School Liaison Officer
The SLO serves as the installation subject matter expert for issues and processes involving Local Education Agencies (LEA) on private, home schooling, and where applicable, Department of Defense Education Activity Schools (DoDEA). Responsibilities include managing, coordinating, and facilitating education support to maximize the opportunity for academic success of military associated children. Work with commanders, educators, and parents of school-age children to understand the educational needs of military associated children. Incumbent will represent and speak for the installation on youth education/school transition/deployment issues. This work is considered mission essential and requires frequent and/or advice to Commanding Officers, other installation Navy Family Program Managers, Department of Defense Education Activity, and public school district superintendents/principals. Serve as the installation SLO 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 action 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. Functions 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. Assists parents with locating points of contact in the schools and makes referrals as appropriate. Maintain resource materials to assists parents in understanding the policies and procedures of local schools. Provide assistance as needed in school enrollment and in/out processing. This position also informs local school officials on base programs, policies, and activities. The incumbent writes news releases, fact sheets, base newspaper articles, flyers, and feature articles to help educate the base population regarding school programs and policies. 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.
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
- Department:
1701 General Education And Training - Salary Range:
$50,000 to $56,160 per year
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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