Annual Report

2011 NYSAIEP ANNUAL REPORT

Allegany County Jail

Lead Teacher: Phil Stock

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BOCES/District Affiliate:      Cattaraugus Allegany BOCES

Facility Address & Phone:     1825 Windfall Road

Olean, NY 14760

716-376-8293

Other Staff & Duties: GED Instructors: Barb Bergerson, Susan Kervin, Morris Suttles

Programs Offered: GED, HS Diploma, Careers, Life Skills, Transition Counselor

Program Highlights: We offer Anger Management, Art Classes, computer and other life skills in addition to GED classes.

# of Inmates facility houses: Adults— varies Youth— 164

GED Offered: 6 times per year                        GED Pass Rate: 84%

 

Cattaraugus County Jail

Lead Teacher: Phil Stock

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BOCES/District Affiliate:      Cattaraugus Allegany BOCES

Facility Address & Phone:     1825 Windfall Road

Olean, NY 14760

716-376-8293

Other Staff & Duties: GED Instructors: Fred Musolff, Bethany Ruane, Tom Cannon

Programs Offered: GED, Life Skills

Program Highlights: We offer Why Try, active learning projects, computer and other life skills in addition to GED classes.

# of Inmates facility houses: Adults—   varies Youth— 150

GED Offered: 6 times per year                        GED Pass Rate: 83%

 

Chautauqua County Jail

Adult Instructor: Vincent Quatroche

Youth Instructor: James Rush III                   

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BOCES/District Affiliate:      Erie 2 Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES

Facility Address & Phone:    PO Box 190

15 East Chautauqua Street

Mayville, NY 14757

716-753-4360

716-753-4935

Other Staff & Duties: Dan Rowe-Youth Instructor, Kathy Collver-Adult Female Instructor, Joyce Golden-Counselor, Jeff Thomas-Counselor

Programs Offered: GED, HS Diploma Courses, Life Skills, Career Counselor, Computer Skills, Family Literacy, Substance Abuse Counseling, Story-Link

Program Highlights: IEP, small classes, one-on-one, individual instruction, literacy, art. Youth receive about 4 hours of instruction per day; each student has a plan developed to reach their goals.

# of Inmates facility houses: Adults—   300 Youth— 22

GED Offered: Monthly                                    GED Pass Rate: 80-85%

Erie County Holding Center

Transitional Counselor: Diana L. Chutko

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BOCES/District Affiliate:      Buffalo Public Schools

Facility Address & Phone:    40 Delaware Avenue

Buffalo, NY 14202

716-858-7040

Other Staff & Duties: Theresa Sirdevan – Career Advisor, Bob Williams – Teacher, Colleen Mazella – Teacher, Ken Walters – Teacher

Programs Offered: GED, Careers, Life Skills, Transitional Counselor, Computer Skills, EPIC parenting

Program Highlights: One of our students, Stewart Silvershatz, won Student of the Year recognition and was celebrated in Albany in March. The presentation was attended by Theresa Sirdevan.

# of Inmates facility houses: Adults— 800   Youth— 100

GED Offered: as needed                     GED Pass Rate: 100%

 

Erie County Correctional Facility

Director: Nancy Rusinski

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BOCES/District Affiliate:      Alden School District

Facility Address & Phone:    11581 Walden Avenue

Alden, NY 14004

716-937-5593

Other Staff & Duties: 3 Teachers, 2 Teacher Assistants, 1 Counselor

Programs Offered: GED, HS Diploma, Careers, Life Skills, Transition Counseling

# of Inmates facility houses: Adults— 750   Youth— 180

GED Offered: 4 times per year                        GED Pass Rate: 87%

 

Niagara County Jail

Counselor: Debbie Huttenmaier

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BOCES/District Affiliate:      Lockport City School District

Facility Address & Phone:    5526 Niagara Street Ext.

Lockport, NY 14094

716-438-3356

Other Staff & Duties: 3 teachers, 1 teacher aide, and 1 counselor

Programs Offered: GED, HS Diploma Courses, Life Skills, Career Counselor, and Computer Skills

Program Highlights: Each of our classrooms now has a SMART board. Our teachers are using them to enhance the learning experience for our students. The students have responded very positively to the addition of the SMART boards. The education department continues to offer Parenting and Job Skills classes in addition to the other programs offered by the jail. Enrollment in all of our classes has been high this year.

# of Inmates facility houses: Adults— 300   Youth— 90

GED Offered: 6 times per year                        GED Pass Rate: 23 students passed since the              

                                                                                         beginning of the year.

 

Orleans County Jail

Teacher: Patricia Morrisey

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BOCES/District Affiliate:      Albion School District

Facility Address & Phone:    16 Platt Street

Albion, NY 14411

585-589-4310

Other Staff & Duties: No other staff

Programs Offered: GED

Program Highlights: 5 – 7 male/female students under 21

# of Inmates facility houses: Adults—   70 Youth— 10

GED Offered: 3 times per year                        GED Pass Rate: Unknown

Literary Center, many events and the Perkins job evening vocational education classes and job readiness instruction. All students may benefit from the many evening and weekend offerings for youth.

