Program Services
Bureau of Workforce Development
and Distance Education
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William Woolley, Bureau Chief (850) 410-4412 SunCom 210-4412 | The Bureau of Workforce Development and Distance Education is responsible for service in a variety of areas. Workforce Development focuses on vocational/applied technology training in 42 high labor market demand occupations, to inmates at 40 male and 4 female facilities. Besides providing job knowledge and skills, all programs have career exploration and employability skills components. The Justice Distance Learning Consortium is a five-year, $10 million, federal STARS grant that uses the latest distance learning and multimedia technology to provide educational programming to youthful/juvenile offenders. Wellness Education offers formal training in tobacco cessation, fitness safety and other learning activities that encompass five dimensions of wellness: physical, social, emotional, intellectual and spiritual. Job Placement and Workforce Development administrates Project ReConnect, an offender job placement program that provides pre-apprenticeship opportunities for youthful offenders. Job placement staff work with transition staff to provide a system of moving offenders from prison to the community. Corrections Distance Learning Network (CDLN) uses satellite and two-way video conferencing technologies to provide cost-effective staff development and educational programming at 48 downlink sites. Teacher Certification and In-service Training monitors and assists teachers in obtaining their Florida Department of Education teaching certificates and manages the unique education-based Master In-service Plan, designed to allow teachers to earn credits for certificate renewal. |