Child and Youth Program School Liaison Officer SM

About the role

The incumbent serves as the School Liaison Officer (SLO) on Navy installations in small-designated Navy Child and Youth Programs (CYP). The SLO serves as the installation subject matter expert for issues and processes involving Local Education Agencies (LEA) on all K-12 educational matters relating to public, private, home schooling and where applicable Department of Defense Education Activity Schools (DoDEA).

Responsibilities

• Help Serve as installation (region as applicable) School Liaison Officer (SLO) as subject matter expert and representative for issues involving schools (K-12) and their relationships to the community.
• Responsible for leading the integration of military children into local school systems.
• Receives and processes complaints from installation personnel and their family members regarding area schools and refer into appropriate agency.
• Develop actions plans for accomplishment of community/school support goals.
• Plan, develop and coordinate joint installation/community/school activities.
• Primary installation advisor to commanders, installation leaders, parents and educators on all education matters impacting military associated children in grades K-12.
• Subject matter expert to Installation Commander and key installation staff on all matters relating to schools (K-12).
• Cordinate the integration of all installation activities relating to matters of concern to commanders, parents, students, and local school officials.
• Establish an interchange of ideas and issues among installation personnel, local community leaders, civic groups, etc. concerning problems in local schools that may negatively impact the installation activities.
• Represent the Installation Commander on school boards, councils, and advisory groups.
• Meet regularly with school principals, teachers, guidance counselors, superintendents and other school staff.
• Serve as the installation point of contact for home school issues and initiatives.
• Evaluate local media to identify potential problems and works with installation public affairs on methods to resolve them.
• Function as an intermediary and advocate between parents, school administrators and installation child and youth programs.
• Attend installation meetings (Town Hall) and presents concerns, solutions, and suggestions to school officials.
• Serve as a liaison between parents and school administrators.
• Assist parents with locating points of contact in the schools and makes referrals as appropriate.
• Maintain resource materials to assist parents in understanding the policies and procedures of local schools.
• Provide assistance as needed in school enrollment and in/out processing.
• Educate parents on how to be the best advocate for their child's education.
• Inform installation leadership and parents about the importance of Impact Aid to schools.
• Participate in all installation relocation assistance efforts (Newcomer Orientation, Youth Sponsorship).
• Create and maintain collaborative partnerships with relevant installation and community organizations (e.g., Fleet & Family Support, Child & Youth Programs, chaplains, medical, EFMP, military/civilian personnel offices, military units).
• Inform local school officials on base programs, policies, and activities.
• Write news releases, fact sheets, base newspaper articles, flyers, and feature articles to help educate the base population regarding school programs and policies.
• Plan, coordinate, and conduct installation tours and orientations for school administrators.
• Prepare and present briefings to installation personnel about school issues.
• Maintain records and statistics, such as number of volunteer hours devoted to school activities and other data necessary to support program evaluation.
• Performs administrative duties related to school liaison officer program.
• Maintain program information and prepares a variety of reports or feeder information as required.
• Establish and maintain suspense dates in order to submit required documentation for programs and follow-up as appropriate.
• Prepare, distribute, and tabulate needs assessments to determine the educational needs of the military community.
• Complete required documentation and ensures information such as public, private and home school information are available for review by installation leadership or for briefings to installation populations.
• Develop an annual budget, projects and monitors program expenditures.

Qualifications

• A minimum of three years' specialized experience AND related degree OR a combination of education and experience.
• Knowledge of CYP School Transition Program policies, regulations, and procedures.
• Knowledge of the Navy operational organizational structure, chain of command, and particularly as it relates to the CYP.
• Knowledge and understanding of Navy philosophy, goals, vision, policy and programs relating to CYP issues of military members.
• Oral and written briefing skills with knowledge of techniques and formats for effective communication to installation level leadership.
• Knowledge of research methodology, information retrieval and data organization for analysis, decision making, and formulation of recommendations.
• Education: A minimum of three year's experience working with school personnel, students and parents, i.e., School Liaison Officer, CYP Manager, education or academic leader/counselor. AND Successful completion of a 4 year college or university degree with a major course of study or substantial course work which directly relates to a CYP field: early childhood, elementary education, secondary educatin, special education, child development, youth development, psychology, youth program administration, or a closely related field. OR A combination of education and experience - courses equivalent to a major in a field (24 hours) appropriate to the position (see above), plus appropriate experience or additional course work that provided knowledge comparable to that normally acquired through the successful completion of the 4-year course of study described above.