We are proud of excellent collaboration with the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department. Youth aged 16-18 have the opportunity through a behavioral modification program that the school staff is part of, to receive individual   benefits as they progress through behavioral levels.

# of Inmates facility houses: 170-220

GED Offered: Bi-monthly                    Pass Rate: 66%

Genesee County Jail

GED Instructor/Transition Counselor/Special Education: Robert W. Mullen

BOCES/District Affiliate:       Genesee Valley Educational Partnership

Facility Address & Phone:    14 West Main Street

Batavia, NY 14020

Other Staff & Duties: Mary Hecht-Principal Financial Clerk/Program Instructor; Deputy Robert J. Zehler-Jail Supervisor/GED Liaison/Chief Examiner

Programs Offered: GED, HS Diploma, Life Skills.

Other Programs offered by outside instructors: Drug Program-The difference between the use of good and bad drugs. Nutrition-Making good food choices, Grocery Shopping, etc.; Money Basics-Credit Card Debt, Compound Interest, Home Mortgages, & Monthly Budgets.; Youth & Men’s Health Class-Weekly program during the school year covering related health topics.;

N.Y.S. Defensive Driving Course- For the reduction of points and insurance cost; O.S.H.A. Safety Course-10 hour course on construction and general industry safety and health.

# of Inmates facility houses: We are currently classified to house 86 male Inmates. We house both youth and adults with minors being the lowest number in population.

GED Offered: As needed                    Pass Rate: 2009: Youth: 5 Diploma; 0 failures,

                                                                                       Adult: 6 Diploma; 1 failure

 

Livingston County Jail

Staff: Lynn Kennison, Jamie Calnan, Bob Babcock, Paula McClure 

Program Highlights:2010 Jan-Dec (21 individual programs, 101 programs presented) Pre-Employment Classes-Four Session Pre-Employment Skills are presented by John Jaeger from LC Workforce Development. The four session program included information on where to look for employment, résumé writing, interviewing skills, completing applications, explaining convictions to a     potential employer, etc.  After the first session, John meets with interested individuals for résumé writing and mock interviews  

Felony Convictions and the rest of your Life presentation:  Probation Officer explains questions about felony convictions such as if you have a felony conviction can you… hunt, vote, get a job, serve on a jury, visit Canada, etc. This is always a well attended program. 

Speechcrafters- Public Speaking/Speech Writing Forum lead by Bob Babcock, BOCES Adult ED GED instructor and members of Bath Chapter of Toastmasters International.  These sessions dovetail with the GED  program teaching writing. LC Business Education Alliance presented 6 Junior Achievement class series to the under 21 year old students at the jail.  These classes cover Life Mapping, goal setting, financial and career planning and more.  The JA coordinator and six community volunteers present the program. OSHA 29 CFR, 1926 Construction Standards 10-hour course- Health and Safety Career Opportunities Training is presented by Painters Union District Council #4 instructor. Health and Safety Career Opportunities Training participants gain necessary health and safety certification thereby enhancing employability.  Successful completion of OSHA 10-hour course, participants obtain OSHA 29 CFR, 1926 Construction Standards   certification.  This ten- hour course covered introduction to OSHA, electrical, and fall                    protection and other areas of safety.  Having this certificate is a good resume item as well as   being helpful to those who want to apply to become a member of a trade union.

 

Monroe Correctional Facility

Educational Coordinator: Twig Hickam

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BOCES/District Affiliate:     Rochester City School-Youth Program;

Monroe 1 BOCES–Adult Education Program

Facility Address & Phone:     750 E. Henrietta Rd

Rochester, NY 14623

Programs Offered: GED, HS Diploma, Careers, Life Skills, Transition Counselor, Anger Management, Parenting, College Courses: Survey of Mathematics, College Orientation Seminar

Vocational Programs: Food Service, Construction, Plumbing, OSHA, Horticulture

# of Inmates facility houses: Adults—300; Youth—35-40

GED Offered: 6 times per year                        Pass Rate: 75%

 

Ontario, Wayne, Seneca and Yates County Jails

This year we served about 300+ youth in our 4 jails. Some jails have made academics mandatory while others still make classes voluntary. I have found our “October count” to be up as well as our summer count but the youth tend to be in and out of the facilities quickly. We have yet to find that the ASISTS program (set up for NRS) follows the youth for the SASS report and other queries needed for reports.

It has been a busy year with a new teacher and equipment. This year all the jails, except Yates County Jail, received SMART Boards as well as updated computers to work with the SMART Boards. Everyone is learning how to use them effectively in their classes as well as having staff training on the “what’s possible.” If any of the other jails have SMART Boards and are willing to share their “best lessons”, we would love to have them. A couple of our jails are now willing to let us be connected to the internet so that will enhance the capabilities. We are working with the Technical and Career centers to bring in vocational skills building classes for our youth who do not have many saleable skills on the outside. Through some grants, we will not only be offering OSHA 10 certification classes but hope to be able to offer NYSERTA, some green energy coursework as well.

