Child and Youth Program School Liaison Officer

Overview

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).

• 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.
• Receive and process complaints from installation personnel and their family members regarding area schools and refer into appropriate agency.
• Develop action plans for accomplishment of community/school support goals.
• Plan, develop and coordinate joint installation/community/school activities.
• Serve as the primary installation advisor to commanders, installation leaders, parents and educators on all education matters impacting military associated children in grades K-12.
• Act as subject matter expert to Installation Commander and key installation staff on all matters relating to schools (K-12).
• Coordinate 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 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 work 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 present concerns, solutions, and suggestions to school officials.
• Assist parents with locating points of contact in the schools and make 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. Maintains 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 ensure information such as public, private and home school information are available for review by installation leadership or for briefings to installation populations.
• Develops an annual budget, projects and monitors program expenditures.

• Must successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. Any discrepancies must be resolved as a condition of employment.
• Must pass a pre-employment physical, provide evidence of immunization, be free of all communicable diseases, and obtain appropriate immunization against communicable diseases.
• Must successfully obtain and maintain appropriate security clearance as needed.
• This position is subject to both pre-employment and random drug testing as a condition of employment. A positive drug test, or failure to submit for testing, may become the basis for removal from this position.
• Ability to complete required training…