Child & Youth Education Services

Child & Youth Education Services (CYES)

PURPOSE: Provide CYP leadership an overview and update of CYES programming

• School Liaison Officer (SLO) Role • Strengthen CYP Leadership of CYES• Policy, procedures, and processes• Measures of Success• Challenges• The Future

Congressional Requirements

• “Youth Sponsorship” – Title 10 U.S.C. . §1785,– Requires that there be at each military installation a youth sponsorship

program to facilitate the integration of dependent children of members of the armed forces into new surroundings when moving to that military installation as a result of a parent’s permanent change of station.

• “Special Education Support”– Title 10 U.S.C. §1781c, Support for Military Families with Special Needs

School Liaison Core Responsibilities

7 Core Program SLO Responsibilities• School Transition Support: PCS Cycle

• Deployment Support

• K12 Special Education System Navigation

• Home School Support

• Partnerships in Education (PIE)

• Post Secondary Preparation Opportunities

• Command, Installation, School, Community Communications

Youth Sponsorship (SBP =

SLO & Youth)

• OCONUS SLO responsible for USDA Free & Reduced Meal Program (FARM)

• OCONUS Non DoDDS School Program (NDSP)

Serve as installation subject matter expert for Youth Education, Transition, K-12 School, and Deployment issues for CO’s, Parents, and Educators

Develop solutions in partnership with local schools to overcome barriers to successful education/ school transitions

• Permanent Change of Station (PCS)• Deployments• Youth Sponsorship• Special Education (IEP, 504 Plan Integration & Advocacy)

Collaborate with local schools , community, and installation organizations

Provides outreach connectivity to geo-dispersed “military” families: Activated Reserve, Recruiting Command and NROTC( customer catchment areas = up to 1 hour normal commute from base)

Specific Roles for the SLO

Common Education Issues for Parents

Inconsistencies from state-to-state

School Calendars

Non-DoDDS School Program (NDSP) Challenges

Course content sequencing

Grad requirements: Credits, Courses, Testing

Extracurricular eligibility

Schedules (block vs traditional)

Special Education challenges

Transfer of records

Credit transfers• Grading criteria• Honors & AP courses

Scholarship availability

Social & Emotional • Deployment support

Senior moves

School quality

CYES “Delivery System”

CO’s , Parents, Educators (Customers of CYES)

Internal• CYES – SLO• CYP• FFSP• Deployment Support• EFMP Liaison• Ombudsman• Other Installation resources• Wounded Warrior & Safe Harbor• Gold Star

Navy-DoD Provided Contract Support• MFLC (270+ schools)• STOMP• DirectSTEP• Special Ed Connect• Tutor.com• Trevor Romain Resiliency• MCEC• Other programming funded by

Navy & DoD• Military Once Source (MOS)

External & Community• Public Schools• Public Charter Schools• Private Schools• Local & State, Community

Partnerships, NGO etc…• DoDEA• Dept of ED, SEA, LEA

Program Staffing– Installation Collateral Duty (<400) = assigned another director– Small (>400, <700) = 1701 NF04/GS-9– Medium/Large (>700) = 1701 NF04/GS-11 – Region SLO (>25,000) = 1701 NF04/GS-12 – Dual-hat Region SLO = <25,000 (collateral duty)

60 dedicated SLO’S

21 Dual hatted SLO’sRegion = 5 dedicated

Dual Hatted - 7

Installation = 55 dedicated

Dual Hatted - 14

Hq-level FTE = 1

CYES Management Standards

Organizational Structure

Administrative Chain of

Command Operational (Day-to-Day)

SLO

Installation CO ParentLEA &

Community Leaders

Installation CO

N9

N92

N926

SLO

Communication Protocols

CNIC (USN)***

Navy Region SLO

Hq, DoDEA (DoDEA-P, DoDEA-E,

DoDEA-A),US Dept of ED

InstallationSLO

State Dept ofEducation

(DoDEA-E/P, DDESS)

DistrictSuperintendent

SchoolPrincipal

Department of Navy (DON)

Execution

DoD MC&FP (CD)

Installation: • CO• Youth Program• FFSP• EFMP• Local SLO

Policy

School Based Programming (SBP)

Programming delivered where our kids attend school.

