How-Tos: For Instructors

Choosing Life Skills: A Guide for Selecting Life Skills Programs for Adult and Juvenile Offenders
O. Coffey and J. Knoll, U.S. Department of Education, 1998
A guide for adult and juvenile correctional educators who are developing life skills programs. Describes how to select the appropriate life skills materials based on the needs of the client and the resources of the program in terms of staff, money, space, and equipment. Includes a needs assessment form, a product data form, and a product evaluation form.
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OVAE/AdultEd/OCE/LifeSkills/

Life Skills Curriculum for State and Local Offenders
Des Moines Area Community College
A 12-week curriculum framework that includes lesson plans, suggestions for classroom activities, and sample handouts. Curriculum covers topics such as budgeting, housing, computer literacy, transportation, communication, and job retention.
http://www.dmacc.edu/outreach/lifeskills/index.html

Offender Workforce Development Division
National Institute for Corrections, U.S. Department of Justice
Provides information on offender job training and placement programs, trains staff to work with offenders and ex-offenders, and teaches state and local agencies about advance job training and placement services for their charges. Links to statistics that can be used for grant writing and "how-to" publications on a variety of correctional education issues.
http://nicic.gov/owd