Teachers of Teachers: what they may and may not know about military-connected children

Most children (92%) who have a caregiver in the U.S. military attend school off-post (U.S. Department of Defense, 2011). This means military-connected students are enrolled in nearly every school district in the U.S. (Military Child Education Coalition, 2011), and most of these children are taught by 3.1 million public school PK-12 teachers in the U. S. (National Center for Educational Statistics, 2016). Even with this many educators working with the large population of military-connected children in the school setting, there is no consistent requirement for pre-service educators to receive any kind of training regarding the military lifestyle/culture