The U. S. Department of Justice Programs, Office of Justice
Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) has awarded a
grant to the Center for Innovative Public Policies (CIPP),
the American Jail Association, and the Correctional
Management Institute of Texas, Sam Houston State University
to develop tools to assure competent jail leadership.
Project strategies include use of state-of-the-art
technology, participation of subject matter experts,
involvement of national partners, links to the innovative
National Jail Leadership Command Academy, and building on
work already completed by CIPP, AJA, CMIT and the National
Institute of Corrections. This collaboration will develop
user-friendly products which will not only increase
knowledge, but give agencies data and tools so they can
develop their individual plans to transition mid-managers to
leadership. Succession planning and leadership development
are more than just “training”; it is about increasing the
capacity of the jail to use everyday opportunities to impart
knowledge and skills to the next generation of leaders
through careful and deliberate planning.
This project will enable jails to successfully develop and
implement their own leadership development and succession
planning initiatives, linking to national resources. This
project will develop and pilot test a coaching and mentoring
component for the National Jail Leadership Command Academy,
designed to strength the Academy; a model which will be
replicable in jails.
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