Training includes teaching and transferring knowledge and skills required for performing particular activities. Within a community corrections context, training can be delivered using a variety of methods, such as on-the-job training and shadowing, classroom or virtual delivery and the practical application of skills.

Micro-Skills for Community Supervision Professionals (under development)

The Importance of Coaching: A Brief Survey of Probation Officers 
Date: September 2012
As agencies have adopted the training for Core Correctional Practices and officers using more relational and face-to-face meetings with justice-involved individuals as the science has established, this article discusses the challenge of getting officers to use the practices once trained.

Probation Officer Attitudes Towards Staff Training Aimed at Reducing Rearrest 
Date: September 2021
This study of Federal probation officers' view on using the STARR program of core correctional practices provides insight into the support and, more importantly, beliefs in using this intervention.

Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation Curriculum Writing Effective Case Notes in Community Corrections
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This power point and training is an excellent source of training for officers writing effective case notes in supervision files and systems. In addition, it can easily be adapted for any agency use.
Here is the PowerPoint download

There is an accompanying Vimeo at https://vimeo.com/89653856 

Lesson Plan in Case Planning Arizona Department of Corrections Rehabilitation and Reentry 
Date: 2019
As case plans are a critical component of supervision, this document is an excellent generic case plan training that any supervision department can utilize.
Here is the PowerPoint download

Online Learning to Advance Justice, Health, and Research
Date: October 2021
The Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) presents this resource and website. The site allows for registration and accounts to provide training and resources for people with substance use.

U.S. Courts – Probation and Pretrial Services Training Academy
Established in 2005 at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC)-Charleston, the Academy provides newly appointed U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services officers with the skills necessary to safely begin their new careers. The Academy also provides instruction to U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services Officers who are serving as their district's firearms instructor or officer safety instructor.

The Federal Probation and Pretrial Academy: Making a Well-Rounded Officer
Date: March 2017
This video outlines the complete academy requirements for federal probation and pretrial officers, describing the job duties and highlighting the knowledge, skills, and abilities from officer safety to case management in a highly professional manner.

State of Oregon Basic Training for Parole and Probation Officers
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This site outlines the hiring and training requirements for Oregon parole and probation officers as required by the state. In addition, the basic certification information and forms for application, the field training manual for officers, and a guidebook for officers are included.

Training Parole Agents:  How Prior Criminal Justice Work Shapes Attitudes and Beliefs
Date: December 2020
This study of new parole agents sets out to compare how prior work experience in the criminal justice field can have an impact on parole agents' knowledge, attitude, and behavior towards justice-involved individuals, their support or lack for individuals' reentry and supervision in the community, and the understanding of the principles on which effective correctional interventions and programs are based.

State of Arizona Probation Officer Certification Academy (armed)
Date: January 2022
This document describes probation officers' required classes in the Arizona certification academy. The academy classes are updated to include the skill sets required to meet evidence-based practices for risk, needs, and responsivity in supervision. Additionally, the academy offers targeted classes for adult and juvenile populations.

Arizona Probation Officer Certification and Training (unarmed)
Date: August 2014
This document from August 2014, is the Arizona Code of Judicial Administration, which outlines the required training for new probation officers statewide under the state's judiciary system. 

State of Oregon Basic Training for Parole and Probation Officers (armed courses)
Date: 2020
The State of Oregon's basic training for parole and probation officers was revised and updated in 2020 to improve the firearms training program with the understanding that a sufficient revision would extend the duration of training. The curricula were piloted in 2019 and found it met objective and subjective benefits and recommended their its full adoption into the training academy. 

The Federal Probation and Pretrial Academy: Making a Well-Rounded Officer (YouTube Video)
Date: March 2017
This 16-minute, 55-second video produced by the US Courts provides an overview of the sixteen-week standardized training all new Federal Probation and Pretrial officers receive. This video shows the various areas of training and the methods used to ensure that graduates are well-rounded officers ready to serve when they return to their home districts. Officers learn basic core tasks in probation and pretrial, interpersonal skills and relationship building, investigative skills, self-defense, firearms safety, and more over a six-week course.

