﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Upcoming Training Programs</title><link>http://nicic.org/Training</link><description>Training programs that are about to start.</description><item><title>Jul. 14, 2009: Correctional Leadership Development</title><description>This 70-hour program is based on the Leadership Challenge Model developed by James Kouzes and Barry Posner.</description><link>http://nicic.org/Training/09M101</link><pubDate>July, 14 2009</pubDate></item><item><title>Jul. 15, 2009: The Mentally Ill in Jail: Whose Problem Is It Anyway?</title><description>On July 15, 2009, the National Institute of Corrections will host a live 3-hour satellite/Internet broadcast to provide an overview of opportunities that can help your organization prepare to work with persons suffering from mental illness in jails.</description><link>http://nicic.org/Training/SIB071509</link><pubDate>July, 15 2009</pubDate></item><item><title>Aug. 02, 2009: Executive Leadership for Women </title><description>This 36-hour program and its followup components enhance the ability of participants to achieve executive-level positions in corrections organizations and function effectively in those positions. </description><link>http://nicic.org/Training/09P3301</link><pubDate>August, 02 2009</pubDate></item><item><title>Aug. 02, 2009: Offender Workforce Development Specialist Partnership Training Program</title><description>The purpose of this partnership training program is to help agencies develop the capacity locally to provide competency-based training for practitioners who assist individuals who have criminal records with making informed decisions relative to job and career choices based on their abilities, aptitudes, and interests and information relevant to today’s job market (e.g., occupational, educational, and labor market information).</description><link>http://nicic.org/Training/09T325</link><pubDate>August, 02 2009</pubDate></item><item><title>Aug. 03, 2009: Management of Violent, High-Risk, and Supermax Inmates</title><description>This 36-hour training program focuses on planning, programming, and operations issues specific to the management of high-risk, high-custody, and supermax inmates.</description><link>http://nicic.org/Training/09P3601</link><pubDate>August, 03 2009</pubDate></item><item><title>Aug. 09, 2009: Orientation for New Pretrial Executives </title><description>This 40-hour program is designed to enhance the leadership capacity of, and promote sound pretrial release practices for, pretrial professionals with decision-making responsibilities. The program incorporates the National Association of Pretrial Service Agencies (NAPSA) Pretrial Release Standards with cutting-edge organizational and leadership strategies. </description><link>http://nicic.org/Training/09C101</link><pubDate>August, 09 2009</pubDate></item><item><title>Aug. 16, 2009: Inmate Behavior Management</title><description>This 42-hour program teaches participants the information and skills necessary to develop a formal plan to manage inmate behavior in their respective jails.</description><link>http://nicic.org/Training/09J2301</link><pubDate>August, 16 2009</pubDate></item><item><title>Aug. 24, 2009: Planning of New Institutions: Taking Control of the Planning Process</title><description>This 32-hour program familiarizes participants with all aspects of the new jail planning process and helps them develop a team approach to planning.</description><link>http://nicic.org/Training/09J2102</link><pubDate>August, 24 2009</pubDate></item><item><title>Aug. 30, 2009: Orientation for New Probation and Parole Chief Executive Officers</title><description>NIC continues to recognize the value of orientation for new probation and parole executives. This course focuses on the knowledge and skills important to a sound beginning in a new career.</description><link>http://nicic.org/Training/09C4002</link><pubDate>August, 30 2009</pubDate></item><item><title>Sep. 14, 2009: Conducting Prison Security Audits</title><description>This 36-hour training program is conducted at selected state correctional institutions and will be offered three times throughout the year.</description><link>http://nicic.org/Training/09P3203</link><pubDate>September, 14 2009</pubDate></item><item><title>Sep. 14, 2009: Jail Administration</title><description>This program focuses on key elements in effective jail administration, including risk management; use of jail standards; development of and compliance with policies and procedures; inmate behavior management; determination of staffing needs; workforce development; systematic approaches to fire, safety, and sanitation; and ongoing operational assessment.</description><link>http://nicic.org/Training/09J2602</link><pubDate>September, 14 2009</pubDate></item><item><title>Sep. 14, 2009: Correctional Leadership for Women</title><description>This 36-hour leadership development training program allows participants to assess their personal leadership styles and set specific goals for a career development plan.</description><link>http://nicic.org/Training/09P3303</link><pubDate>September, 14 2009</pubDate></item><item><title>Sep. 20, 2009: Managing Jail Design and Construction</title><description>This program teaches participants how to read and interpret facility planning documents, specifications, and schedules, as well as how and why changes occur during construction and how to manage them.</description><link>http://nicic.org/Training/09J2105</link><pubDate>September, 20 2009</pubDate></item><item><title>Sep. 21, 2009: Large Jail Network Meeting</title><description>The Jails Division of NIC will sponsor a Large Jail Network meeting on September 21-23, 2009 in Aurora, Colorado. The meeting will begin at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, September 21, 2009 and end by 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 23, 2009.</description><link>http://nicic.org/Training/LJN092009</link><pubDate>September, 21 2009</pubDate></item></channel></rss>