The Department of Defense Dependents Schools - Europe (DoDDS-E) is part of the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) . There are three educational systems within DoDEA:

• DoDDS-Europe
• DoDEA-Pacific
• DDESS - Americas

DoDDS-Europe operates 80 schools within five districts throughout Europe. DoDDS-Europe serves over 35,000 school-age children of active duty military and civilian employees.

Like many schools in the United States, Department of Defense (DoD) schools in Europe are accredited by the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement  (NCA CASI). The entire DoDEA system is guided by the 2006–2011 DoDEA Community Strategic Plan (CSP), which outlines our vision, mission and goals. Our mission is to provide exemplary educational programs that inspire and prepare all students for success in a global environment.

 

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Dr. Nancy C. Bresell, Ed.D.

Director, DoDDS Europe

Dr. Bresell returned to the DoDDS-Europe schools in the 2009-2010 school year to serve as Director for the five European school districts comprising 81 schools. In this capacity she oversees the operations for dependents education in Europe, Turkey, and Bahrain. Dr. Bresell is responsible to the Director of the Department of Defense Education Activity.

Since 1997 she served as the Director for the DoDDS-Pacific schools. In this capacity she oversaw the educational and support operations for DoD dependents education in the Japan, Korea, and Okinawa school districts, directed the development of educational policy in the Pacific area, and oversaw curriculum, instruction, and assessment for DoDDS-Pacific schools. Additionally, Dr. Bresell had oversight of the Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools (DDESS) Guam District.

Prior to her assignment as Director, Dr. Bresell served as Deputy Director for DoDDS Pacific. In her career with DoDDS, she has held several administrative positions including superintendent of schools for DoDDS Japan and Wuerzburg districts, as well as principal, assistant principal, special education coordinator, and personnel specialist in DoDDS Germany.

Dr. Bresell taught graduate level courses for the National College of Education, master of teaching program. Professionally she has been selected to participate in the Academy of Fellows, a prestigious group of educational administrators, and in the Superintendents' Work Conference at Columbia University. She was recognized by Phi Delta Kappa with their Member of the Year Award in 1992 for her professional leadership and contributions to education in Germany.

Dr. Bresell graduated Cum Laude and "With Honors in Psychology" from Lake Erie College, Ohio. She received her master's degree in elementary and special education from Lehigh University, Pennsylvania. She earned her doctorate from the University of Southern California in educational administration and supervision.

A native of Claremont, New Hampshire, Dr. Bresell began her teaching career in Pennsylvania. Her first appointment with DoDDS was as a learning disabilities teacher in Mainz, Germany, in 1976.

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DoDEA operates 194 schools in 14 districts located in 12 foreign countries, seven states, Guam, and Puerto Rico.

All schools within DoDEA are fully accredited by U.S. accreditation agencies. Approximately 8,700 educators serve more than 86,000 DoDEA students.

	DoDEA	DoDDS-E	DoDDS-P	DDESS
Districts	14	5	4	5
Schools	194	82	48	64
Employees	12,583	4,741	3,131	3,987
Students	86,016	34,456	24,288	27,332

As of September 13, 2010

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Locations of DoDEA Schools

DDESS	DoDDS-E	DoDDS-P
Alabama	Bahrain	Guam
Georgia	Belgium	Japan
Kentucky	England	Korea
New York	Germany
North Carolina	Italy
South Carolina	The Netherlands
Virginia	Portugal
Puerto Rico	Spain
Cuba	Turkey

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DoDEA Today Scope of Responsibility

Children-the focus of our mission

• Today there are approximately 1.2 million military student-age children being educated in public, private and home-based schools in the USA and around the world.
• Military students have a mobility rate of about 31%.

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DoDEA Components

• Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DoDDS)
• Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools (DDESS)
• Non-DoD Schools Program (NDSP)
• Partnership Branch

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DoDEA Schools, Enrollment, and FTEs Totals

• 194 schools worldwide
• 84,000+ students
• 12,583 FTEs
• 89% of employees are school based

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DoDDS

• DoDDS operates 130 schools for eligible dependents of active duty and DoD civilians overseas in 9 districts located in 12 foreign countries.
• Schools are located in: Bahrain, Belgium, Cuba, England (UK), Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and Turkey.

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DDESS

• DDESS operates 64 schools at stateside locations in 5 districts located in 7 states and 2 territories for eligible dependents of active duty and DoD civilians who reside on military installations.
• DDESS Schools are located in: Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Guam, and Puerto Rico.

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Non-DoD Schools Program (NDSP)

• The Non-DoD Program supports 3,455 students in 188 countries at an annual cost of $50M (FY10 projection).

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Partnership Branch

• DoDEA shares expertise with local education agencies (LEA) and public schools that educate military students through our Partnership Branch.

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Assessment

DoDEA monitors student progress through the use of standardized tests. Students take the Terra Nova Achievement Test, a norm-referenced test for students in grades 3 through 11. Every year, at every grade level tested, and in every subject area, DoDEA students score above the national average. DoDEA 4th and 8th grade students also take the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), "the Nation's Report Card." DoDDS and DDESS student scores consistently rank at or near the top of the scale when compared with the scores of other participating states and jurisdictions.