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1st Tuesday @ Noon EST (State)

November 4, 2025

Laura Axtell
Teaching for Transformation: Changing Lives One Reader at a Time

This session equips correctional educators with practical knowledge about literacy to teach learners with limited reading abilities and English language learners. Participants will explore how to assess literacy needs, differentiate instruction, and build essential reading and language skills that foster confidence and success. Grounded in evidence-based practices, this workshop highlights ways to create inclusive, empowering learning environments that move beyond reading strategies to the skills that transform reading abilities —one reader at a time.

December 2, 2025

Coach Smedley

Work Energy Matters: Finding Your Flow in Correctional Education

In correctional education, sustaining your passion and effectiveness requires more than hard work—it requires the right kind of energy. This dynamic 30-minute session introduces the 6 Types of Work Energy that every practitioner brings to the table and shows how understanding them can help you extend your shelf life in the field. You’ll learn how each energy type influences your planning, leadership, and well-being, and how to balance them for long-term success. Using the Work Energy Analysis Tool, you’ll identify your current “flow” and gain insights to start the new year with renewed clarity and purpose. Participants will also receive exclusive bonus resources to support continued growth long after the session ends.

January 6, 2025

Jeff Olive

Study Buddy Corrections Update

This session will provide a quick Brainchild overview regarding new content for its study buddy educational tutor. We will review some successful study buddy implementation strategies from various sites "out in the field" which will include comments from teachers as well as some analysis as to why these approaches are working. We will conclude by covering some trends that we are observing from our home office which may impact our effectiveness in supporting corrections education.

February 3, 2026

Kardell Sims

On The Inside: Transforming Prison Reentry Through Lived Experiences

This session presents the Inside Transformation Framework—a comprehensive approach that begins pre-release and addresses the psychological, social, and systemic barriers to successful reintegration. It balances powerful personal narrative with concrete, replicable methodologies that have demonstrated success across diverse facilities and populations. By focusing on transformation rather than management, this session offers a paradigm shift in how we approach reentry—moving from programs to movements, from service to empowerment, and from outside intervention to inside activation."

March 3, 2026

Essie T. Sellers, Ed.D

Breaking Bars, Building Bridges: Conflict Resolution and the Power of Postsecondary Education Behind the Walls

What happens when we bring a college classroom behind the prison gates? Lives change, conflicts shift, and bridges to brighter futures are built. This session will spotlight the Benedict College R.E.S.E.T. Prison Education Program and how teaching Conflict Resolution not only transforms the incarcerated student but also enhances institutional culture and long-term public safety.

April 7, 2026