The Problem with Programs
Three articles in the Journal of Correctional Education reveal some common themes in prison programming.
Let’s Talk Coding…
Providing meaningful programming for incarcerated or detained students is not only vital, it’s easier than you think.
Anybody can teach, right?
Hiring certified educators in our classrooms and to run our educational divisions and institutions is a critical ingredient to learner outcomes. Viva la educators!
Are You Open to Feedback?
Learning how to give and receive feedback is a critical tool in any great leader’s tool kit.
Giving Students Choices (even incarcerated ones)
Choice menus are an excellent way to give learners and staff agency over their learning. Used in a behavioral modification framework, they can also motivate learners (students and staff) by incentivizing pro-social behaviors. Working in a jail, prison, detention center, or other alternative setting? Choice menus work wonders!