The mission of “Connections: Navy School-Based Programming” initiative is to cultivate an environment supportive of transitioning families, school preparedness, and military mission readiness.

Up to 80% of CONUS families live off-base;

100% attend public-private schools

OCONUS: Most attend DoDEA schools

SBP Models Around the Navy

NRSE: Leveraging small space example SLO partnering with MWR Marketing using school space for resources

NRSW: Youth Director, Teen Coordinator, SLO, collaboration with Lemoore HS

NRSW: Silver Strand using SKYPE for MCPON to communicate with DEPLOYED parent

ROTA: SBP Training-prep for growth of FDNF—Schools, SLO, CYP partnerships

NRH: Radford HS- The Original SBP—circa 1999 – First Transition Center with dedicated classroom

• MILITARY INTERSTATE CHILDREN’S COMPACT COMMISSION (MIC3)– The compact leverages consistency: Provides a consistent policy in every school district

and in every state. – The compact addresses key educational transition issues encountered by military

families including enrollment, placement, attendance, eligibility and graduation. – Creates uniform policy to resolve challenges military children face.

• All 50 States have signed. Navy is DoD Military for following State Councils;– American Samoa, California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Guam, Maine,

Mississippi, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Northern Marianas, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Virginia, Virgin Islands,

– Installation CO is DoD Representative and SLO is the SME– SLOs who are SME for the above States attend Annual MIC3 meeting

Interstate Compact = Legislative process, legally binding between states

SLO, Commanders, FFSP. and all base agencies connected to parents, educators

Parents empowered to be their child’s

advocate

A current Local Action Plan in place or

MOA/MOU

Reduction in parent – school conflicts

Mutually beneficial partnerships

(internal/external)

Improved military member readiness

Program Success

Community Engagement Successes

Navy CO’s engaged with School, community issues from local to

state

• Youth Sponsorship, • Deployment Support, • Special Education System Navigation

School-Based Programs: deliver program in schools our children

attend

• Before and After Care programs on and off-based• Homework centers work with local schools – BGCA “Power Hour”• Youth Sponsorship linked to Schools (OCONUS + some CONUS)

Center Based Impact—School-Age, Youth/Teen; 50,000

Children

• Adopt A School programs – volunteerism by our Sailors• CNO STEM programs – enhancing academic rigor• CNO Diversity outreach – reaching into all parts of our

communities

Partnerships In Education = Outreach: CO’s redoubling

efforts to work with communities and community schools

CYES Needs Your Assistance!SLO Web Page Updates (always current). Ensure CYES-SLO information is available on installations Social Media

Navy Leadership Support of Compact on Education MIC3 (Region-Installation)

Local School Based Programs (SBP); ingenuity and resourcefulness

Local Action Planning (LAP)• Installation > LEA Connect• SLO Funding

Comm Protocols: Chain of Command support. CO > SLO > LEA and LEA > SLO > CO – SLO keeps COC informed

Navy’s Future Focus

Navy-DoD

Add Youth Sponsorship to DoD Request for Care Web-Based System, “Military Child Care” for program delivery and accountability

Installation/Region Leaders

Increase State support of Compact on Education and the Military Student Identifier in all states.

Hq Navy

Improve access to Special Education Tools for Military families (parents are the best advocate)

Leadership support for Military Student Identifier.

Build resiliency in all Core Areas of CYES

Child & Youth Education Services (CYES)School – SLO – YP Roles Defined in Chapter 8

CYES Reporting Tool

• Data collection tool for measuring needs of Navy families and CYES ability to meet their needs.

• Measured by SY

• Data Input quarterly

Example of Data from CYES ToolSchool Year 2013-2014 Results

Series1

PCS-In

46102

PCS-Out

Deployment

IA Deployment

SPECED

Post-Secondary

Home School

2500750012500

SLO Core Area - Advocacy Report

Up to 80% more time spent with each SPECED contact

Most interactions with Parent in person, newcomers, phone or e-mail. SLO Web Page big impact