School Liaison Officer (SLO)
School Liaison Officer Support
The School Liaison Officer (SLO) supports:
- Active-duty military, Reserve and National Guard military personnel, DoD civilians and their families living on or near NSA Naples.
- Those acting in loco parentis for eligible dependent PreK-12th grade military children.
- Gold Star spouses of military members who died from a combat-related incident.
The SLO serves as the primary link between school district and school level personnel, commanders, and military parents. SLO serves as the installation subject matter experts for outreach educational support of military children in grades PreK-12.
Core Services
The School Liaison Officer primarily provides the following services:
• School Transition Services (PCS cycle): SLOs assist families with school transfers and help “level the playing field” for military children and youth.
Resources to help in the transition of your students are:
- Anchored4Life (Youth Sponsorship) https://anchored4life.com/
- Fleet and Family Support Programs https://www.cnic.navy.mil/regions/cnreurafcent/installations/nsa_naples/ffr.html
- Military & Family Life Counselors (MFLC) https://www.sri-hq.com/MFLC.htm
- Military Interstate Children’s Compact Commission (MIC3) http://www.mic3.net/
- Military OneSource https://www.militaryonesource.mil/moving-housing/moving/planning-your-move/planning-your-move-the-essentials/
- My PCS https://www.applocker.navy.mil/#!/apps/544A0D5E-55CD-4B39-B06A-AC43396256D5
- National Military Family Association https://www.militaryfamily.org/
- Naples Elementary School (on Support Site) www.dodea.edu/NaplesES/
- Naples Middle High School (on Support Site) www.dodea.edu/NaplesMHS/
- Student2Student (Youth Sponsorship) https://www.militarychild.org/programs/student-2-student
- Sure Start https://www.dodea.edu/NaplesES/Pre-School.cfm
- Welcome Aboard https://www.cnic.navy.mil/regions/cnreurafcent/installations/nsa_naples.html
• Deployment Support: SLOs connect educators with the Navy deployment support system to inform them about the cycles of deployment and the tools available to assist educators in working with Navy children.
Resources to access before, during and after a deployment are:
- American Red Cross https://www.cnic.navy.mil/regions/cnreurafcent/installations/nsa_naples/about/tenant_commands/american_red_cross.html
- Chaplain https://www.cnic.navy.mil/regions/cnreurafcent/installations/nsa_naples/ffr/welcome-aboard/pcs-information-and-support/come-stai-/base-chapel.html
- Command Ombudsman https://www.cnic.navy.mil/regions/cnreurafcent/installations/nsa_naples/ffr/support_services/military_support/ombudsman.html
- Fleet and Family Support Programs https://www.cnic.navy.mil/regions/cnreurafcent/installations/nsa_naples/ffr.html
- Military & Family Life Counselors (MFLC) https://www.sri-hq.com/MFLC.htm
- My Deployment https://planmydeployment.militaryonesource.mil/about/
- Teachers, School Counselors, PTA and PTSA
- TRICARE https://www.tricare.mil/LifeEvents/Deploying/Resources
• Command, School and Community Communications: SLOs serve as subject-matter experts for installation commanders on K-12th grade issues. They help connect commands, school and community resources.
Resources to help connect to the community include:
- Events
- Installation Advisory Committee
- Ombudsman meeting
- School Advisory Committee
• Home School Linkage and Support: SLOs assist Navy families by gathering and sharing information on home schooling issues, policies and legislation from the NSA Naples schools. They also help leverage Navy Child and Youth Programs resources to support these families.
Resources for home schooling are:
- DoDEA Homeschool Information https://www.dodea.edu/parents/homeschooling.cfm
- DoDEA Virtual High School https://www.dodea.edu/dvhs/index.cfm
- DoDEA Virtual School K-8th grades https://www.dodea.edu/DVSK8/index.cfm
- Home School Legal Defense Association https://hslda.org/
• Partnerships in Education (PIE): The PIE program is designed to improve scholastic achievement, enhance social development and life skills, and offer vocational guidance. It is also coordinates volunteer efforts.
PIE resources include:
- Child and Youth Programs https://www.navymwrnaples.com/child-youth
- Commands https://www.cnic.navy.mil/regions/cnreurafcent/installations/nsa_naples/about/tenant_commands.html
- Military Child Education Coalition www.militarychild.org
- Morale, Welfare and Recreation https://www.navymwrnaples.com/
- Naval STEM https://www.onr.navy.mil/Education-Outreach/naval-stem
- Navy Exchange School Meal Program www.navyexchange.com/smp
- Navy MWR Digital Library https://www.navymwrdigitallibrary.org/
- Tutor.com www.tutor.com/military
• Post-Secondary Preparations: SLOs help leverage installation and school resources to provide graduating military students with access to post-secondary information and opportunities.
Post-Secondary resources are:
- ACT https://www.act.org/content/act/en/products-and-services/the-act/registration.html
- ASVAB https://www.official-asvab.com/
- CollegeBoard.org https://www.collegeboard.org/
- Post 9/11 GI Bill https://www.va.gov/education/about-gi-bill-benefits/post-9-11/
- SAT https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sat/register
- StudentAid.ed.gov https://www.studentaid.ed.gov/
- Today’s Military https://todaysmilitary.com/
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Student Career Exploration and Statistics https://www.bls.gov/
- U.S. Department of Defense https://www.defense.gov/
• Special Needs System Navigation: SLOs provide access to information about programs and services, refer families to special education professionals and help families navigate the administrative systems within local education agencies.
Special Needs System resources include:
- DoDEA Special Education Services https://www.dodea.edu/Curriculum/specialEduc/index.cfm
- DoDEA Sure Start https://www.dodea.edu/NaplesES/Pre-School.cfm
- Child Find Screenings
- Educational and Developmental Intervention Services
- Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP) https://www.cnic.navy.mil/regions/cnreurafcent/ffr/EFMP.html
- EFMP ROC https://www.militaryonesource.mil/confidential-help/specialty-consultations/efmp-roc/
- EFMP & Me https://efmpandme.militaryonesource.mil/
- Tricare ECHO https://tricare.mil/echo
- U.S. Naval Hospital in Naples https://naples.tricare.mil/
- Wright’s Law https://www.wrightslaw.com/
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