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:: HOME > Overview > Divisions > The Academy Division sponsors technical assistance, training, networks and information services under the the following initiatives:

The Leadership and Management Initiative offers a broad range of developmental programs for future executives who will lead their agencies. In addition to executive development efforts, NIC offers programs for senior-level as well as mid-level managers. At all levels, NIC’s leadership and management development programs address personal growth and professional development issues and such strategies as dealing with change, technology, multigenerational workforces, and organizational transformation.

The “Workplace Learning and Staff Performance Enhancement” initiative is the National Institute of Corrections’ (NIC’s) new name for its reconceptualized efforts to help build staff training and development capacity in corrections agencies of all types.

The Regional Training Initiative functions as a national network, coordinated through four regions, that enables NIC to support correctional training nationwide. Through its regional focus, NIC supports the delivery of corrections-related training and the development of training resources at minimal cost to local and state governments. It is made possible by volunteer trainers in each region and the generous support of the volunteer agencies and other participating groups.

The NIC Learning Center offers corrections practitioners access to a professional skills library of approximately 200 Web-based courses (or e-Learning) and 20 specialized
correctional topics. It also hosts live online training programs (virtual instructor-led training or VILT) on a variety of topics and accomodates online registration for traditional classroom training programs (instructor-led training or ILT).

Also managed by the Academy, are NIC's satellite/Internet broadcasts which offer video learning and training opportunities for panelists and participants to address current and pressing topics in corrections.


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