Youth Educator Resources

Minnesota Department of Education

Leaders in education know that children in their classrooms may be affected by the military service of a parent or family member. Visit the Minnesota Department of Education website for information on Yellow Ribbon Resources that you can utilize to support your military students and their families.

Free 24/7 Live Homework Help Online

Believe it or not it's about that time of year again when millions of children will be heading back to school and college. The below link is yet another effort to assist children of military Families and Army Civilians to receive additional assistance as needed. Service is available for children of Army Civilians and Active duty. Click here to view the flyer with more information.

Army Child, Youth, and School Services HQ and Tutor.com have partnered to provide Army affiliated children free 24 hr/7 day a week online live homework help. Tutors are background checked and are certified teachers, college professors and grad students. Website to get signed up is
My Army Onesource

New SAT/Act PowerPrep for Free

In alliance with the DoD and supported by a group of patriotic NFL players, eKnowledge is donating the latest version of their SAT/ACT Test Prep Programs FREE to Military Servicemembers and their extended families. The donated SAT/ACT PowerPrep software retails for $200. The advanced eKnowledge PowerPrep features special SAT/ACT test prep content in a highly personalized virtual learning environment. The new SAT/ACT software gives the student access to over 20 hours of Virtual Classroom instruction and 3,000 files of supplemental test prep material. Thousands of interactive diagnostic tools, sample questions, practice tests and graphic teaching illustrations are indexed for easy use. The new PowerPrep software is MAC and Vista compatible. To order, visit eKnowledge.

Military Child Education Coalition

The Military Child Education Coalition is a non-profit, world-wide organization that is focused on ensuring quality educational opportunities for all military childrent affected by mobility, family separation, and transition.

Military Child Education Coalition (MCEC) training events for educators and youth professionals in Minnesota. Visit Military Child Web site for more information and to register.

Event Date: January 26th-27th
Location: Northland Inn in Brooklyn Park

Event Date: May 5th-6th
Location: Marriott in Rochester

Event Date: October 6th-7th
Location: Radisson Suite in St. Cloud

Operation Military Kids Hidden Heros Workshop:

This is a free workshop available to anyone in the community, including educators, who would like to become aware of how to best support those families with "suddenly military" youth before, during and after a deployment. Operation Military Kids Hidden Heros Workshop will learn to help their military students by identiflying with their fears and concerns, while being sensitive to military youth and their unique needs.

Hero Packs

Through Project Backpack, you can register for a free Hero Backpack or apply for a Scholarship. Minnesota Veteran Family Support (MVFS) supplies Backpacks and Scholarships to the families of deployed, recently returned, wounded/disabled, MIA and KIA military families.

Deployment Kids

On Deployment Kids you can find deployment information, games, and craft ideas for children that have deployed parents.

Youth Trivia Website

This website is filled with games and trivia about serving in the military and veterans.

PBS Teachers

PBS Teachers is PBS' national web destination for high-quality preK-12 educational resources. Here you'll find classroom materials suitable for a wide range of subjects and grade levels. We provide thousands of lesson plans, teaching activities, on-demand video assets, and interactive games and simulations.

Minnesota National Guard Youth Services

The Minnesota National Guard knows that families have a great impact on the success of Minnesota Service Members. The Minnesota National Guard is committed to ensuring that families have the proper resources to manage the challenges associated with separation due to deployment.

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More "Youth" pages:
For Youth
Youth Camps
Youth Retreats
Free Child Care
Child Care Subsidies
Youth Free Stuff and Discounts


For more inforamtion on Youth Educator resrouces, contact Beyond the Yellow Ribbon Youth at: youthprograms.mn@ng.army.mil.

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