2024 ACA National Harbor Program Book_Winter Conference

FRIDAY, JAN. 5

10-11:30 A.M.

procedures. However, the role of a supervisor is much broader. An effective supervisor maintains compliance with agency policy and procedures and creates a healthy workplace culture that values building relationships, continuous learning, accountability, trust, fairness, opportunity and empowerment. Learning Objectives: • Ability to recognize the characteristics of both a healthy and unhealthy workplace culture. • Describe the organizational benefits of creating a healthy workplace culture. • Identify proven leadership principles and characteristics that promote a healthy workplace culture that strongly values building relationships, continuous learning, accountability, trust, fairness, opportunity and empowerment. Moderator: Andre Bethea , M.S., Senior Policy Advisor, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Washington, D.C. Speakers: Michael W. Farrier , (Ret) Major, Psy.D., SME, Bureau of Justice, CorWellness, Tallahassee, Florida; Monroe B. Hudson , (Ret) Commissioner, M.A.J., Program Lead, Bureau of Justice, CorWellness, Tallahassee, Florida; Victor Powell (Ret), M.S., Correctional Training Officer, Bureau of Justice, CorWellness, Tallahassee, Florida This panel will focus on new research and strategies implemented by corrections and community stakeholders to increase career opportunities and economic mobility among justice-impacted people post-release, with a focus on higher education in prison as a resource that expands access. This panel will share successes from key stakeholders implementing solutions to building pathways to meaningful employment post-release and continue to address the disparities in career opportunities and access to resources that exist between the “inside” and “outside”. B-2D You’re Hired: Prison Education Programs that Lead to In-Demand Jobs Track: Prisons Room: National Harbor 5

B-2B Team Building to Assess Performance Track: Staff Training Room: National Harbor 3 In corrections, we often work hard to

determine why our staff are performing or not performing. In this workshop, we will conduct a team-building activity that will assess what attributes of the staff involved hinder performance and what attributes of staff enhance performance. Staff will be guided through an intense debriefing session that will aid them in future endeavors back at the office or within the facility. Learning Objectives: • Be familiar with the concept of team building for a bigger purpose. • Learn to guide staff through a team-building exercise that specifically relates to work-related skills. • Learn specific techniques to relate team-building aspects to job performance. Moderator: Shannon Bowling , Duvall Residential Center Manager, Marion County Community Corrections, Indianapolis, Indiana Speakers: Shannon Bowling , Duvall Residential Center Manager, Marion County Community Corrections, Indianapolis, Indiana; Laurel Reed , Marion County Community Corrections, Indianapolis, Indiana B-2C Leading for Change: How Corrections Supervisors Build and Sustain a Healthy Culture of Safety and Wellness (CEU) Track: Staff Training/Social Work NEW! Room: National Harbor 4 This presentation places a strong emphasis on proven leadership principles and characteristics that promote building and sustaining a healthy workplace culture. Correctional supervisors have one of our profession’s most challenging yet rewarding jobs. The traditional role of a supervisor is to manage or hold staff accountable for achieving performance measures and adherence to all organization policies and

WORKSHOPS Friday, Jan. 5 ▼ 10–11:30 a.m.

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