Professional Development Seminars

 

AJA’s Professional Development Seminars focus exclusively on issues specific to the operations of local correctional facilities. These single or multi-day intensive seminars provide beneficial and useful information to bring back for use in your facility. Many times the greatest learning experiences come from the networking. Classes include practitioners from all around the country. Many attendees keep in touch with those friends and colleagues they met through AJA training!
           
Join the thousands of correctional professionals who have turned to AJA for training, while advancing their careers, and strengthening their agencies.

Seminar Listings

Click to view the 2010 Professional Development Seminar calendar via the attached PDF.

For more detailed information on instructors, location, class objectives, hotel infomation, or cost, please click on the title below.

Contact / In-House Training

Customized Training that won't break the bank!

AJA can provide you with custom-designed training and technical assistance in the comfort of your own facility! AJA provides onsite assistance with almost any issue you may be facing. If you require training in a specific subject area, we can send our team of expert instructors to train YOUR staff in YOUR facility. When you have more than just a few people to train, the cost savings can be significant.

Click here to download the flyer.

Here are just a few of the topics we cover:

• Direct Supervision
• Leadership, Ethics, and Professionalism
• Crisis Intervention
• Hostage Negotiations
• Objective Jail Classification
• Emergency Preparedness
• Jail Security, Investigations, Court Testimony
• Interpersonal Communication Skills

We specialize in tailoring training to suit your needs. Our onsite technical assistance can also help you find solutions to various operational problems such as —

• Staffing
• Security
• Policy and Procedure Development
• Health

To receive a complete topic listing and how AJA can assist you, contact:

Connie Lacy, Director of Training & Membership
Steve Kendall, Training Coordinator
American Jail Association
1135 Professional Court, Hagerstown, MD 21740-5853
Phone: 301-790-3930
Fax: 301-790-2941
E-Mail: conniel@aja.org or stevek@aja.org.

Co-host Opportunities

Cohosting an AJA seminar provides many jails with the opportunity to offer quality, professional training to their staff, even when faced with budgetary constraints and inadequate staffing.  Generally, the cohost agency can expect to receive one complimentary tuition for every five students registered for the seminar.  The actual number of complimentary tuitions awarded may be limited by space constraints, depending on the number of students who register from other agencies.  In most cases, the minimum number of complimentary tuitions awarded will be three.  Certain courses have limited seating and may only be able to accommodate two complimentary tuitions.  AJA training staff will notify you as to the number of complimentary tuitions you can expect to receive for the particular program you are cohosting.  The complimentary tuitions can be given to individuals of the cohost agency’s choice.

Following is information regarding the division of responsibilities between the American Jail Association and the cohost agency/organization:

AJA will be responsible for:

1. Announcing the seminar nationally in the following ways: a) AJA’s training calendar, b) a brochure which will be mailed to all AJA members and U.S. jails, c) American Jails magazine, and d) AJA’s web site.
    
2. Collecting participant registration fees and maintaining a participant registration list.
    
3. Negotiating a contract with a local hotel suitable to house the participants and conduct the training.
    
4. Providing expert instructors to conduct the training; including instructor fees, lodging, per diem, and administrative and clerical costs.
    
5. Providing class handouts, agendas, name badges, participant lists, supplemental training materials, and participant certificates of attendance.

The Cohost Agency/Organization will be responsible for:

1. Providing audio/visual equipment.
    
2. Assigning an individual as an on-site coordinator.
    
3. Allowing the use of cohost agency’s name for promotional purposes.
    
4. Hosting a tour of the cohost agency’s jail and providing transportation to and from the jail for the class participants.  The tour will most likely be scheduled from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm on Tuesday evening.
    
5. Assisting with the distribution of seminar information in your area.

AJA reserves the right to cancel a cohost seminar if the pre-determined number of students (usually 15) has not enrolled within 30 days of the start of the program.

For consideration, please submit the attached form to Steve Kendall.

For further information, contact:
Connie Lacy, Director of Training & Certification
Steve Kendall, Training Coordinator
American Jail Association
1135 Professional Court
Hagerstown, Maryland  21740
Phone: 301-790-3930      
Fax: 301-790-2941
E-Mail: conniel@aja.org or stevek@aja.org

Instructor Wanted!

               
                If you are interesed in teaching for the American 
                Jail Association, please submit the following:             

•     A detailed CV or resume 
•     AJA membership number 
•     History of AJA activity
•     A list of references

Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

Continuing education units for American Jail Association seminar participants are being awarded through Fort Hays State University (FHSU). Participants must apply for CEUs using this form. Payment of $15.00 must accompany the form.

Fort Hays State University will award one (1) credit for every 2 hours of training.  For example:

• 8 hours of training = 4 CEUs
• 16 hours of training = 8 CEUs
• 24 hours of training = 12 CEUs
• 32 hours of training = 16 CEUs
• 40 hours of training = 20 CEUs

The awarding of CEUs will be governed by FHSU policy. Such policy provides, among other things, that one (1) CEU will be awarded for every 2 hours of attendance. FHSU will put qualified registrants in the University registrar’s database. Students will receive a certificate from FHSU listing the number of CEUs awarded for the seminar.

Download the application here.