This year we were also able to “encourage” the youth counselors from the county workforce     development to come into the jails to work with our youth once a week. Some are better with reporting the results back to us but we are finding the youth are more likely to go there once they know the counselor. We hope this will lead to more job training accessibility for our youth                   population.

Wyoming County Jail

Teacher/Transition counselor: Linda Morris

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BOCES/District Affiliate:       Genesee Valley BOCES

Facility Address & Phone:    151 North Main Street

Warsaw, NY 14569

Other Staff & Duties: We have just hired a part-time Special Education Teacher to replace the previous teacher. This is funded through a WIA Corrections Grant.

Programs Offered: GED, HS Diploma, Careers, Life Skills, and Transition Counselor

Program Highlights: This year we offered the OSHA 10 Construction Safety Certificate course in the fall. We hope to offer it again this spring. We also had two people from the Board of Elections come to the jail in October to assist with registering inmates to vote and distributing absentee ballots. Recently Karen Weidman, Livingston County Probation Supervisor, visited our jail and presented two workshops on Certificates of Relief and Certificates of Good Conduct.

# of Inmates facility houses: Adults—69; Youth—6

This is our capacity. We average 55-60 total inmates most weeks. Currently we have 3 incarcerated youths.

GED Offered: 4-5 times per year                     Pass Rate: 87.5%

 

 

Cayuga County Jail

 

Director/Teacher: Jean Rhodes

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BOCES/District Affiliate:       Cayuga-Onondaga BOCES

Facility Address & Phone:     7445 County House Road                                    

Auburn, NY 13201                                              

315-253-2911

Other Staff & Duties: Margaret Murphy: ABE/GED, Adult Teacher

Programs Offered: GED, HS Diploma, Transition

Program Highlights: Programs offer educational programming for both youth and adults.

# of Inmates facility houses: Adults — 175   Youth — 25

GED Offered: As needed                    GED Pass Rate: 100%

 

Cortland County Jail

 

Program Coordinator: Mary Reagan

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BOCES/District Affiliate:       Onondaga-Cortland-Madison BOCES

Facility Address & Phone:     54 Greenbush Street                                      

Cortland, NY 13045                                  

607-756-4275

Other Staff & Duties: JoAnne Dukelow-ABE/GED Teacher, Karen Mosher-ABE/GED Teacher

Programs Offered:   GED, HS Diploma, Career and Life Skills, Transition

Program Highlights: Programs offer educational and transition programming for youth and adults

# of Inmates facility houses: Adults — 10   Youth — 12

GED Offered: As needed                    GED Pass Rate: 90%

Onondaga County Department of Correction

 

Coordinator Adult & Family Literacy: Mari Ukleya

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BOCES/District Affiliate:      Onondaga-Cortland-Madison BOCES

Facility Address & Phone:    OCDC                                                            

6660 E. Seneca Turnpike                                                           Jamesville, NY 13078                                                                                 315-492-2728

Other Staff & Duties: Betty Darin- Data management & scheduling, Suzanne Frazee- GED Instructor youth and adult, Jane Burkhead- GED Instructor youth and adult, Marlene Witham-   Learning Disabilities Diagnostician/Tutor, Renee Gregg- Transition Counselor, Steve Krell- Computer Instructor, David Seeley- OSHA (SCSD employee), Special Education teacher- Anticipated new hire 4-14-11, previous teacher resigned (full-time position)

Programs Offered: ABE, GED, HS Diploma, Careers, Life Skills, Transition, OSHA, Computers

Program Highlights: Classes are full! We are offering OSHA, Computers, and Transition services to help inmates leave with certificates and skills to help them in a challenging job market/economy. Currently, our transition counselor is seeing an increase in job acquisition and retention.

# of Inmates facility houses: Adults — 445   Youth — 29

GED Offered: 5 times per year                        GED Pass Rate: 91%

 

 

Onondaga County Justice Center

Coordinator: Signe Nelson

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BOCES/District Affiliate:      Syracuse City School District

Facility Address & Phone:    555 South State Street

Syracuse, NY 13202

315-435-1726, Ext. 0

Other Staff & Duties: Judy Fiorini – Youth ABE/GED, Dawn Champagne, Cindi Bostwick

Mimi Scripa, Kate Farrar (Special Ed), Andrea Speer (Special Ed), Ted Byrd – Adult ABE/GED, ASISTS manager, Ann Jamison – School Social Worker, JoAnne Koren - Job Readiness Training, Magaly Nobles (ESL JRT), David Seeley – EL/Civics, Apprenticeships: Audrey Harnden – Life Management, Family Ed, Cyndy Franz – Anger Management, Rufus Banks – Action for Personal Choice, Greg Jones – Transition, Sherri White, Tony Brown, Joe Powlina – OSHA, Jean Dwyer - Librarian, Vincent Godlewski – Plumbing, Maria Ascrizzi – Nail Tech, Barbering, Basic Office Skills, Marilyn Hendson – Building Maintenance, Ed Phelan – Baking, Tim Nelson – Small Engine

