured or fallen in the line of duty. Um I I want to just because there's a few questions about PS code 4. Um and is prek only for military in some places? And I don't know um prek it should be across the board um if they're fall into that
026category um for king's code 4. So again, I see questions in the chat box, but we'll address those at the end because I know there's a lot with this PES coding. Um, one of the things that, you know, we talked about in the video you saw a little bit earlier is that the campus-based military liaison is really encouraged to work collaboratively um with the campus teams coordinator, that school counselor, data processor, registar or any staff who um really ensure all new and currently enrolled students are properly identified and coded through PS. And so it's really important to have that um network uh and collaboration going between those different staff members. I'm going to pass it over to Murray. Great. Thanks. So talking about communication with staff members, I have a question for you. How does
027your campus or district currently communicate with school leaders and staff when a new military connected student enrolls? So I'll ask the first part of that question first. So, how does your campus or district currently communicate with school leaders and staff when a new military connected student enrolls? So, how is that happening? And then how effective? So, it does not. So, that answers the second part of the question. How in effective is it? No communication. Some are saying the registar um so that communication is not happening. Not sure. None. Counselor asks and then the counselor informs the military liaison. Anchored for life students provide them with kits. Unsure. All right. Somewhat difficult. Pee informs us. Okay. 90% military. So we have some folks that have a lot of experience because their military district military connected students
028are so high in their district. um some have to access ps themselves to get out that information. Okay. So certainly this is an issue that comes up quite often is you know the information gets collected here but then how does it to borrow a military term how does it get to our folks who are boots on the ground right who are interacting with those students so that we can support them and provide programming to address their needs. So we are going to explore this a little bit further with our problem of practice. So our problem of practice is a real case presentation and it's an opportunity for joint problem solving in this community of practice that is gathered together today. So we are going to give you an opportunity to discuss and to deepen your
029understanding of the situation and then we'll ask you to share reflections or recommendations regarding this problem. And then at the end of the session we're going to come back together and talk about some recommendations for the group. Because we have a large group today which is fantastic. We are going to break out in just a few minutes into smaller breakout rooms. So we'll have an opportunity to have that discussion. But before we do that, I want to provide you with an overview of the case, the problems of practice, and some of the questions that we'll be exploring. So, a little bit of background on the case study. We have a campus that's located near a military installation, and they serve a diverse student population with a high percentage of military connected students. However, and this
030seems to be uh something that lots of you are experiencing as well, the campus has struggled to accurately identify and support these students due to a lack of clear identification methods and this often results in a lack of comprehensive support for these students. So some of the challenges that are being faced by this particular campus is the first one uh is accurate identification. So we have a list of those on the next slide. The students are not being identified due to an unclear process. So accurately identifying the students is the first challenge. The second challenge is that reporting and notification methods. the staff on campus don't know who their military connected students are because that information is not being shared or there's not an effective method to share that information. And then the last challenge
031is how can we implement effective support a lack of academic social and emotional support programs due to not having the data gathered on these students. We know as educators that data drives programs. So if we don't have that data collected, we are kind of you know held back from providing and developing the appropriate programs that they need. So the questions that we are going to consider in the group if you want to you know jot these down the group leaders will have them as well. So some of the things that we are going to consider is how can a campus develop a clear standardized process to identify our military connected students is some other things to consider. Is pe coding crucial in this process? Is it training of staff? Is it a combination of both?
032So those would might be some questions to consider and think about. Another question is what system can be used to notify campus staff of military connected students on campus? And again, why is this so important? And then finally, what are some ways that a campus can gather data from military connected students and their families to develop targeted support programs? So, how can we hear from them about what types of programs and support that they would find most helpful? So those are our three questions. So in a minute you will a little talk bubble appear on your screen inviting you to go into one of the breakout rooms. So just click on that and we will have some discussion for about 15 minutes or so I think Nikki and then come back together. Great. Thanks Marie.
033You should have a prompt to go into your breakout rooms. Okay. Welcome back for those that are joining back. I think we have everyone back with us. Okay, wonderful. I think we I think everyone's been joined back and so um I would love to have um someone from each group if you remember what room you were in. I know I was in room three um one person from each group kind of share um what they talked about. So for that first question of how can a campus develop a clear standardized process to identify military connected students, anyone that was in room one, would they like to unmute and share with the group or even if you're not in room one, you can share. >> Vicki, I already forgot which room I was in. I know.
