Solicitation for a Cooperative Agreement: Strategies for Women Executives in Corrections

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The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) is soliciting proposals from organizations, groups, or individuals to enter into an 18-month cooperative agreement to update its 36-hour Executive Leadership for Women in Corrections program, newly titled Strategic Development of the Executive Woman. The award recipient will update the current training and ensure it supports the learning process, leadership styles, and required competencies for executive women in corrections. The award includes responsibility for the updated Instructional Theory into Practice (ITIP) formatted curriculum, the contracting and training of NIC-approved faculty, and the administration of participant expenses, including the dispersal of program acceptance letters, coordination of registration, lodging, meals, and transportation. The recipient will also be responsible for conducting, in collaboration with the NIC Research and Evaluation Division, an evaluation of the initial program delivery using the NIC training evaluation protocol. This should represent a minimal cost to the award recipient. The project will also address strategies for additional learning and networking upon training completion. The training