Repair, Bill Heller – Surface Prep & Painting

Programs Offered: ABE, GED, HS Diploma, ESL, Vocational Ed, Careers, Life Skills, Anger Management, Transition, OSHA (Construction and General Industry), Member of the North and West Literacy Zones

Program Highlights: (Maximum security, unsentenced facility.) All programming is   dedicated to enable students to earn their GED, learn English as a second language, Earn a         certificate in one of the eight   vocational programs as well as earn an OSHA certificate, improve literacy skills, strengthen families through Family Ed programs

# of Inmates facility houses: Adults— 470   Youth— 145

GED Offered: Monthly or every                      GED Pass Rate: 92%

                        6 weeks as needed

 

Oswego County Jail

 

Coordinator/Teacher: Kris Johnston

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BOCES/District Affiliate:       Oswego City School District

Facility Address & Phone:     39 Churchill Road                                        

Oswego, NY 13126                                      

315-349-3300                                

Programs Offered: GED, HS Diploma, Transition

Program Highlights: Offers computer based vocational programming for horticulture and food service occupations.

# of Inmates facility houses: Adults—150   Youth—125

GED Offered: Not a test site                GED Pass Rate: n/a

 

 

Clinton County Jail

 

Coordinator: Gil Murray

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BOCES/District Affiliate:       Beekmantown Central School

Facility Address & Phone:     25 McCarthy Drive

Plattsburgh, NY 12901

518-563-4158

 

Other Staff & Duties:

Pat Hicks-Licensed Master Social Worker & Transition, Lynn McCarty- Teacher of Youth and Adults, Gil Murray-Teacher of Youth and Adults, Deb Biasini-Teacher of Youth and Adults, Jennifer Carron- Teacher of Youth and Adults & Technology

Programs Offered: GED, High Tutorial/High School Diploma, Transition, Careers, Life Skills, Educational Counseling,   Financial Training and Special   Education.

Program Highlights: We have recently refurnished facility classrooms and purchased replacement computers, a scanner and more software. We are negotiating services with Clinton Community College. We are working on our second edition of, “Underestimated,” a publication featuring student writing. We partner with the local Literacy Zone.

GED Offered: As needed                    GED Pass Rate: 95%

 

Jefferson County Correctional Facility

 

Coordinator: Tina Frederick

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BOCES/District Affiliate:       Jefferson-Lewis BOCES

Facility Address & Phone:     753 Watermen Drive

Watertown, NY 13601

Other Staff & Duties: Linda Best-Instructor at Jefferson County Facility, Shawna Spencer- court liaison, Cheryl Martin-instructor at CREDO and Women’s Center

Programs Offered: GED, HS Diploma, Careers, Life Skills, Transition Counselor

Program Highlights: The Court Liaison facilitates communication and transports paperwork to and from home schools, the jail, CREDO, and the Women’s Center. Weaved into the programs the instructors offer Life Skills, etc. We connect those released from incarceration directly to the Youth Services program and the WorkPlace of Watertown. We also provide information regarding other services an individual may need. In addition to the GED diploma, our graduates have an opportunity to earn the National WorkKeys Readiness Certificate through the American College Testing organization. Jefferson-Lewis BOCES is an authorized ACT testing center.

GED Offered: As requested. Usually every two months I, the Chief Examiner, go into the jail to proctor the exam. The CREDO and Women’s Center students are   transported to BOCES.

 

St. Lawrence County Correctional Facility

ABE/GED Teacher: Michelle James

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BOCES/District Affiliate:       St. Lawrence Lewis BOCES

Facility Address & Phone:    17 Commerce Lane

Canton, NY 13617

Other Staff & Duties: Sharon Tupper-Life Skills Teacher, Faye Bartley-Parenting Teacher,

Natalie Hartle-Programs Correction Officer & Gardening project, Margaret Harney-Programs

Correction Officer & Gardening Project

Programs Offered: GED; Life Skills, including Transition counseling, Parenting, Non-violent Communication, Yoga, Gardening, Guitars, Chemical Dependence, AA Classes, Bridge Program

Program Highlights: GED - 10 inmates have taken and passed the GED exam this year. A small celebration, for those who pass and those students actively participating in GED, is offered after each test date. The inmates have cake and soda; graduates get pictures with a cap and gown. Gardening – This is our first year with the garden; we are excited and nervous all at the same time. The inmates are participating in all of the planting and starting of seeds. They are very excited and it is nice to see that these little things make them happy and bring a little joy to their days. Our peppers, tomatoes, and lettuce are started and we are looking forward to mid-May planting. We have also just planted 7 apple trees

# of Inmates facility houses: 186

GED Offered: 3-4 times per year                    GED Pass Rate: 100%

 

 

Fulton County Correctional Facility

Rich Carley has a new teacher on his staff this year. Marcello Bianco comes to the jail with ten years experience in Alternative Education. This past year, Marty Smith retired after almost twenty years of service at the jail as well as serving several years as Region 5 Representative to the NYSAIEP Board. Seven inmates have taken the GED this past year with a 100% passing rate. Several   students returned to their respective High Schools this past year. While incarcerated, they not only received academic instruction, they also took part in Parenting, Keyboarding, and Conflict     Resolution classes. Cooperative Education taught four classes in both Finances and Nutrition.