034I was like, it doesn't matter your room. If anybody would like to share, actually, let's just open it up for the three questions that we talked about. Would anyone like to unmute and share just one thing that you chatted about in your group? Um, I know I could share for room three, but anyone like to just unmute and share something that you discussed? My my group just looked at, you know, we were just trying to see like the questionnaire and reaching out for the annual enrollment, what those questions for our military connected students um are. Um and I talked about how there were different versions of it across most of the districts that I kind of viewed and um on their web pages and things like that. So, uh, we discussed making sure that those
035questionnaires align to the current PE's coding, um, to be absolutely clear for parents as well, so they understand what it is that they are checking yes or no to. >> For my group, for group one, uh, lots of great discussion. One of my favorite things is, um, there was an email exchange because somebody was doing something that someone else in the group really liked and so they were going to share that form, which was fantastic. Uh, so I want to brag on them a little bit, but one of the the key points was that identification piece um and and really trying to get that in place and then hoping that the other things will follow. Um, one thing that was interesting that someone brought up is with the PES coding, she said that the example
036that we gave, there's extra codes in there that indicate maybe someone that's working at the post office or something else or not military identified. And so she wasn't sure if there was like a standardized PES form or if her district chose to add in a couple of other questions because what she's having to do is then go and um and really look at individual folders to see who's actually military connected. So that was a question that came up. Yeah, I that that's a great question and maybe they are capturing some other groups of in individuals um in their um in their questionnaire and I was in room three and again I think probably everyone was talking about identification um I had a um lady that was talking about they have a huge number of uh
037military connected students whose parents are either veterans are retirees and um that that information isn't being captured or they're not being identified. And so um they're identifying the active duty, they're identifying the National Guard and the reserve and the killed in um in the line of duty, but not the veterans um and the retirees. And so um you know, she said, "We've got some work to do." Uh and so I said, "That's okay." Yeah. Anyone else like to share before we move on? >> I was in room four and um when we talked about the second question, the system that can be used to notify campus staff of military connected students on on campus. We, you know, we talked about the various forms of communication that a lot of schools use um that they can
038communicate between each other like remind or uh parent square or whatever that can those can be used to um communicate with other staff members. But the more important thing that we talked about was why it was important and just the fact that, you know, military students are coming and going throughout the school year, not just at one time of the year. And very often they need uh some help being acclimated into the school system. Um, it's also very helpful if you know to teachers especially to know if a student is military connected and let's say they're having a behavior issue with that student while um there the the child's being military connected certainly doesn't excuse behavior but it might explain that behavior and and be helpful in arriving at a solution to to solving problems
039with those military students. So, it's important for for many reasons. That's just one of the ones that we talked about. >> Yeah, that's great. Thank you, Terry, so much. And I will say just to wrap up um the the comments from the questions um one of the things that was talked about in our group it just and you made me think about this is you know this is all part of a a a self-identification process right the parent has to um identify via questionnaire during registration enrollment and what about the families that aren't um doing that uh and so I think that's where we talk about at MSE you know, really creating that supportive environment about we're here to advocate for your child, to support them, to provide resources, and really um talking with your
040um community, uh you know, parents and students about um why we want to know that you're military connected. Um and I think sometimes the why is really important um for parents to understand. Uh so thank you so much. We hope you had a a really nice time being able to kind of collaborate and talk within the breakout sessions. Um we think that's really an important piece of this professional learning community. So some of the recommendations um on the next slide. So for the military student identifier recommendations or that you know why we um really can uh be helpful in knowing who our military connected students are is schools can regularly disagregate assessment results within that school system. And so you know that's really helpful a great reason for identifying the students. Um you can include
041this information in school report cards. So, I know a lot of us are, you know, very data driven. Um, and so I think that information is great that you can kind of have that in your report card. Here's how many military connected students we have in these different categories. Um, feeds into that demographic and performance data to determine program effectiveness. So, this goes to that purple star campus designation. Really knowing who your military connected students are is really important. And again, um, it really provides an additional dimension that more finely attunes to the school's programs to respond to the needs of those students. And a few more recommendations. Um, the MSI is really essential to improving um, and personalizing that academic as well as that social and emotional responses um, that are really unique to
042military connected students. So, it's going to help design your program and create those best practices. Uh, schools could consider military connected students again as that unique subgroup when you're planning um your curriculum design. Um, you know, your welcoming practices, transition planning, if you have any kind of extra programs like tutoring programs. A lot of people talked about maybe special um either like a lunch buddy or a lunch club group that you have that you've formulated for them. And lastly really provides local education agencies with quality actionable data concerning your military connected students. So, um, just consider the MSI as an an opportunity to really improve those programs and resources that you are trying to provide for your military connected students. And it really starts with identification. That's kind of that first step. Some recommended strategies
