Cristina Miranda

The campus-based military liaison supports military-connected students and their families by:

· Serving as the point of contact and working collaboratively between military-connected students and their families and the campus.

· Maintaining familiarity with enrollment processes, records transfer, existing community resources, and student supports.

· Ensuring military-connected students are identified and properly coded through the Texas Student Data System Public Education Information Management System (TSDS PEIMS).

· Determining campus-based supports and services available to military-connected students based on their unique needs, including their high mobility.

· Assisting in coordinating campus-based programs relevant to military-connected students.

· Attending professional development or training annually to learn and understand topics related to the transition of military-connected students and their families.

The campus-based military liaison offers professional development opportunities for staff members on issues related to military-connected students. Such issues include, but are not limited to:

· military culture

· deployments and family separations

· the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children

· the TSDS PEIMS military student identifier

· mitigating the effects of high mobility

· issues that address the physical and mental effects of military service, including post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, and other physical injuries

· supporting students connected to veterans

· supporting students with a parent or guardian in the national guard or reserve

· supporting students with a parent or guardian who has fallen in the line of duty