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DOC Workforce Development


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Ms. Colton leads her students in today's lesson.



Chemeketa Community College instructor Lois Colton guides her students in a discovery about the human heart.
Education in Prison
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Workforce Development Mission Statement
To provide a comprehensive continuum of quality educational opportunities and to promote growth and success of the individual toward . . .
Community College Partners
Oregon Department of Community Colleges
Who are the Community College/Partners of the Department of Corrections?
Prison Education from a National Perspective
ets prison education
This Policy Information Report from the Education Testing Service describes the rising prison population and its characteristics, examines the status of prison education programs and their impact, and describes programs that try to help ex-prisoners reenter society (Adobe PDF)...
Workforce Development Current Topics
University of Oregon students help improve prison education library
U of O students involved in the Inside-Out Prison program organize a book drive to collect books to improve the educational library at the Oregon State Penitentiary... (PDF)
Inmates learn the meaning of hope
A Chemeketa college program offers prison inmates a fresh opportunity for education and rehabilitation... (PDF)
Children of Incarcerated Inmates
Knowing that children of incarcerated parents are much more likely than their peers to be incarcerated as adults, the DOC began the Children of Incarcerated Parents Project to help break the intergenerational cycle of criminality.
DOC's Education Innovation
After exploring a variety of phonics-based programs for over two years, the State of Oregon Department of Corrections recently selected the HEC Reading Horizons, Discover Intensive Phonics for Yourself program to be implemented across the state's adult corrections system.
Earning a GED
What is required to earn a GED Certificate?

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