#15: Band Together! – with Becky Grappo
Update: 2022-12-12
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Synopsis:
Becky Grappo is an educational consultant. She works with families throughout the United States and around the world on planning their children's education. Her husband was a career foreign service officer for 27 years in the US Diplomatic Service. During that time and with three young children at home, she went back to school and got her graduate degree in education. She taught in several international schools before going back to the US and working in a US public school. Then she worked at the State department helping to guide foreign service families as they were planning the education for their children. Throughout her husband's career, they faced several unaccompanied tours.
In This Episode:
- What Becky does for work now
- A new baby (not what you think!) during an unaccompanied tour
- What couples need to have in place before being geographically separated
- You are not the only family living apart in your organisation. Is there any way of getting together? Can you ask your partner’s organisation for support as a group?
Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Monday Morning Emails - Book by Terry Anne Wilson & Jo Parfitt
- Standardized Regulations (DSSR) - Department of State
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