Providing Quality Services to Veterans' Family Members – The Hidden Students on Our Campuses Thursday, March 11th ~ 1:00-2:30pm EST
If you can not make this date and time, you can watch the recording. Each participant will receive a link to the recording which is good for one year and can be distributed to your entire faculty and staff via email for viewing anytime, anywhere!
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"Veterans and military members report that the most significant thing they want to occur while they serve their country is for the community to provide strong and continuing support for their families and significant others."
~ Donald Pfeffer, Director
Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs, Higher Education Veterans Programs
Webinar Presenter
Overview
A major focus has been directed toward serving veterans on campus. While those services are essential, campuses are often failing to provide needed services for those significant others who are attending college and impacted by military service.
In the past, some family members have been able to utilize state and federal education benefits as the result of a military member's service. Since August 1, 2009, an increasing number are now on campus using the benefits for family members from the Post 911 GI Bill, Chapter 33. In addition, an increasing number of significant others are also planning to, or are, attending college.
This presentation will demonstrate how campuses can organize to provide quality services for military families and their significant others. Participants will learn which specific services and activities are best suited to serve these individuals. The presenter will also identify the biggest obstacles to implementing services and programs for family members and significant others and how campuses might overcome these obstacles.
Objectives
To identify the unique challenges faced by military members and their significant others while preparing to attend and while attending college.
To assist campuses to understand why it is necessary to serve family members and significant others in addition to veterans and military members on campus.
To identify some process for identifying the members family members and significant others prior to and while attending college.
To identify how campuses can organize to provide quality services for families and their significant others.
To identify specific services/activities to be used to serve these individuals.
To identify the biggest obstacles to implementing services and programs for family members and significant others and how campuses might overcome these obstacles
Who should attend?
University Veteran Coordinators
Administrators
Retention Specialists
Student Affairs Professionals
Housing Staff
Financial Aid
Counseling Services
Academic Advisors
Academic Support Services
Who is the speaker?
Donald Pfeffer is the Director of the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs, Higher Education Veterans Programs. These programs assist colleges and universities to provide services to help veterans, military members and their families start and complete college.
Don is a faculty member at Central Lakes College, Brainerd, MN. He has served as a Counselor as well as a Psychology and General Studies instructor during his years with the College. Since 2006, the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs has contracted with Central Lakes College for Don's services to develop and direct the Higher Education Veterans Programs.
Don served on active duty from 1971 to 1975 with the United States Air Force Security Service, the electronic intelligence command of the US Air Force. For two years he served as an Intelligence Analyst and two more years as the Goodfellow AFB Base Drug and Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation Program manager. He also served with the Minnesota Air National Guard, retiring in 2002.
Don received his Bachelors Degree in Education from St. Cloud State University and his Masters Degree in Psychology from the University of Northern Colorado.
During his varied working career he has served as a high school counselor, a mental health therapist and administrator, a small business owner and a college faculty member. Through his entire career he has maintained a strong interest in military issues.
Registration Information
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A webinar is an interactive seminar conducted over the web and is typically 1.5 to 2 hours long.
What is the process? Webinar participants log into the webinar site with a username and password sent via email. Participants can print handouts, as we send you a link to the presentation via email approximately 2 days prior to the event. Once logged in, you are able to see the PowerPoint slides, ask questions and make comments via chat, very similar to instant messaging.
Is there a recording available? Approximately one week after the conclusion of the webinar, you will receive a link to the recording which is yours for one year and can be forwarded to all faculty and staff at your institution for viewing anytime, anywhere.
What equipment is required? An Internet connection, computer speakers and LCD projector if a large group is present.
What are the benefits of a webinar?
Cost-Effective: No travel required. Webinars are an innovative way to provide your entire faculty and staff with a variety of professional development opportunities for one low price! The more you train - the more you save, as the registration fee is per institution, not per person. Easy: You will receive a detailed list of instructions via email a week prior to the event. And if you run into any problems, we're always here to help. Interactive: Chat online with presenters, participate in online polling questions, discuss specific situations with your colleagues, and receive implementation strategies for your campus (included when appropriate). You can even join a discussion group to continue the discussion with the presenter and webinar participants. Join discussion groups at www.weeklyinnovations.org Practical: Our training sessions focus on the most critical and relevant issues facing educators today. Our primary goal is to provide participants with the information, training and skills necessary to immediately implement positive change at their institutions. Top-Notch Speakers: Our speakers are subject matter experts and recognized in their field.
Value Added: When you purchase a webinar, you also receive access to the recording, which is good for one year. You can use it wherever and as often as you want, offering consistent training to your faculty and staff.
Flexible Training:
Live: Promote and attend a live webinar and debrief immediately following.
Hybrid: Distribute a recording to all faculty and staff at the beginning of each month and plan a discussion session at the end of the month to determine how you will implement the strategies presented.
On-Demand: Distribute a recording to faculty and staff so they can watch anytime, anywhere. Contact Innovative Educators at val@ieinfo.org
In-Service Training: Plan an in-service around a live webinar or schedule a day and time to show the recording in a lecture hall or large conference room and invite faculty and staff to attend - brainstorm and discuss implications for your college. Staff Recognition: Develop a program around the webinar with monthly themes and recognize the staff members that implement the best idea related to the theme.
Team-Building: Utilize these webinars to develop cross-functional and cross-discipline teams to foster collegiality.
