I don't know if you are still working on this, but we developed an In-Service Training Module similar to what Hillsborough Co. FL was doing. We currently have 59 training modules that are simply a 3 inch notebook that contains for instance: a video or sometimes 3 videos, a lesson plan, a student manual, an Instructor manual, and a test.
or a policy or a group of policies sometimes with a power point, some without and a test, or a power point with a lesson plan and a test. We ask each shift to present 20-30 minutes of training daily at pre-shift squad meetings on 4 (four) training modules each month. The schedule will be Training Module #1 on Sunday, Training Module #2 on Monday, TM #3 on Tuesday and Tm #4 on Wednesday. Open training left up to the Shift Commander on Thursday, and then this schedule repeats daily for the entire month. Each employee receives 8-10 hours of in-service training monthly on 4 topics. By the end of the year, each employee should have in excess of 85 hours which meets the ACA In-service requirements. We also incorporate supervisors training into the modules, so each employee not only meets the ACA 40 hour annual requirement, but every employee also meets the ACA 24 hour supervisor In-service requirement. . I know this sounds confusing but it is remarkably simple. We can throw in a module that is current and timely on a 1 day notice if needed, and we do not have to spend countless hours putting on in-service classes. Fiqure in what we were paying in annual salaries for attendance to in-service classes, and our small 350 employee agency saves well over $200,000.00 annually. If you need assistance email at mstevens@tcso.org or call me at 918-596-8884
Mark Stevens
Training Director
Tulsa County Sheriff's Office
Mark Stevens
Training Director
David L. Moss Criminal Justice Center
Tulsa County Sheriff's Office
300 N. Denver
Tulsa, Ok 74103
mstevens@tcso.org
918.596.8884