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SAN ANTONIO - “The Marine Corps only wants the best and brightest,” Lt. Col. Daniel Sanchez, Executive Office of the 8th Marine Corps District, said in his initial address to the members of the School Superintendents Association (AASA). “It seems that those are the kinds of people that teachers and superintendents like to surround themselves with as well.”
Sanchez attended the 2023 AASA Nation Convention on Education in San Antonio, February 15-17 in support of the Marine Corps Recruiting Command’s national partnership.
With a historically low propensity for military service among today’s youth market, Sanchez’s words have never been more relevant to the future of the Marine Corps. Administrators like those with AASA make decisions that affect the education and future of millions of students. These are the same students that Marine recruiters are seeking to connect with in every community across the Nation.
“I was the last person anyone would have thought would join the military,” Sanchez told the graduates of AASA’s Leadership Network Graduation ceremony. “I was a graduate of the Texas public school system, and it was administrators such as yourselves who provided me with the tools I needed to pursue a career in the armed services.”
Administrators and recruiters face a similar battle as students adjust back to the classroom. With many students participating in distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, educators are now facilitating an often times difficult transition back to the classroom, and their success is America’s success. Continued partnerships between the Marine Corps and educational institutions like AASA provide educators with the resources they need to continue their frontline work, and it provides an opportunity to connect Marine recruiters with educators and the young men and women who may one day call themselves Marines.
“I’m thankful for the Marine Corps’ sponsorship of the AASA convention because I get the chance to come to a convention where I can look for ways to improve academic instruction and find ways to provide more professional development for myself and for my teaching staff,” said Kerry Boyd, superintendent of Yukon-Koyukuk and Tanana City school districts in Alaska. “I think it’s also a good way to change the public’s perspective of the Military.”
While traditional advertising is an integral part of the recruiting effort, there is no replacement for an in-person conversation with someone you trust. As the divide between the military and civilian sector continues to grow, relationships built between Marine recruiters and educators are becoming more necessary and vital to the success of Marine recruiters showcasing the many opportunities a life of service in the Marine Corps provides.
| Date Taken: | 03.01.2023 |
| Date Posted: | 03.01.2023 16:13 |
| Story ID: | 439499 |
| Location: | SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, US |
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