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Responsibilities of SOC
Institutional Representatives and
SOC Counselors
During each biennial membership renewal, the SOC office receives
many changes in SOC Institutional Representatives and SOC Counselors.
It is important that you who are assigned to these collateral
duties know your responsibilities and understand and be able
to perform the functions. Please read carefully the responsibilities
and functions inherent in these assignments.
SOC Institutional Representative is responsible for
implementing and overseeing institution's compliance with the
SOC Principles and Criteria.. Duties include:
- Reading and understanding the SOC
Principles and Criteria.
- Having a working knowledge of the institution's policies
and procedures regarding the award of credit and acceptance in
transfer of credit transcripted by other institutions, particularly
as shown on the institutional page of the SOC Guide.
- Being able and available to answer inquiries and to market
institutional programs and services to servicemembers, veterans
and their adult family members who may express interest.
- Serving, in conjunction with the president, chancellor or
chief executive officer, as the institution's chief advocate
of servicemembers' education and continuously strive within the
institution to improve its policies, procedures, programs and
services offered servicemembers, veterans, and their adult family
members.
- Providing general oversight for institutional participation
in specific SOC programs to include SOCAD, SOCNAV, SOCMAR, SOCCOAST,
SOCGuard, and ConAP.
- Being the institutional point of contact for troubleshooting
inquiries made by the SOC director and staff.
- Receiving and disseminating as appropriate within the institution
SOC news letters, memoranda, and other information regarding
education for servicemembers, veterans and their adult family
members.
- Keeping the senior institutional leadership informed regarding
issues affecting education of servicemembers, veterans and their
adult family members.
- Updating SOC Application for Institutional
Membership every two years ensuring that all information
is current and accurate and submit it to SOC by the date requested
by SOC.
SOC Counselor is responsible for advisement of the
military students who are participating in programs under the
SOC designation. Duties include:
- Reading and understanding the SOC Principles and Criteria
.
- Being knowledgeable of the institution's policies and procedures
regarding the award of credit and acceptance in transfer of credit
transcripted by other institutions, particularly as shown on
the institutional page of the SOC Guide.
- Being able and available to counsel servicemembers, veterans,
and their adult family members with regard to education programs
and services available to them and how these programs and services
comply with SOC Principles and Criteria.
- Working with the SOC Institutional Representative; filling
in for the SOC Institutional Representative when that individual
is not available.
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