1. Ohio Central School System
Tablet technology
Ohio Central School System

2. Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction
Ohio Central School System (OCSS)

3. ODRC houses over 50,500 offenders and in CY 2013 released over 21,500 .
Reduce Recidivism

4. Here To Serve Vision Statement
It is the vision of the Ohio Central School System that all inmates of the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction will be provided the necessary academic, job training and social/emotional skills required for successful re-entry to society as effective, participating and productive citizens.
Mission Statement
The Ohio Department of Education under Revised Code formally chartered the Ohio Central School System in April This charter provides the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction with quality programming and the Ohio Central School System the authority to seek additional federal funding. The Chartered School District enables the department to provide a comprehensive, thorough education program that addresses the needs of the vastly under-educated and under-skilled inmates. These services include: Adult Basic Literacy Education (ABLE), GED®, Adult High School, Apprenticeship Training, Library Services, Special Education, Career-Technical (vocational) Education, and other educational programs as directed by the needs of the inmate population.
Here To Serve

5. Tablet Technology Overview
Collaborations
Classroom Technology
Education Enhancements
Internet Resources
Community Outreach
Tablet Technology Overview

6. Denise L. Justice, Ohio Central School System Superintendent
incarcerated Persons Education Pad (iPEP)
Microsoft Office, clear case, keyboard, screen protector…
Adult Literacy (Writing, Reading, Math and Computer Literacy)
Reentry Skills (career development)
GED – Essential Education (GEDSmart for Math and Reading)
English as a Second Language (ESL)
Problem Solving Re-Entry Workbooks
Education Tablets

7. Tablet Technology Tablets help students learn more material faster.
Tablets contain many technological features that cannot be found in print textbooks.
Tablets allow teachers to better customize student learning.
As Edyburn (2001) demonstrates, technology can be utilized through a variety of approaches to improve special education outcomes - to augment abilities, compensate for disabilities, or minimize the impact that a specific disability has on the learning process. Students with special learning needs may offer the most concrete evidence of the benefits of tablets in the classroom. Tablets software programs and applications allow for the constant repetition and reinforcement that special education students need to make progress. The most successful teaching for individuals with special education needs involves visual, auditory and kinesthetic (tactile) learning. Until tablet technology, the kinesthetic component was absent from learning software, and from many classrooms. Consider these points:
Tablets help students learn more material faster. Technology-based instruction can reduce the time students take to reach a learning objective by 30-80%, according to the Federal Communications Commission (2012).
Tablets contain many technological features that cannot be found in print textbooks. Tablets give users the ability to highlight and edit text and write notes without ruining a textbook for the next user. Tablets have a search function, a backlighting option to read in low light, and a built-in dictionary.
Tablets allow teachers to better customize student learning. There are thousands of education and tutoring applications on tablets, so teachers can tailor student learning to an individual style/personality instead of a one-size-fits-all approach.
Edyburn, D. L. (2001). Models, theories, and frameworks: Contributions to understanding
special education technology. Special Education Technology Practice, 4(2),

8. Communication & Collaboration
OCSS, BITS, ODJFS, ODYS, ODOT, etc
Communication & Collaboration

9. Computer-Based Test & Practice
OCSS Computer Aided Instructional Laboratories (CAIL)
Access 21st Century software
Career Scope software
GED 21st Century software
Kahn Academy
MoneySmart
PearsonVUE GED® Testing
QuickStudy English & Math
WorkKeys
WinWay Resume
Computer-Based Test & Practice

10. BrightLink Projectors
BrightLink interactive classroom projectors
Promethean software:
User friendly app
Used nationwide by public school teachers
Bank of diverse levels and instruction topics for teachers to share
Title 1 Smart Boards Notebook compatible
Document cameras
Compatible with wireless pads
LorCI Black River Branch
BrightLink Projectors

11. Education Enhancements

12. Ohio Re-Entry Connections
Ohio Means Jobs
Reentry (DRC MUSCLE)
MoneySmart
Benefits Bank
What’s in a Word?
Mousing Around Tutorial
Typing Tutorials
Employer Locator
Ohio Career Information System (OCIS) Link
Welcome Home Videos
CCI Sherman School Law Library computers and OMJ resource workshop
Ohio Re-Entry Connections

13. Offender Network for Employment to STOP recidivism (O.N.E.-STOP)
Trumbull Correctional Institution = February 2012
Pickaway Correctional Institution = September 2012
Grafton Correctional Institution Hope Center = May 2013
Marion Correctional Institution = June 2013
“It’s Just O.N.E.-STOP from Entry to Reentry”
PCI Shawnee Branch
O.N.E.-STOP Shops

14. Transitional Educational Program (TEP) is a unique three-tier approach to transmitting transitional programming through technology to both currently incarcerated offenders preparing for release and to former offenders achieving success in the community.
Distance Learning sites are available in 17 of the 27 prisons throughout the state. It augments the classroom by directing faculty to expanded opportunities to reach students at any other distant learning site in the world in real time.  The varied resources place OCSS as the premier correctional distance education program in the country.
Distance Learning

15. Career-Technical Paint & Welding Simulators
Career-Technical Paint & Welding Simulators. During the past ten years over 14,800 inmates have completed Career-Technical (vocational) training in over 87 separate institutional training programs, recognized by the Ohio Department of Education.
Education Simulators

16. Ridgeview School eReaders

17. Over 2,500 apprentices have earned either a 50% or 100% certificate from the US Department of Labor in the last ten years.  Apprenticeship programs use qualified volunteer prison staff members to supervise and train inmate apprentices in vocations that enhance employability skills.
Education Enrichment

18. Clearview School Graduates
Utilize technology to engage students and boost learning
Improve the basic skills required for students to function successfully in the 21st century
Stimulate learning and provide practice
Increase technological competencies
Enhance lesson plans
Expand learning tools
Reach various educational resources
Prepare at-risk and disadvantaged students for release, post-secondary opportunities, and the digital workforce
Clearview School Graduates

19. Ohio Central School System Training and Education Center (TEC)
Robin Long, OCSS Operations Director,
Jennifer Thomas, OCSS Project Manager
Ohio Central School System
Training and Education Center (TEC)
1580 St. Rt. 56 , P.O. Box 779
London, Ohio 43140
(740)
Fax# (740)
Fax# (740)
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