Friday, July 17, 2009

Big changes are in the wind. The Vermont Correctional Academy has moved to Waterbury. We left Rutland right after we graduated the 102nd VCA.

We packed up our desks, loaded the Uhaul and off we went to the north (look out Waterbury). We are still waiting to move into our new site as its still under construction. For those of you that have been in what was the old Dale Correctional Facility; you will see some big changes.

We're going to have two new class rooms; break out spaces and overnight accommodations for around 50 participants.

We're also getting new office space, and are reconfiguring our training unit so that we will all be under the same roof.

We occupy our new site on July 28th and the 103rd VCA will be the first class of new Correctional Officer to train at this site. They arrive on the 10th of August.

So stop in and check us out when our doors finally open, and expect to see more posts about upcoming events and happenings on the Academy Update.

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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.