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School Liaison Office (SLO)

The School Liaison Officer helps parents ease the impact of the mobile military lifestyle for children and youth. The SLO provides you information prior to your move, upon arrival, while stationed at your installation and when you prepare to depart for your next duty station. One of the important roles of the SLO is to connect families, schools, and the military community to facilitate the education transition and academic experiences of children and youth. School Liaison Officers are available to assist you in three CYS locations.

Korea Region CYS School Transition Specialist (STS) and School Liaison Officers (SLO) improve transitional support for children by establishing partnerships between the school and communities, advocating for military children, increasing awareness of the unique needs of military children, and providing a process to address and resolve military-specific education issues.

SLO	Installation	Address	Phone
Regional	IMCOM- Korea	IMCOM-K, MWR Div, CYS Branch, #15742, APO AP 96205	DSN: (315) 725-5227 Int'l from CONUS: 011-822-7915-5227
USAG Yongsan	Yongsan/Hannam	USAG Yongsan, DFMWR, CYS, Unit #15333, APO AP 96205-5333	DSN: (315) 738-5556 Int'l from CONUS: 011-822-7918-5556
USAG Humphreys	Humphreys/Osan	USAG Humphreys, DFMWR, CYS, Unit #15716, APO AP 96271-5716	DSN: (315) 753-8274 Int'l from CONUS: 011-82-31-690-8820
USAG Daegu	Walker/Henry/George/Carroll	USAG Daegu, DFMWR, CYS, Unit #15746, APO AP 96218-5746	DSN: (315) 764-5720 Int'l from CONUS: 011-82-53-470-5720

School Liaison Officer: In the Army, the School Liaison Officer works in conjunction with the Child and Youth Services Division and the local school community to address educational issues involving military children. Through partnering with the local and military community, the School Liaison Officer uses a variety of resources to provide assistance with issues concerning student transition. The School Liaison Officer acts as a communication link between the installation and the surrounding school districts. Keep in mind that your Installation School Liaison Officer is available to represent you at any level if you need assistance.

Regional Coordinator - School Transition Specialists
The Army regional School transition Specialist (STS) work with the schools and school liaison officers.
STS Functions include:

Acts as Region subject matter expert on school systems and practices, national education issues and initiatives, and education related research (e.g., testing, curriculum, schedules, organization, “No Child Left Behind”).
Serves on the Secondary Transition Team (STT) Steering Committee to plan, implement and facilitate mutual development of reciprocal SETS Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) best and promising practices.
Establishes and implements communication systems to facilitate networking among MOA signatory superintendents.
Represents the Army on SETS related military and national committees, councils, taskforces, etc

What is the SET study?
In 1999, the U.S. Army partnered with the Military Child Education Coalition and began the Secondary Education Transition Study to better understand the challenges facing high school-age military children. Over 30,000 Army 13-18 year olds, more than a third of the Army's high school teens, attended the thirty nine secondary schools in the nine communities that participated in the study.
Based on the findings of the original study, the nine communities signed an agreement outlining several actions the schools agreed to take to ease transitions for the military students. The Army still uses the SET study findings and recommendations as the basis for its efforts to ease the difficulties Army children face when they move.

Memorandum of Agreement
The Memorandum of Agreement outlined several actions signatories agreed to take in the best interest of military students. These actions include:

1. Improve the timely transfer of records.
2. Develop systems to ease student transition during the first two weeks of enrollment.
3. Promote practices which foster access to extracurricular programs.
4. Establish procedures to lessen the adverse impact of moves from the end of junior year, as well as before and during senior year.
5. Communicate variations in the school calendars and schedules.
6. Create and implement professional development systems.
7. Continue strong, child-centered partnerships between the installation and supporting schools
8. Provide information concerning graduation requirements.
9. Provide specialized services for mobile students when applying to and finding funding for post secondary

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