Leadership Development for Jail Administration

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Project Updates:

Update – Jail Leadership, Succession Planning and Leadership Development

The project’s status as of July 22, 1010.

• The 20-member national advisory panel held it’s meeting on June 17 – 19 in Fort Lauderdale. The results of those deliberations are included in the final draft report of this meeting: click here.  Comments are invited by August 6, 2010 to Dr. Christina Mancini cmancin5@fau.edu
• The next steps in the project are:
  • The web site to help individuals and organizations prepare for succession planning and leadership development and;
  • development of a tool kit to on coaching/mentoring
• To view the literature review, click here.
• Presentations and focus groups to gain more input about the core competencies of jail administrators have been scheduled:
  • Tuesday, August 3rd at the American Correctional Association conference in Chicago, Ill., 9:00 – 10:30 a.m.

  For more project information – please contact Susan McCampbell @ susanmccampbell@cipp.org

  Look for an update in September.

Update – Jail Leadership

May 1, 2010

The project’s status as of May 1, 2010.

• The 20-member national advisory panel has been selected, including those who work in jails with a range of average daily populations (mega-jails to small jails), geographic locations, and organizations (e.g., regional jails, consolidated systems, tribal jails).
• The meeting of the national advisory panel will be held June 17 – 19, 2010 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The panel will advise the project regarding core competencies, and the project’s web content for the National Jail Leadership and Succession Planning Resource Center.
• The literature review has been completed. It updates the literature review contained in The Future is Now: Recruiting, Retaining, and Developing the 21st Century Jail Workforce – which can be viewed @  http://www.cipp.org/pdf/21stCenturyJailWorkforceJan2010.pdf 
• To view the updated literature reviews, click here.
• Presentations and focus groups to gain more input about the core competencies of jail administrators have been scheduled:
  • Monday, May 24th at the American Jail Association conference in Portland, Oregon. Two sessions will be held; check the AJA Conference schedule.
  • Sunday, June 27 at the National Sheriffs’ Association conference in Anaheim, California. One session will be held, check the NSA Conference schedule.
  • Tuesday, August 3rd at the American Correctional Association conference in Chicago, Ill., from 9:00 – 10:30 a.m. Check the ACA schedule for the location.

  For more project information – please contact Susan McCampbell @ susanmccampbell@cipp.org 
  
  Look for an update in mid-June.
   

March 1, 2010

The project’s status as of March 1, 2010.
 

• AJA to name 20-member advisory panel to assist with developing of all project deliverables:
  • Consensus on core competencies
  • Design of the mentoring/coaching distance learning
  • Design of the leadership development distance learning
• First advisory panel meeting tentatively scheduled for June 2010.
• Literature review is being completed and will be posted next month.
• Identification of existing core competencies nearing completion.
  • The process to update/gain consensus on the core competencies is nearing completion.
• The American Jail Association and the Correctional Management Institute of Texas are working to develop strategies to design and implement a post-training mentoring/coaching program for the graduates of the National Jail Leadership Command Academy.
• This project’s work is being coordinated with both the National Institute of Corrections and the Leadership Institute of the American Probation and Parole Association:
  • NIC’s development of curriculum for jail administrators will inform the project.
  • APPA’s experience with their Leadership Institute will also be helpful to developing the coaching/mentoring phase of this project.

Look for more updates on April 1, 2010.

In the meantime, to find out more information about this project, or to volunteer to be involved, contact Susan McCampbell, susanmccampbell@cipp.org