Education Services The mission of Educational Services in North Carolina prisons is to provide services to those offenders who participate in education activities so that they may become responsible and productive persons who can effectively manage their incarceration and make contributions to their community upon release. The philosophy of Educational Services is that correctional education is an integral part of the total correctional process. Education is capable of changing offender behaviors so they become law-abiding, productive members of the community. The goal of Educational Services is to provide a system of education offerings that range from basic reading, writing, and computation skills to advanced vocational skills, which also includes training in the areas of social development and life skills. The outcome goal is to provide offenders with the resources for making a worthwhile life. The array of education services provided is intended to meet the wide variety of needs of offenders, including those skills required to be successful as jobholders and as contributing members of their communities. It is also the guiding philosophy of the Division of Prisons Educational Services Section that these services must be systematically planned and evaluated, and that changes must be made in the way services are provided depending on changes in education technology, demands of the workplace, and characteristics of the offender population. Academic/Vocational Education Services provides a wide range of education programming to offenders in all of state prisons. Services include basic education, high school equivalency, life skills, career and vocational and degree programs. The department has established partnerships with more than two-thirds of the state’s community colleges, as well as with postsecondary institutions such as the University of North Carolina system and private colleges. Through these partnerships, offenders can obtain basic and postsecondary educational opportunities which will help them find jobs upon release. Additionally, offenders can participate in programming designed to teach them to apply the principles of cognitive behavioral intervention, social skills, mindset and financial management. The main goals of correctional education are: 1) to equip offenders with skills that help them become responsible and productive individuals who can manage their incarceration, and 2) to provide skills and certifications for employment and other opportunities that will enable them to support themselves and their families and also benefit their communities. Educational programs are offered at all of North Carolina’s prisons. There are four youth schools that serve offenders who are 18-22 years old. These schools are managed by a principal within the prison and academic services are taught by teachers who are certified by the Department of Public Instruction. Study Release Study release allows offenders to participate in academic or vocational training programs away from the correctional facility and not supervised by a correctional employee or an agent of the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice. Criteria for Participation Prisons policy requires: * The offender must be in the final stage of minimum custody and must have participated in other community-based activities outside the correctional facility. * The offender must have the potential for release through parole, work release or sentence expiration following the completion of the designated study release program. Program Operation Eligible offender requests must be reviewed to determine if: * The course of study which the offender wishes to pursue is not available on site at an appropriate correctional facility. * The course of study for the participant will significantly enhance the offender's opportunity of being a productive citizen upon release. * There is reasonable cause to believe that the offender has the capability of successfully completing the designed study release program. * There is reasonable cause to believe that the offender will honor all the conditions for the study release participation and not abuse the privilege. * Offenders request study release through their prison case manager. Prison managers must review and approve the request. « this page last modified 08/17/12 » Important Links Education Services Technology Vetting Form - https://form.jotform.com/212303355212036 2021 - Library Data Report Requisition/DC-702/P-Card Purchase Request Worksheet - Process for Beginning New Education Programs in a Prison Exceptional Students Program at NCDPS Education Services Education Services 2020 Annual Report - https://www.flipsnack.com/9EA89FAA9F7/ncdps-education-services-2021-annual-report/full-view.html Education Services Summer Conference Booklet - https://www.flipsnack.com/9EA89FAA9F7/ncdps-education-services-summer-conference-booklet/full-view.html Education Services - Education Digest -8th Edition -https://www.flipsnack.com/9EA89FAA9F7/new-flipbook-hj5ec1xwb1/full-view.html Education Services Digest - April Edition -https://www.flipsnack.com/9EA89FAA9F7/ncdps-education-services-digest-april-edition/full-view.html Education Digest - Volume 2, Issue 6 - March 2022 -https://www.flipsnack.com/9EA89FAA9F7/ncdps-education-digest-volume-2-issue-6-march-2022/full-view.html Education Digest - Education Services - February Edition -https://www.flipsnack.com/9EA89FAA9F7/new-flipbook/full-view.html Education Digest - January 2022 - Volume 2 Issue #4 -https://www.flipsnack.com/9EA89FAA9F7/ncdps-education-digest-january-2022-volume-2-issue-4/full-view.html Education Services - EDUCATION DIGEST - December 2021 -https://www.flipsnack.com/9EA89FAA9F7/ncdps-education-services-digest-december-2021/full-view.html Final October Inaugural Publication Education Services -https://www.flipsnack.com/9EA89FAA9F7/final-october-inaugural-publication-ncdps-education-services/full-view.html Contacts Education Services Directory Dr. Julie Jailall, Director of Education Services (Assistant Director Brooke Wheeler serves as Dr. Jailall’s designee) Phone: (o) 984-204-2412 Email: Julie.Jailall@ncdps.gov Brooke Wheeler, Assistant Director of Education Services Higher Education, Youth Schools, Budgets, Technology, Data, Teacher Evaluations, Program Assessment, Postsecondary, Vocational, and Adult Education with Community Colleges, Interviewing, Personnel Phone: (o) 984-255-6177 Email: Brooke.Wheeler@ncdps.gov Duane Cogdell, Vocational Education Extension Specialist Postsecondary and Vocational Education with Community Colleges through Prisons, Education Programming (PEP), PEP Budget, Career Readiness Certifications (WIN), Peer Support, LEED Entrepreneurship Certifications, Barber Programs & Licensures Phone: (o) 984-647-9480 Email: duane.cogdell@ncdps.gov Sherri Hill, Academic Education Extension Specialist Adult Basic and High School Equivalency Education with Community Colleges through Prisons, HiSet Curriculum, and Implementation Phone: (o) 984-255-6168 Email: sherri.hill@ncdps.gov Polycarp Omollo, Federal Programs Coordinator Special Education, Title I, Homebased Instruction Phone (o) 984-255-6159 Email: polycarp.omollo@ncdps.gov Vacant, Federal Programs Compliance Specialist IEPs, Special Education Compliance Phone: (o) Email: Sharon VanHoy, Programs Development Coordinator UNC Outreach Program, Licensure, Professional Development, PowerSchool Assist with Federal Programs- Title I and ESP, NCEES Phone: (o) 984-255-6157 Email: Sharon.Vanhoy@ncdps.gov Emma Brooks, Librarian Consultant Library books, Supplies, Equipment, Library Budgets, Newspapers Phone: (o) 984-255-6161 Email: Emma.Brooks@ncdps.gov Travis Cooper, Technology Facilitator Technology Vetting, Technology Purchases, Software, Devices, INet, Education Digest Phone: (o) 984-204-2846 Email: Travis.Cooper@ncdps.gov Dr. Shanon White, Curriculum and Student Data Coordinator Serves all school and facility stakeholders to ensure our education programs are as successful as possible. Phone (o) 984-255-6160 Email: shanon.white@ncdps.gov Shilyn Sodagar, Administrative Specialist I Processing 704s, Travel, E-Procurement, Student Records, and Inquiries. Phone: (o) 984-255-6163 Email: shilyn.sodagar@ncdps.gov
Education Services The mission of Educational Services in North Carolina prisons is to provide services to those offenders who participate in education activities so that they may become responsible and productive persons who can effectively manage their incarceration and make contributions to their community upon release. The philosophy of Educational Services is that correctional education is an integral part of the total correctional process. Education is capable of changing offender behaviors so they become law-abiding, productive members of the community. The goal of Educational Services is to provide a system of education offerings that range from basic reading, writing, and computation skills to advanced vocational skills, which also includes training in the areas of social development and life skills. The outcome goal is to provide offenders with the resources for making a worthwhile life. The array of education services provided is intended to meet the wide variety of needs of offenders, including those skills required to be successful as jobholders and as contributing members of their communities. It is also the guiding philosophy of the Division of Prisons Educational Services Section that these services must be systematically planned and evaluated, and that changes must be made in the way services are provided depending on changes in education technology, demands of the workplace, and characteristics of the offender population. Academic/Vocational Education Services provides a wide range of education programming to offenders in all of state prisons. Services include basic education, high school equivalency, life skills, career and vocational and degree programs. The department has established partnerships with more than two-thirds of the state’s community colleges, as well as with postsecondary institutions such as the University of North Carolina system and private colleges. Through these partnerships, offenders can obtain basic and postsecondary educational opportunities which will help them find jobs upon release. Additionally, offenders can participate in programming designed to teach them to apply the principles of cognitive behavioral intervention, social skills, mindset and financial management. The main goals of correctional education are: 1) to equip offenders with skills that help them become responsible and productive individuals who can manage their incarceration, and 2) to provide skills and certifications for employment and other opportunities that will enable them to support themselves and their families and also benefit their communities. Educational programs are offered at all of North Carolina’s prisons. There are four youth schools that serve offenders who are 18-22 years old. These