Friday, July 16, 2010

The 108th VCA

Opening day for the 108th Vermont Correctional Academy will start Monday the 19th @ 0645. So you will see our new recruits lining up out front of the Dale building.  Starting their journey to become a corrections officer.

Our schedule for week one looks like this:

Day one:

Vermont Department of Corrections' Honor Guard Flag

  • Stations
  • Health Screening
  • Program Orientation
Day two:
  • Roll Call & Log Book Procedures
  • Agency Overview
  • The Corrections Professional
Day three:
  • Roll Call & Headcount Procedures
  • Legal Issues in Corrections
  • Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
  • Blood borne/Communicable Diseases
Day Four:
  • Roll Call & Radio Procedures
  • Medical/Mental Health
  • Self-harm video presentation
Day Five:
  • Roll Call & Report Writing Procedures
  • Suicide Prevention

Classroom two will also be busy with Foundation training for three days and meetings on Thursday and Friday.

So stop by and check out the training going on at the Vermont Department of Corrections’ Training Center.

The location of the Vermont Department of Corrections' Training Center
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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.