 

Herkimer County Correctional Facility

Jessica Murphy-Armstrong reports that the boarding out of inmates still continues to hinder her     programs progress. She is not giving the GED test at this time. She   prepares and registers   people for testing on the outside. More people are transitioning from classes in the jail to those on the outside, especially through the Literacy Zone and Project Reconnect programs. Jessica   reports that there has been an increase in sharing between herself and fellow Region 5     colleagues. She states that she and Rich Carley (Fulton County) have made arrangements for   students who “bounce between programs to continue their studies fairly seamlessly and avoid     unnecessary duplicate testing”. Corrections Officers transport the work between the two county facilities. While “boarded out” inmates are still able to complete their studies at FCCC where they have access to materials needed to complete their studies.        

  

Madison County Correctional Facility

The passing rate for the GED at Madison County is 100%. The staff reports that two programs have proven to be very successful: ADAPT and Parenting.

 

Montgomery County Correctional Facility  

Sheldon Novotny reported that one GED test was given this past year with 100% passing. Two courses have proven to be very successful: Computer Graphics and Stress Management. they are both offered by Lynn Trudeau. Speakers from Cooperative Extension spoke to the inmates on Money Management and Nutrition/Health Education.

    

Oneida County Correctional Facility

This year the Oneida County   Correctional Facility has seen many changes. A new Sheriff, Under Sheriff, Chief, Captain, and Programs Coordinator have all been sworn in. SMART Boards have been installed in both classrooms. A Regional meeting took place in the fall hosted by the BOCES Staff at the correctional facility. The Second Start Program offered transitional services/programs for incarcerated youth. Representatives from Mohawk Valley Community College spoke to all interested students regarding the step-by-step process of applying to college. MVCC also offered a 3 credit college course: Gateway to Business. More than twenty inmates took part in this course. The GED was given to a total of twenty-five incarcerated youth. Twenty-one incarcerated youth passed the test. Passing rate: 84%. Summer School Program is being offered to the incarcerated youth.

Adult Education reports that since April 2010, twelve adults were tested and all twelve earned their GED. Passing rate: 100%.     Madison-Oneida BOCES has also approved evening ESL and     evening Adult Ed instruction at OCJ. Due to a generous patron, over 1200 books of all genres have been donated to start an Adult Library. Adult Summer School will also be offered this year.

 

 

Broome County Public Safety Building

GED Instructor: Paula Colavito

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BOCES/District Affiliate:       Broome-Tioga BOCES                      

Facility Address & Phone:     155 Lt. Van Winkle Drive

Binghamton, NY 13905

607-762-6034

Other Staff & Duties: Mary Karsko, Adult & Alternative Education GED Instructor

Programs Offered: GED, Alternative GED, HS Diploma, Careers, Life Skills, Transition Counselor

Program Highlights: GED is provided to adult male & female populations. Adult GED is         provided to male & female youth. Guest speakers are brought for the male youth population. We are working to get the same speakers for the female youth population. The adult male populations are provided a variety of programs through the ‘Therapeutic C Pod Program’ that includes AA, Parenting, Self-Awareness, etc.

# of Inmates facility houses: 400 bed facility

GED Offered: 1 time per month                       Pass Rate: 80%

 

Chemung County Jail

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BOCES/District Affiliate:      Greater Southern Tier BOCES

Facility Address & Phone:     211 William Street

Elmira, NY 14901         

607-737-2934

Staff & Duties: Staff/Duties: Nancy Jankowski. GED Specialist, Alexis Bartsch, Adult Program Counselor; Mary Jo Manning, GED Specialist; Robin Delong, Adult Literacy Specialist, Dave Decker, Vocational Instructor; Kate   Buckley, Program Supervisor, Major John Hamula,  Chief     Administrator; Cpt. Dan Mandell, Education Liaison.

PROGRAMS OFFERED: ABE; GED; In School Tutoring; Shop Math, Blueprint Reading; OSHA 10; Carpentry Math; Excel; Wealth-Health; Family Literacy; and SpeechCrafters.  

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS: Individualized/group Instruction; tutoring and administration of Regents exams for students enrolled in high school; vocational training; life-skills training; guest speakers; certificate classes and transition services.

 # of Inmates facility houses: max. capacity- 250  Adults—150    Youth—35

GED Test Offered: 4 times per year                 Pass Rate: 92%

 

Chenango County Correctional Facility

Director/Teacher: Timothy Wennrich

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BOCES/District Affiliate:      Norwich CSD

Facility Address & Phone:    279 County Route 46

Norwich NY 13815

607-337-1943

Other Staff & Duties:Matt Asma—Career Education, Shelly Bartow—Life Skills, Lori Bailey—Life Skills

Programs Offered: GED, HS Diploma, Careers, Life Skills, OSHA 10 hr General Industry Course

Program Highlights: This Year 22/23 people have passed the GED, adults and juveniles. Average one class per month for the OSHA course with 5—7 students. 15-20 percent receive both a GED and OSHA card.

