Friday, August 14, 2009

Check Out our new Slide Show and Pictures

Just added a little slide show of what the Academy is looking like so far. Check it out and don't be afraid to leave us some comments. We would like to know what you think of the changes and how we can make the Academy even better.

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Staff Work to get the Academy Ready


I was asked to post a picture of Jen Sprafke cleaning. The truth is that there has been a lot of staff cleaning, moving, and setting up rooms. Many have come over from central office and they have taken on any job that need to be done no matter how dirty. (Thank You)

We have also had work crews here from the new SESC and CCWC had their paint crews here. There has also been work crews from the field. At the same time we completed a modified Academy program that graduated 14 new Correctional Officers. Most of them going to CRCF. We have also been preparing for the 103rd VCA.

103rd arrived on Monday the 10th and they are the first participants to stay overnight at our new site. There are 16 participants in this class. They have become our test subjects to let us know what more needs to be done at our new site.

We have set up our new smart board in our main class room. It is a vast improvement over our St. Joseph's set up. Also there has been some use of our other spaces already for different meeting. I hope to have an updated room usage calendar up soon so we can manged our space more efficiently.

I will be posting some pictures from around our new facility so stay tuned, and if you are at Central officer for some reason, come on over and check us out. We would be happy to show you around.

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Waterbury, Vermont, United States
I have served as a Vermont Correctional Academy coordinator for training development since 2001. I am responsible for training-the-trainer core competency training, Facility Training Officer programs and also serve as liaison to our security and supervision unit for training dealing with hostage negotiation, emergency preparedness, and the Corrections Emergency Response Team (CERT). I graduate from the Vermont Correctional Academy in 1993, and previously served as a Correctional Officer I, Correctional Officer II, and the local training coordinator at the former Woodstock Regional Correctional Facility. I also part of the Emergency Preparedness team. I am involved in a range of educational development and training functions for the Department of Corrections and provides Academy instruction on emergency preparedness, self-harm, suicide prevention and use of force.