• Tutoring referrals
• Youth sponsorship referrals
• Support for transitions to elementary, middle and high school and beyond

• Alternative schooling support – including information about private, parochial, charter and homeschool options
• Special education support and referrals – including referral to the Exceptional Family Member Program (military- onesource.mil/family-relationships/special-needs/exceptional-family- member/exceptional-family-member-program-family-support) and other local resources
• Deployment support – including parental absence coping strategies, educator awareness of deployment cycles, accommodation compliance and non-medical counseling referrals to minimize the negative academic, social and emotional impact.
• College, career and military readiness:
  • Test preparation and scheduling
  • Scholarship and financial aid information
  • Postsecondary opportunities 
  • College, vocational and career fairs
• Parent workshops on topics such as:
  • Smooth transitions
  • College and career preparation

School liaisons know that transitions are more than just permanent changes of station. Children move to new schools, and they also move within schools. In addition, military children transition from parent(s) being home to being deployed. Rest assured that whatever transition your military child is navigating, school liaisons are available to help improve their academic experience, promote social and life skills, offer vocational guidance and build education partnerships to help them thrive.

EDUCATION COMMUNITY SUPPORT

In addition to working with students and families, school liaisons work with local education community partners and installation leadership to meet military children's education needs. School liaisons offer information workshops and professional development opportunities. Topics include:

• The social and emotional effects of military transition
• Reducing test anxiety in youth
• Grant resources for school systems (such as Federal Impact Aid and DOD grant opportunities)
• Military Interstate Children's Compact Commission compliance support
• Military culture
• Installation tours

PARTNERS IN EDUCATION

On the program level, school liaisons collaborate with national educational and local community organizations to promote the best education for military children. Some educational partners include:

• Military Interstate Children's Compact Commission: mic3.net

• National Military Family Association: www.militaryfamily.org
• Military Child Education Coalition: www.militarychild.org
• Project Search
• DOD Starbase: https://dodstarbase.org
• DOD STEM: https://dodstem.us
• DODEA: www.dodea.edu/partnership/index.cfm
• Service branch adopt-a-school partnerships: www.army.mil/article/203389/adopt_a_school_partnerships_enrich_lives
• National Association of Federally Impacted Schools: www.nafisdc.org

The partnerships, resources and services that school liaisons develop and coordinate play a key role in creating a collaborative relationship between the military community and school systems worldwide to support the educational needs of military children and families.

School Liaison Program support is open to all DOD ID card holders, educators who service military students and community partners involved with pre-K-12 education. For more information, contact your local installation school liaison office.

– Military OneSource

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