Monday, May 9, 2011

Just an update

April was both a wet and busy month at the Training Center.

We graduated 22 new correctional officers on 4/15/2011.  Please welcome them to corrections if you see one of them at your work-site.

Advance Communication Techniques Training for Trainers is currently running in classroom one.  There are twenty one of them; they are working hard and doing many role-plays.

I have posted the video from the 110th and 111th Vermont Correctional Academy on YouTube.com.  You may view them there or wait for me to post them here.

Here is a list of some of the events that will be running at the Training Center in May...
  • Victim-Inclusive Casework Training on 05/2-5/2011 from 0830-1600
  • Basic Intensive Domestic Abuse Program Facilitation 05/3-5/2011 from 0900-1600
  • Sentence Computation/Legal Process on 05/5-6/2011 from 0900-1600
  • Arrest Certification on 05/10/2011 from 0900-1600
  • AHA Basic Life Saver Instructors Certification on 05/13/2011 from 0830-1630
  • Testimony Training on 05/17/2011 from 0900-1600
  • Sex Offender Risk Assessment Training on 05/20/2011 from 0900-1600
  • The 112th Vermont Correctional Academy will start on 5/16/2011 and graduate on 06/17/2011 at 1100 in the Pavilion, Montpelier
For more information on these events go to the AHS Training Calendar.

As always, we like to here from you about your academy or training experience at the Vermont Department of Corrections' Training Center.
You can email your comments to me direct or post to the blog.
Be well.

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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.