2025 ACA 155th Congress of Correction Denver_Program Book

Forsyth, Georgia; John Regan , Prosecutor, State of Georgia Prosecuting Attorneys Council, Morrow, Georgia How to Hire an Officer in Ten Days Room 106 Overview: In this session, participants will learn strategies in onboarding that have enabled Florida to accelerate hiring velocity. With an increasingly competitive job market, political pressures and tight budgets, filling security vacancies has become a greater challenge in recent years. With these hurdles in mind, Florida has honed their hiring process to close the gap between application and start date from averaging six weeks or more pre-pandemic to applicants starting as quickly as one week from the day they applied. Speakers: Mica Bell , Security Recruitment Manager, Florida Department of Corrections, Tallahassee, Florida; Joshua Shelton , Security Recruitment Assistant Manager, Florida Department of Corrections, Tallahassee, Florida

Difficult Conversations: Finding Comfort in the Discomfort Room 110 Overview: Your leadership journey will require you to address things like poor employee performance, personnel issues and whether employees are a good fit for the job. Nothing can be more stressful than the anticipation of needing to have a difficult conversation with someone. The anxiety that surrounds the anticipation often results in the conversation being delayed or never occurring. Being prepared for difficult conversations is key to getting the results you’re wanting. Speakers: Cody Ginsel , Deputy Director, Training and Leader Development, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Huntsville, Texas; David Yebra , Director of Training and Leader Development, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Huntsville, Texas

WORKSHOPS

Sunday, Aug. 24 ▼ 8–9:30 a.m.

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