schools are managed by a principal within the prison and academic services are taught by teachers who are certified by the Department of Public Instruction. Study Release Study release allows offenders to participate in academic or vocational training programs away from the correctional facility and not supervised by a correctional employee or an agent of the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice. Criteria for Participation Prisons policy requires: * The offender must be in the final stage of minimum custody and must have participated in other community-based activities outside the correctional facility. * The offender must have the potential for release through parole, work release or sentence expiration following the completion of the designated study release program. Program Operation Eligible offender requests must be reviewed to determine if: * The course of study which the offender wishes to pursue is not available on site at an appropriate correctional facility. * The course of study for the participant will significantly enhance the offender's opportunity of being a productive citizen upon release. * There is reasonable cause to believe that the offender has the capability of successfully completing the designed study release program. * There is reasonable cause to believe that the offender will honor all the conditions for the study release participation and not abuse the privilege. * Offenders request study release through their prison case manager. Prison managers must review and approve the request. « this page last modified 08/17/12 » Important Links Education Services Technology Vetting Form - https://form.jotform.com/212303355212036 2021 - Library Data Report Requisition/DC-702/P-Card Purchase Request Worksheet - Process for Beginning New Education Programs in a Prison Exceptional Students Program at NCDPS Education Services Education Services 2020 Annual Report - https://www.flipsnack.com/9EA89FAA9F7/ncdps-education-services-2021-annual-report/full-view.html Education Services Summer Conference Booklet - https://www.flipsnack.com/9EA89FAA9F7/ncdps-education-services-summer-conference-booklet/full-view.html Education Services - Education Digest -8th Edition -https://www.flipsnack.com/9EA89FAA9F7/new-flipbook-hj5ec1xwb1/full-view.html Education Services Digest - April Edition -https://www.flipsnack.com/9EA89FAA9F7/ncdps-education-services-digest-april-edition/full-view.html Education Digest - Volume 2, Issue 6 - March 2022 -https://www.flipsnack.com/9EA89FAA9F7/ncdps-education-digest-volume-2-issue-6-march-2022/full-view.html Education Digest - Education Services - February Edition -https://www.flipsnack.com/9EA89FAA9F7/new-flipbook/full-view.html Education Digest - January 2022 - Volume 2 Issue #4 -https://www.flipsnack.com/9EA89FAA9F7/ncdps-education-digest-january-2022-volume-2-issue-4/full-view.html Education Services - EDUCATION DIGEST - December 2021 -https://www.flipsnack.com/9EA89FAA9F7/ncdps-education-services-digest-december-2021/full-view.html Final October Inaugural Publication Education Services -https://www.flipsnack.com/9EA89FAA9F7/final-october-inaugural-publication-ncdps-education-services/full-view.html Contacts Education Services Directory Dr. Julie Jailall, Director of Education Services (Assistant Director Brooke Wheeler serves as Dr. Jailall’s designee) Phone: (o) 984-204-2412 Email: Julie.Jailall@ncdps.gov Brooke Wheeler, Assistant Director of Education Services Higher Education, Youth Schools, Budgets, Technology, Data, Teacher Evaluations, Program Assessment, Postsecondary, Vocational, and Adult Education with Community Colleges, Interviewing, Personnel Phone: (o) 984-255-6177 Email: Brooke.Wheeler@ncdps.gov Duane Cogdell, Vocational Education Extension Specialist Postsecondary and Vocational Education with Community Colleges through Prisons, Education Programming (PEP), PEP Budget, Career Readiness Certifications (WIN), Peer Support, LEED Entrepreneurship Certifications, Barber Programs & Licensures Phone: (o) 984-647-9480 Email: duane.cogdell@ncdps.gov Sherri Hill, Academic Education Extension Specialist Adult Basic and High School Equivalency Education with Community Colleges through Prisons, HiSet Curriculum, and Implementation Phone: (o) 984-255-6168 Email: sherri.hill@ncdps.gov Polycarp Omollo, Federal Programs Coordinator Special Education, Title I, Homebased Instruction Phone (o) 984-255-6159 Email: polycarp.omollo@ncdps.gov Vacant, Federal Programs Compliance Specialist IEPs, Special Education Compliance Phone: (o) Email: Sharon VanHoy, Programs Development Coordinator UNC Outreach Program, Licensure, Professional Development, PowerSchool Assist with Federal Programs- Title I and ESP, NCEES Phone: (o) 984-255-6157 Email: Sharon.Vanhoy@ncdps.gov Emma Brooks, Librarian Consultant Library books, Supplies, Equipment, Library Budgets, Newspapers Phone: (o) 984-255-6161 Email: Emma.Brooks@ncdps.gov Travis Cooper, Technology Facilitator Technology Vetting, Technology Purchases, Software, Devices, INet, Education Digest Phone: (o) 984-204-2846 Email: Travis.Cooper@ncdps.gov Dr. Shanon White, Curriculum and Student Data Coordinator Serves all school and facility stakeholders to ensure our education programs are as successful as possible. Phone (o) 984-255-6160 Email: shanon.white@ncdps.gov Shilyn Sodagar, Administrative Specialist I Processing 704s, Travel, E-Procurement, Student Records, and Inquiries. Phone: (o) 984-255-6163 Email: shilyn.sodagar@ncdps.gov