Outcomes of Motivational Interview Training with Probation and Parole Officers:  Findings and Lessons
Date: December 2018
This study from the Federal Probation Journal shares results on the required motivational interviewing training for probation and parole officers, provides lessons from implementation science, and recommendations for quality assurance and fidelity improvement.

Florida State University Institute for Justice and Research
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This website outlines classes and learning opportunities for professional and entry-level training for all participants in the criminal justice field. Training is customized to meet agencies' goals to work effectively within an equitable system of research-based justice.

Treatment Resources for Programming
Date: October 2021
This webinar by Reconnect provides a panel of speakers introducing treatment program resources from CJ-TRACK and other sites. 

Resources and Tools for Criminal Justice Programs
PowerPoint included in the Treatment Resources webinar.

Welcome to the CJ-TRAK Knowledge Translation Tool Suite
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The Center for Advancing Correctional Excellence (ACE!) at George Mason University developed the CJ-TRACK resource. The site provides resources that support using tools linked to risk, needs, and responsivity. 

Implementation Teams:  The Missing Link for Scaling and Sustain Effective Practice
September 2020
This article discusses the requirements for effective and ongoing training of staff.

Georgia Department of Community Supervision
Field Training Officer Program Manual, Checklist, Observation/Evaluation Form, and Policy
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Checklist: Undated
Observation/Evaluation form: Undated
Policy: July 2021

These documents outline the field training officer (FTO) hours required for each class of the basic officer training for Community Supervision Officers (BCSOT), a checklist for the mandatory training requirements of FTOs, an observation/evaluation report to rate performance, and the department's policy and procedure statement on FTO guidelines and criteria for hiring, training, and assignments. 

State of New York and Westchester County Probation Training
Date: January 2022
This template provides the required training for the New York Basic Course for Peace Officers training established and updated by the Division of Criminal Justice Services for the State of New York.

Higher Education and the Recruitment, Training, and Retention of Community Corrections Personnel in the Coming Era of Criminal Justice Reform
Date: September 2021
This article discusses the need for a shift in curriculum and programs in higher education to meet the needs of the community corrections industry as reforms occur and the business shifts away from the criminal justice/policing type modalities to the rehabilitation and RNR approach to community corrections.

Relationship Building for Justice - How the Probation Officer-Client Relationship Can Make the Difference
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This training model is a 30-minute interactive experience created by Strayer University with consultation by David Muhammad, Executive Director of The National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (NICJR). This module provides demonstrations by practitioners on building relationships and communication skills with persons under supervision for more successful outcomes.  Note, Creative Commons use. 

Judiciary Now: Developing Officer Safety from Real Life Tragedy
Date: October 2016
This video from US Courts and Federal Probation shows real life scenarios for officer safety training.

Staffing for Success:  Establishing Core Competencies and Training Supports for Corrections and Community Corrections Staff
Date: December 2020
This document, funded by the Office of Justice Programs, is a matrix developed by the Iowa Department of Corrections to focus on staff core competencies department-wide. These competencies were developed over three years and focused on culture change from enforcement strategies to behavior modification.

Safety Training for Arizona Probation Officers
Date: July 2021
This Arizona State Supreme Court policy outlines required safety training for all probation officers and surveillance officers, adult and juvenile, armed or not armed, in the state.

Verbal De-Escalation Techniques PowerPoint and Lesson Plan
Date: 2018
This sample lesson plan presentation is used in the Arizona Probation Certification Academy for all probation officers, armed or unarmed.

Oleoresin Capsicum (OC) PowerPoint and Lesson Plan
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This lesson plan and presentation by the Administrative Office of the Courts are used in the statewide certification academy for probation officers in Arizona for OC spray.