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by Air Force Reserve Command
ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- In
December, the Air Force announced the
Green Dot training program as the first step
of a five-year strategy to decrease interper-
sonal violence across the service.
“Green Dot is the Air Force’s first step in
arming Airmen for violence prevention us-
ing an evidence based public health mod-
el,” said Dr. Andra Tharp, the Air Force’s
Highly Qualified Prevention Expert. “We
know Airmen are a vital part of the solu-
tion and we will use methods like this that
have been subjected to rigorous scientific
testing and were proven to be effective in
reducing violence.”
The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, the government’s lead agency
for preventing interpersonal violence, has
studied multiple violence prevention pro-
grams and found Green Dot to be success-
ful in lowering violence. In studies at the
University of Kentucky, in self-reported
surveys following implementation of Green
Dot training, freshman students reported
decreases in perpetrating and experiencing SAPR training will instead be met through total Air Force over the next three years.
EnCorps STEM Teachers Program leverages
military service to produce top quality teachers
by Cara Bibbiani, business develop-
ment & communications director
EnCorps
At Thrive Public Schools in San Diego, experience, discipline and problem solv-
Kevin Dinh is teaching his students about
the principles of flight and aircraft engi-
neering. Most important, he is imparting
a story of how math led him to an exciting
and rewarding career as a flight control
systems technician and integrated systems
mechanic with the U.S. Air Force. A cur-
rent Reservist with a bachelor’s degree in
Economics, Kevin is a member of the En-
Corps STEM Teachers Program’s military
recruitment initiative, in the process of
becoming a credentialed teacher in Cali-
fornia and thereby improving both student
performance and teacher retention.
Active duty, reservist, and veteran ser-
vice members are a superlative answer
to the complex questions around teacher
shortages, inequity in learning, and per-
The EnCorps STEM Teachers Program,
and math (STEM) skill deficits. Rooted
in perseverance and triumph, the military
experience is a well-suited, largely un-
tapped training ground for the classroom.
Members of EnCorps’ military cohort
are primed for work in high-stress envi-
50 military candidates to date recruited by
diplomacy, and are consummate problem
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interpersonal violence, unwanted sex, sex-
ual harassment, stalking and psychological
dating violence. These decreases ranged
from 12 to 36 percent and all were found to
be statistically significant.
Green Dot is also expected to decrease
the training burden on most Airmen and is
the first step in the possible consolidation of by training for all Airmen. Installation
other annual training requirements. Because
Green Dot is broader than sexual assault,
the Air Force is exploring possibilities to
strategically consolidate other training re-
quirements based on interpersonal violence.
The majority of Airmen will receive only 50
minutes of Green Dot training in FY16, and
solvers. Many claim their favorite aspect
of military service is training and teach-
ing others. “The principles and standards
of the military profession - including life
ing at Thrive Public Schools, San Diego.
ing - are valuable competencies that our
Veterans deliver to classrooms in the com-
munities that we serve,” said EnCorps Ex-
ecutive Director Katherine Wilcox.
Since Fall 2015, Dinh has been guest
teaching in Glenn Jacobson’s 6-8th grade
classes, helping students connect math
with real-world applications, such as
combustion engines and electronics. At
Thrive, an award winning, free public
charter school, Dinh’s deep content ex-
pertise is helping inspire kids to pursue
further STEM study and potential STEM
careers. “The military brings something
very different to the table,” Dinh said.
“Students definitely think it’s cool and
they respond to that.”
which recruits, selects, and develops the
best and brightest STEM professionals
and military veterans as they transition
into high quality educators in high need
communities, launched its Military Path-
way to Teaching in 2013. Dinh is one of
EnCorps to transform science, technology,
commander engagements rather than for-
mal training sessions.
The 1,500 Green Dot implementers are ex-
pected to complete their training by March 2015.
They will return to their units to train
peer leader Airmen at each base followed
leadership will also have oversight of
Green Dot through the Community Action
Information Board and Integrated Delivery
System, and track completion through the
Advanced Distributed Learning System.
The Air Force contracted the non-profit
Green Dot organization to provide vio-
lence prevention tools and training to the
courtesy photo
Kevin Dinh works with students on the
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engineering and math departments state-
wide. Nine years into its mission, EnCorps
tutors, guest teachers, teacher candidates
and full-time credentialed instructors are in
service in more than 200 schools and orga-
nizations throughout California, impacting
more than 13,000 students.
“EnCorps gives experience and infor-
mation in becoming a teacher that you
don’t even know you need, which will
help you decide if you want to pursue
a credential,” Dinh said. “They guide
you through the whole process and you
can start guest teaching without paying
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