Connecticut CEA

The Correctional Education Association is the professional organization for educators who work in adult correctional and juvenile justice facilities internationally. Although based in the United States of America, where most of its members work, it has made great advances in encouraging members from outside the US to become active members from outside the US to become active members of the organization. The CEA provides a host of services to its members. These include the following: a
peer-reviewed international journal, a quarterly newsletter, annual membership
and resource directory, a satellite-based network for inmate instructional and
staff training programs, an accreditation system for prison, jail, and juvenile school programs, a website and listserves for its special interest groups, under-graduate and graduate online courses for educators, and many more services.

 

 

CEA is divided into 9 regions
encompassing both the United States and Canada. There are two international representatives on the Executive Board of the CEA. There is one representative for Canada and one for the Rest of the World. The International Representatives relay the issues and subjects of concern from international members to the Executive Board at regular meetings.

There are numerous state and provincial chapters. These regions and state/provincial chapters host annual conferences and training seminars. The International CEA has an annual traveling conference and hosts an annual Leadership Forum near Washington DC. The annual International conferences offer members an opportunity to exchange ideas with correctional and prison educators from around the world and dialogue about the experience of teaching in a unique pedagogical setting. Each year the Journal of Correctional Education devotes a special issue to a different subject. The June 2007 issue of the Journal was devoted to international issues in corretional education with contributions from amongst other countries, Ireland and Israel.

 

 

The CEA is the largest professional organization dedicated to the mission of education for those students in the Adult and Juvenile Criminal Justice Systems. There are over 2500 members of CEA.