043that we have ensuring that that MSI that PE's codes are in the questionnaire upon enrollment. I know again in my group a couple of individuals were like I think we we have some work to do with our our questionnaire right and changing that providing uh training for your school registars your data processors your pe clerks on a bianual basis can be helpful utilizing that school and district web page to educate parents and advocate for the use someone I in our group talked about how um they had some parents parents that saw some posts online about uh military connected kids being celebrated and recognized and then that you know had parents calling in like why wasn't my kid in that group my my kids military connected um and the conversation was had that um they hadn't
044identified that they were so again educating parents is really important uh establishing standard operating procedures for how you use your annual MSI data and collection upon enrollment and then publish that publishing that data within the school and your community stakeholders. Um, and I think that goes back to kind of that school report card which a lot of military connected families are looking, they're researching, um, they're going to your web pages. Um, they're looking all of that up. Um, so put it out there. Um, you know, all of that data that you have Okay, some additional resources and tools um that we have. Um our first one is the um supporting military connected students and professional development tool. Uh this is a great resource that offers practical guidance for supporting military connected students throughout the school
045year. If you have not had the opportunity to take the Purple Star Rise course, the Tea Learn course, um it's really great and it's got a lot of these resources, these tools kind of um included within them. And so this is a great one and we'll put that link in the chat box um for a great resource. And I'm going to turn it over to Marie. >> Great. Thanks. As we wrap up today, we just wanted to share with you our next PLC session will be on developing a Purple Star advisory committee and that will be held on November 19th. Again, the same time uh from 2 to 3:30 p.m. with that half an hour for office hours uh central standard time. And so we would encourage you and invite you to attend that. And
046then the next uh two sessions following is on January 21st for activities and event planning and then February 18th we'll wrap up with preparing for redesignation. So Kim is putting some links in the chat box. The first one is if you have already registered. You don't have to register again. Uh that first link is for the Zoom link for the next session. And then the second link if you have not yet registered or if you want to share and invite it someone else to join you for our next session that is that second link there. So um and then we will also look for follow-up emails about our Padlets and other information. So we want to just spend our last few minutes together doing a little bit of reflecting on our session. So I would
047like you to consider the following questions. I'd love for you to put these uh your responses in the chat box. The first is three insights that you've gained from today's session. We'd love for you to share those. Two actions that you will take to assist your district and campus with identifying military connected students and then one topic that you would like to learn more about at our next session. So, we'll give you the last couple minutes of our time together to put those answers into the chat box. So, three insights you've gained, two actions that you will take, and then one topic you would like to learn about more at our next session. And while you're doing that, um, we will go back to this slide so you have those questions. But we did just
048want you to share we did just want to share with you the next slide and that is a link to our Padlet and this is all of the information that we'll be sharing from the different sessions together. This allows us another opportunity to collaborate with one another. So check back to this regularly for updates and additions. And then um please we'd encourage you to check back on this. There's lots of great information on there so you can use that QR code and we also have a link in the chat box as well. Vicki. >> Okay. Thanks Marie. So, we're really excited to be able to introduce something that we really worked um really hard on and are again really excited about in November. We are going to recognize that service and sacrifice as well as
049strength of our nation's veterans and families who support them. And so we have u worked together MSAC and TEA to provide this toolkit to help schools, educators, and communities across our state join in honoring military connected students and families. So you can scan that QR code or you can also um click on the link and there's some great social media graphics and some prompts that you can use. email signatures have been designed. Um, and so you can kind of incorporate that either in um your newsletters, if you do emails, there's uh an email portion that you can use. And so it's just a really great toolkit again for the month of November. Um, and we would love for you on the Padlet we talked about on the previous slide to um, once you access that
050Padlet, if you are planning to celebrate um, your veterans and your military families in November and you have an event or an activity that you're doing, we'd love for you to share that on that Padlet. Some of the things that um, that you're doing. I know most schools do something for Veterans Day and so that's usually a great one. Okay. And lastly, we would love your feedback. We appreciate you attending this second session of our PLC. Um, we hope that it was informative. We hope that you were able to walk away with some additional information that you didn't have before. And so, you can scan that QR code or you can click on the link in the chat box. to also receive this in an email after the the session uh to just let us
051know how we did and your experience for today's session. I know someone's asked previously, we do record this and so that recording will be found um on the um TEA website and so we have a link for that as well as a PDF of the slide deck. So that will be on there as well. As a matter of fact, I think it's already on there. And so, we'll share those links. Uh, again, thanks for joining us. For all of you that asked questions that we weren't I was I was trying to answer some, but I was like, we just can't. Please stay on for our office hours, which will start after this recording ends, after this session, and then we will answer all of those questions the best that we can. So, um, again, thank
052you for joining us. We appreciate you.