A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n

Achieving the Goals: Goal 4 Teacher Professional Development - August 1996

U.S. Department of Justice

* - designates programs that have a particular usefulness at the school or school district level

Improvements in Corrections Education for Incarcerated Juveniles

The Juvenile Corrections Education Grant was awarded to the National Organization for Social Responsibility (NOSR). The overall goal of this program is to improve the educational programming offered to incarcerated juveniles. A key component of this grant is equipping staff within each facility with the skills they will need to implement effective educational and learning practices.

To date, the grantee has: conducted an extensive literature search of effective educational practices within Juvenile Corrections, Job Corps, JTPA, and Effective Schools Research; published a 193-page publication entitled "Effective Practices in Juvenile Corrections Education: A Study of the Literature and Research, 1980-1992 (Available from the Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse, 1-800-638-8736); A Juvenile Corrections Education Training and Technical Assistance Manual. In addition, the grantee has selected and been working with three state juvenile corrections facilities in Arizona, Colorado, and Minnesota.

Mr. Frank Smith, Program Manager
The National Office of Social Responsibility
222 S. Washington Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 549-5305

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Programs

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) administers a diverse program agenda to foster improvement in the nation's understanding of and response to delinquent youth and missing children. OJJDP strives to provide guidance and support to juvenile justice professionals, researchers, policy makers, and trainers who design, implement, and test innovative program approaches. The OJJDP follows a number of key principles in funding projects. They include: strengthening families; supporting core social institutions; promoting prevention strategies and programs; intervening immediately and effectively when delinquent behavior occurs; and identifying and controlling the small percentage of serious, violent, and chronic juvenile offenders. OJJDP funds a myriad of projects centered on these five principles.

Marilyn Silver
Management Analyst
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
U.S. Department of Justice
633 Indiana Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20531
Phone: (202) 307-0751

"Youth for Justice" - Law-Related Education Program

The "Youth for Justice" Program in an Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) funded initiative designed to teach young people an understanding and respect for the law to curb the development of delinquent behavior. A key component of this program is the provision of Law-Related Education services to students, teachers, lawyers, judges, juvenile officers, and legislators nationwide. Five grantees were awarded funding to promote law-related education programs. They are the American Bar Association (ABA), the Center for Civic Education (CCE), the Constitutional Rights Foundation (CRF), National Institute for Citizen Education in the Law, and the Phi Alpha Delta Public Service Center.

NICEL provides training and technical assistance, develops and field tests curricula, coordinates national conferences, conducts workshops, and coordinates the activities of the five national organizations in the national Law-Related Program. CCE has developed multimedia instructional units, including student books and teachers' educations on the concepts of authority, responsibility, justice and privacy. As of September 1992, the center had trained 181 teacher trainers to deliver training to teachers to provide law related education. CRF trained 4,256 persons in 1992, and provided technical assistance to 749 sites. Between 1991 and 1992, ABA conduced the Advanced Leadership Training Seminar for School Administrators; provided nine technical assistance trips to states who were developing Law-Related Education programs; and responded to 2,500 requests for information at the ABA's Law-Related Education clearinghouse.

For further information on the Law-Related Education Grants contact:

Frank Porpotage, Program Manager (OJJDP) at (202) 307-0598
Lee Adetman, Project Director (NICEL) at (202) 546-6644
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