# of Inmates facility houses: Adults—120    Youth—10

GED Offered: 1 time per month                       GED Pass Rate: 96%

Delaware County Jail

Facility Address & Phone:    280 Phoebe Lane Suite 1
Delhi, New York 13753

607-746-2336

 

Otsego County Jail

Facility Address & Phone:    172 County Highway 33 West
Cooperstown, New York 13326

607-547-4271

 

Schuyler County Jail

District Affiliate:                   Watkins Glen School District

Facility Address & Phone:    106 Tenth Street
Watkins Glen, New York 14891

(607) 535-8222

Steuben County Jail

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BOCES/District Affiliate:       Greater Southern Tier BOCES

Facility Address & Phone:     7007 Rumsey St. Ext.

Bath, NY 14810

607-776-4406

Staff/Duties:  Pat Carlisle, GED Specialist; Laura Moore, Instructor; Robin Delong, Adult Literacy Specialist; Dave Decker, Vocational Instructor; Kate Buckley, Program Supervisor. Major Lian, Jail Administrator

Programs Offered:  ABE, GED, In School Tutoring, Transition, Career Awareness, Vocational

Program Highlights:  Pre-vocational trainings, Life Skills Classes, WhyTry? Curriculum, Health Literacy, Finance Literacy, Career Awareness, Goal Setting

# of Inmates facility houses: 220      Adults—Serving 4 male adults, and 2 female adults;

Youth— Serving 4 youth

GED Offered: 4 times per year             Pass Rate: 85%

 

Tioga County Jail

District Affiliate:                    Owego School District

Facility Address & Phone:    103 Corporate Drive
Owego, New York 13827

607-687-8463

 

Tompkins County Jail

Case Manager/Instructor/Filing System: Corinda Clark

Youth & Female Instructor: Fred Wendell

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BOCES/District Affiliate:       Tompkins Seneca Tioga BOCES

Facility Address & Phone:     555 Warren Road

Ithaca, NY 14850

607-257-1551

Programs Offered: In addition to the GED program, Case Management and Transitional/ Community Resources are provided to students to assist them with other needs in addition to gaining their GED.

Program Highlights: We use a math diagnostic that precedes the locator to nail down areas of concern. Accompanied by the TABE, this seems to help give a clearer picture of the strengths and areas of improvement for math.

# of Inmates facility houses: The TC Jail Houses 92 inmates total and will adjust for youth as needed.

GED Offered: 1 time per month                       Pass Rate: 75%

 

Albany County Correctional Facility

We saw some minor changes over the past year however the basic program has remained                unchanged. We re-vamped our Transition Program and it is now being taught by Carol   Partak. Carol has extensive experience in our education program and as a Substance Abuse Counselor at the   Whitney Young Health Clinic in Albany. Carol was also trained through the New York State Department of Labor to be a Global Career Counselor so her transition program includes job seeking information, transitioning to post-secondary education and community resource information. Carol continues to also teach our Life Skills Program.

 

Our teachers continue to seek out and attend several professional development opportunities in the capital region and beyond besides attending our annual conference. All of our teachers attended the Underground Railroad Project’s Pre-Conference Educator Workshop at the Rensselaer County Historical Society.This conference has nationally known professors presenting on topics such as: Abolitionists and Slavery in New York and the Intersection of Art, History and Student Empowerment.

 

Last year we had an 88% pass rate for our GED test candidates for both youth and adult. We now require students to demonstrate readiness by testing at 2500 or above on the Official Practice Test. This has significantly improved our pass rate. We give the test each month and average 60 students a year taking the test.

 

We will be saying good-bye to a long time teacher at our facility. Richard Heekin will be retiring at the end of the school year on June 30^th. Richard has taught for many years at the Albany County Correctional Facility and also at the Adult Learning Center. We will miss his dry sense of humor and his easy going manner with his students. His future plans are not set but I bet we will be able to convince him to substitute teach in the future. We wish him good health and many, many years of happy retirement.

 

Columbia- Rensselear -Greene Counties

Chris Foster, Coordinator Adult Education and Incarcerated Youth Programs, Questar III BOCES

I can report that between July 1, 2010 - present our correctional facilities have the following pass rates: Rensselaer County Jail 94%; Columbia County Jail and Greene County Jail 94%

We have implemented more stringent attendance policy and an academic policy for eligibility to take the GED exam that has   increased our pass rates for this year.

