Mission Statement

The central focus of the Academic Programs Division is to prepare youth and adult offenders for success. This focus drives our mission and guides the allocation of resources. Academic instruction and career and technical training are means to a productive end - an offender's transition to school, the pursuit of higher education, or employment upon release.

About Academic Programs

The Division of Academic Programs provides testing and educational assessments for all youth and adults, as well as mandated special education evaluation and services for identified youth and adult inmates. The Division provides mandated middle and secondary-level academic instruction, special education, social skills, transition education, cognitive skills development, General Educational Development (GED) instruction and career and technical instruction to the total youth population in 22 different trade areas. It administers SAT college preparation tests and assists those students who wish to apply to colleges and universities, while providing adult education, literacy instruction, special education, social skills, GED instruction and vocational instruction in 37 different trade areas to the adult population. For adult students, transition education, cognitive skills development and limited post-secondary education made possible by private donations and federal grants are also provided. The Division enables DCE's adult and youth students to be literate when they leave the prison or juvenile correctional facility. The focus is on instruction which will improve employment possibilities and life skills.

Contact Information

Sharlene White-Crocker

Phone: 804-225-3326

Fax: 804-786-7952