Massachusetts SD 3413: Department of Correction School Year 2023-2024 Educational Programming Report

Bill Text

Massachusetts Department of Correction 
 
School Year 2023-2024 Educational 
Programming Report 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Executive Office of Public Safety and Security 
December 2024 
 
 
Maura T. Healey, Governor 
Terrence M. Reidy, Secretary of Public Safety and Security 
 
  

 
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Division of Inmate Education and Training 
 
School Year 2023-2024 Report 
 
 
 
  

 
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Contents 
Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 4 
Program Grid by Facility ................................................................................................................ 8 
Tablet Programs ........................................................................................................................... 9 
Transferable Skills 1 and 2 .......................................................................................................... 14 
Post-Secondary College Programs .............................................................................................. 17 
2023-2024 School Year Selected Enrollment and Completion Data .............................................. 18 
2023-2024 Professional Development and Professional Learning Community Activities ............... 26 
Special Education Program......................................................................................................... 28 
2023-2024 Division Highlights .................................................................................................... 30 
2023-2024 Selected Excerpts from Individual Facility Schools’ End of Year Report ........................ 36 
 
  

 
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Introduction 
 
The Mission Statement of the Massachusetts Department of Correction (MADOC) is to 
promote public safety by managing offenders while providing care and appropriate 
programming in preparation for successful reentry into the community.  
 
Manage - Care - Program 
 
The Vision Statement for the Massachusetts Department of Correction's is to effect 
positive behavioral change in order to eliminate violence, victimization and recidivism. 
 
In support of both of these statements, the Division of Inmate Education and Training 
exists to deliver education and training programs that provide students with the services 
they need to function independently and productively in our greater society. 
 
The Division of Inmate Education and Training provides programs covering the 
following areas: 
• Adult Basic Education leading to a high school equivalency (HSE) diploma 
• Special education programs to assist students with learning differences 
• A wide variety of independent, tablet-based educational programs to both support 
the classroom work of students and provide a great deal of additional opportunities 
covering many academic, technological, vocational, and contemporary topics 
• Academic bridge courses to help students improve needed skills post the high 
school level to access more advanced college, technology, and vocational 
programs 
• Vocational programs 
• Technology programs 
• Post-Secondary college certificate and degree programs. 
 
All academic teachers hold Department of Elementary and Secondary Education teacher 
certification and, along with their vocational counterparts who hold either vocational or 
industry specific certification and qualifications, engage in continuous professional 
development and collaboration as communities of practice to ensure that all instruction 
and programming is firmly rooted in the research-based best practices in our field of 
education. 
 
Submitted, 
Dr. Bernie Audette, Director 
Mrs. Tracey Borrelli, M.Ed., Deputy Director 

 
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Summary of 2023-2024 Data 
 
Enrollment, Waitlist, Completion, and TABE Testing Data Summary 
Massachusetts Department of Correction 
Education Division 
 
Weekly average of Enrollment and Waitlist - SY2023-2024 
   
Program Category Enrollment Waitlist 
ABE Continuum 690 766 
Vocational 108 1081 
Tech Programs 96 637 
College Courses 207 N/A 
Post-secondary + Short-
term college courses 24 N/A 
Generic N/A 176 
Average Total 1125 2660 
 
 
 
 

 
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Upon commitment, the TABE (Test of Adult Education) is administered at the 
reception centers (Souza Baranowski Correction Center and MCI Framingham) 
where a student is assessed for placement within our education continuum. These 
tests may also b