 

Schenectady County

Dennis Green is now overseeing the programs at Schenectady County Jail. He is also a new member of NYSAIEP Board of Directors serving as Region 7 Alternate. Schenectady currently has 14 GED graduates for this year, 2 are awaiting results, and 2 will be scheduled shortly to test. We have a 93% GED pass rate for this school year. We have collaborated with the AIDS Council of NY to help with re-entry of our students. They service Albany, Columbia-Greene, and Schenectady Counties, and have proven to be a very valuable   resource. Attendance in all classes have stayed consistently full, we currently have a total of 43 students in all of our GED   programs. Our teachers will be attending the NYACCE conference and have been attending ALECC training offered through our RAEN region. Many of our released students are continuing their GED education at Washington Irving Educational Center. We will be having a summer school session.

 

 

Saratoga County

Twenty-Three students earned a GED since September, 2010. Eight will have tested in April, 2011. Corinth School District sent two teachers to administer the Global Studies Regents Exam to a female student in January, 2011. That student returned to school and is due to graduate.

 

Washington County

Hudson Fall is now running the program at Washington County. Dylan Clark is the new teacher. He is currently in the process of establishing programming at the jail.

 

Warren County

Jeanne Rano continues to teach at Warren County. She reports that numbers have been low and many of the students have been very short term. Four students have tested and earned their GED. Another test will take place by the end of the school year.

 

 

Putnam Correctional Facility

This facility continues to progress with their offender re-entry efforts. We strongly encourage each facility to participate in our efforts to create a successful transition team. We again, have contracted with the Mahopac   Library to provide interpretation of the inmates’ career assessment and to work with those inmates, on an individual basis, in an effort to develop an individual plan for successful re-entry into the community. We continue to work in collaboration with AMERICOR, our medical services provider, to implement the services of an offender re-entry case management system. The case manager is also serving as our full time LCSW. The case manager, and a certified art teacher, will soon be assisting our inmate population with a therapeutic art program entitled “Painting Hospital Art.” We are pleased to announce that we have a 95% pass rate for the GED exam for minors and a 100% pass rate for adults. We currently have 5 minors enrolled in the GED program and 10 adults enrolled in computer classes. We had 3 students take the GED exam on 2/11/11 and are pleased to report that they were all successful in attaining their GED. We currently have one high school student who is working towards his High School Diploma. In an effort to assist him with his required classes, we have a tutor, from Carmel high School, coming in for 4 hours a week to work with the student to complete his remaining high school credits.

 

Dutchess County Correctional Facility

This facility reports an 83.3% pass rate for minors. They are also pleased to announce that they have a new teacher who brings a wealth of experience to the facility. Doug was a high school English teacher who taught for DFY. In the fall, both the youth and adult classes participated in the “The Big Read” project sponsored by the Poughkeepsie Public Library District. The purpose of this national initiative is to get Americans reading more and to expose them to classic literature. This was a valuable learning opportunity for them to practice and strengthen their skills in the following areas: creativity, critical thinking, oral and written communication, and reading comprehension.

 

Sullivan County Correctional Facility

This facility reports of a continuous GED program. They recently tested 6 more GED students and are pleased to announce the 5 out of 6 were successful in attaining their GED. They presently are doing transition work such as, community college research apps. and financial applications with those students who pass the GED.

 

Ulster County Correctional Facility

This facility reports that they have had some personnel changes. The new teachers are certified in Special Ed, Social Studies, Math and guidance. They are holding instruction daily, serving all mandated students up to age 21 and adults on a voluntary basis. Since July, they have administered three GED tests in the jail. 8 adults were tested: 4 passed, 3 failed and we are waiting on results for 1. 22 youth were tested; 12 passed, 6 failed and are waiting results on 4 (67% pass rate thus far). In sum, 30 tested, 25 results reported. Of the 25, they have a pass rate of 64%-they are sill waiting for the results of five tests.

 

The facilities in region 8   continue to provide excellent educational instruction       despite some facilities lack of classroom space. I believe our greatest accomplishment is our continued dedication and commitment to only achieve their goals, but to better prepare them for     successful transition from jail life to the community. Our continued goal is to keep     NYSAIEP mission statement, of promoting excellence in our incarcerate education programs, as our primary goal in each facility.

Respectfully submitted,

Sergeant Sheila Hanley

Nassau County Correctional Center

Site Coordinator/GED Chief Examiner: Wayne Ament

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BOCES/District Affiliate:      East Meadow Public School Annex        

Facility Address & Phone:     101 Carman Avenue                                

East Meadow, NY 11554                                      

Other Staff & Duties: 1 secretary, 7 teachers of incarcerated youth, 1 transition counselor

Programs Offered: GED, HS Diploma, Careers, Life Skills, Transition Counselor, Nassau   Community College Placement Tests, SATs and PSATs

Program highlights: 40 GED Graduates. Five high school graduates; 22 students took the Nassau placement test. Finally we had two students take the SATs and received scores of 1520 and 1610.

# of Inmates facility houses: Adults—1500   Youth—61

GED Offered: 5 times per year                        GED Pass Rate: 87%

 

Orange-Ulster BOCES

Coordinator of Incarcerated Services: Chris D’Ambrese     

Program highlights: The Orange-Ulster Incarcerated Program is in the process of   developing courses/programming. Our Transition Program continues to develop the students’         necessary employment skills. We continue to have success facilitating the students back into their home school, GED Programs, and/or employment upon release. The students are now in the process of preparing to take the on-line National Work Readiness Credential (NWRC) exam in May.

