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Staff Development & Training Mission Statement

Provide professional competency development opportunities to correctional staff through knowledge and skill based training.

 

Director of Training
Nancy Riley

Staff Development & Training Management Team

East Region
2050 North County Road 50 East
New Castle, IN  47362

Darrell Fox
Training Manager

Office: (765) 524-5616

North Central Region
Miami Correctional Facility
3038 West 850 South
Bunker Hill, IN 46914

Mike Minthorn
Training Manager 

 Office: (765) 689-8920
ext. 5511
Cell: (574) 870-4315
Central Region
Plainfield Correctional Facility
737 Moon Rd
Plainfield, IN 46168

Kathy Goen
Training Manager

Cell: (317) 626-3850
West Region
Putnamville Correctional Facility
1946 U.S. 40  Greencastle, IN 46135

Ken Kortum
Training Manager

Office: (765) 653-8441 ext. 340
Cell: (765) 655-3582
North Region
Westville Correctional Facility
5501 S 1100 W, Westville, IN 46391

Philip Sonnenberg
Training Manager

Cell: (219) 561-3407
Correctional Training Institute
2050 North County Road 50 East
New Castle, IN 47362

David Vought
Curriculum Specialist Manager

Office: (765) 521-0230 ext. 501
Correctional Training Institute
2050 North County Road 50 East
New Castle, IN 47362

Kevin Alfont
Program Manager
Skills Based Programs 

 Cell: (765) 465-3524

Training Calendar

Quarterly Report
  • Quarterly Report

New Employee Orientation

State Employees

*Microsoft PowerPoint is needed to review the New Employee Orientation modules.  If you do not have Microsoft PowerPoint, please click here for a free download of Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer.

    1. Introduction
    2. Vision and Mission Statements
    3. Organizational Structure
    4. Public and Media Relations
    5. Ethics and Standards of Conduct
    6. Grooming Standards
    7. Non-Uniformed Dress Code
    8. Uniformed Dress Code
    9. Trafficking
    10. Prevention Sexual Harassment
    11. Cultural Diversity
    12. Universal Precautions
    13. Hazardous Materials
    14. Family and Medical Leave Act
    15. Benefits
    16. Performance Management

Non-State Employees

*Microsoft PowerPoint is needed to review the New Employee Orientation modules.  If you do not have Microsoft PowerPoint, please click here for a free download of Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer.

    1. Introduction
    2. Vision and Mission Statements
    3. Organizational Structure
    4. Public and Media Relations
    5. Ethics and Standards of Conduct
    6. Grooming Standards
    7. Non-Uniformed Dress Code 
    8. Trafficking
    9. Prevention Sexual Harassment
    10. Cultural Diversity
    11. Universal Precautions
    12. Hazardous Materials

Additional Training Links

Volunteer Training

Level One

    1. Ethics
    2. Professional Employee Conduct
    3. Criminal Manipulation
    4. Preventing Sexual Harassment
    5. Safety in the Workplace
    6. ACT for Suicide Prevention
    7. Civil and Criminal Liability
    8. Code of Conduct
    9. Offender/Student Grievances
    10. Special Needs Offenders
    11. Substance Abuse
    12. Prison Rape Elimination Act
    13. Do's and Don'ts of Volunteering  

Level Two

    1. Trafficking Laws
    2. Criminal Manipulation
    3. Prison Rape Elimination Act
    4. Mentoring Guidelines
    5. Do's and Don'ts of Volunteering

Level Three

    1. Trafficking Laws
    2. Criminal Manipulation
    3. Prison Rape Elimination Act
    4. Do's and Don'ts of Volunteering

*Note: For 2013 Annual In-service Training, modules will remain the same for each level, except Criminal Manipulation will be replaced by Advanced Criminal Manipulation.

Advanced Criminal Manipulation

Computer Based Training

Staff Development & Training along with PeopleSoft offer a variety of courses for correctional staff to take in order to further their knowledge in the field. The link below will take you to the INSTEP State Employee Portal so that you may access your online HR data or ELM training modules.

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