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This plan was developed to evaluate the Custody, Inc. Basic Verbal Judo training program. The overall purpose of this evaluation is to determine if the instructional strategies are effective in assisting staff in maintaining the custody, control and security required of a correctional institutional in a non-confrontational manner. The primary audiences for the evaluation are newly hired staff for the Custody, Inc with an emphasis being on new Corrections Officers. Corrections Officers have daily contact with offenders and the Verbal Judo training targets this daily interaction.

The decisions that will be addressed with this evaluation include: whether or not the performance objectives are met through the established instructional strategies; do instructional strategies need to be redesigned; is the verbal judo training program delivered consistently statewide; and do the program goals need to be redefined.

The specific questions to be answered are listed in the questions section of this evaluation. Data collection will be obtained through the use of practicum tests, observation of the trainers and participants in the classroom; end of training evaluations; one-on-one trainer interviews; a three month follow-up survey for the participants; and focus groups. The methods of evaluation, sample size, and the instrumentation to be used are detailed in its respective section of this plan (Appendices A and B provide a sample of the evaluation instruments).

The project leader for this evaluation is Anonymous, Curriculum Design Specialist. The budget for this evaluation is estimated to be $1550 (this does not include staff salary). Budget details can be found in the budget section.

The results of the evaluation will be analyzed, interpreted, and submitted to the Custody, Inc. Chief of Staff Training by November 1, 2006. It is anticipated that any curriculum changes needed as a result of this evaluation will be implemented on January 1, 2007. A detailed timeline is provided in the timeline section.