            Another important aspect of this program is the communication between the teachers and the parents/guardians/relatives of their students. An entire week of each month is designated for TABE Testing, conference between teachers and students (complete with written progress reports) and telephone conversations between the teachers and the family members of the students on their caseloads.

            Orange-Ulster BOCES, Orange County Jail, and SUNY Orange are collaborating to     develop college courses to be offered at the jail. These courses will prepare students who have earned a GED or high school diploma with the necessary math and writing skills to possibly   transition into SUNY Orange. The students will receive a well-rounded education, not only in regards to skills and concepts learned, but also in regards to the life of a college student (tuition, financial aide, courses offered, campus life, buying textbooks, socialization, scheduling of classes, etc.)

 

 

 

Suffolk County Correctional Facility

Division Administrator Career & Technical Adult Education: John Cahn

Administrative Coordinator & Regional Representative: Robert F. Dembia

Teacher Coordinator: Margo DelliCarpini

BOCES/District Affiliate:      Eastern Suffolk BOCES

Program highlights: Career Month (February). Focused on career skills inventory, investigating careers, issues relating to workers’ rights, withholding tax, interview skills, resume and cover letter writing. Culminated in a Career Day where local business people (Commercial Baker, Carpenter, Asphalt Paving Company Owner, Plumber, and a   Musician) came into the Riverhead Correctional Facility and presented their career, took questions, and engages in mock job interviews with the students.

The Perkins Grant for Incarcerated Youth Builds Career and Technical Education skills in four areas: Basic Business Education (Riverhead & Yaphank Correctional Facilities), Carpentry (Yaphank Correctional Facility), Drafting/ Computer Assisted Design (CAD) Occupations (Riverhead & Yaphank Correctional Facilities), and Small Business/Entrepreneurship (Riverhead & Yaphank CF). The underlying skills are developed in a traditional classroom setting through the development of curricula that aligns the New York State Content Learning Standards in the subject areas with the Career Development and Occupational Studies (CDOS) standards. Students also have the opportunity to engage in applied practice in the correctional facilities so that they are able to apply the knowledge under the supervision of a highly qualified teacher/master trades person. Teachers engage in joint planning and curriculum development as well as weekly collegial circles so that current research is tied to practice and the students’ learning experiences are relevant, integrated, in alignment with NYS Content Learning Standards and the CDOS Standards.  

Herstory is a writers’ workshop program that we have provided for female students in the Suffolk County Correctional facilities for the past six years. Herstory is a program that provides opportunities for guided memoir writing and is a way to empower women to turn their stories of incarceration into works of art. Herstory combines writing instruction which not only results in the creation of personal memoirs, but in a way for these women to begin the healing and reflective process necessary for rehabilitation.

The Carpentry Program is a result of the Perkins CTE grant for incarcerated youth. The carpentry program provides students with an opportunity to learn about the home building industry. Participants master a variety of carpentry skills. In addition, through community based and industry organization partnerships, we have been able to provide participants with an opportunity to apply their knowledge & skills by participating in a student built wood shop on the grounds of the Suffolk County Farm in Yaphank. Students graduate with an Eastern Suffolk BOCES certificate of Participation.

The Plumbing Program has been offered in the Riverhead CF for the past seven years. Under the supervision of a master plumber, students master basic skills that would enable them to move on to an apprenticeship program upon release from the correctional facility. Male and female students have had the opportunity to participate over the years, and students graduate with an Eastern Suffolk BOCES certificate of participation.

 

Rockland County

Chairperson & Psychological Services: Dr. Howard Mandel

BOCES/District Affiliate: Clarkstown Central School District

Expanded Transition Staff: Full-Time Transition Counselor and one day Social Work Intern

Program highlights:

Transition Program Model:

Community re-entry process begins 60-90 days prior to release

Needs Assessment-living arrangements, employment, educational

Employability skills – mock interviews, job applications

Handbook for IYP Standard Operating Procedures (work in progress) Students entering Rockland Jail are provided with a guidance counselor from the Clarkstown Central School District, in addition to working with the jail education staff to facilities parallel instruction and transcript management.

GED success rate – 92%.      

Expanded technological resources through educational software.

 

Westchester County

Supervisor of Incarcerated Education: Donnie Simmons     

Program Highlights: We are happy to report the conclusion of yet another provocative and   creative film initiative with Jacob Burns Film Center. Our kids concluded a probing look at the underbelly of discrimination and how it can pollute and dilute relationships. We also concluded another banner year in student outcomes. For fiscal year 2009-2010, we managed to produce an 87% passing rate on the GED, and during Regents week this past January, we managed to   produce a 1005 pass rate on State Assessment. Finally we were privileged to be included in a   feature story about incarcerated education programs nationwide in the December 2010 edition of the Harvard Newsletter. All in all, a great year!

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