CDCR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR STARTING A FACE TO FACE COLLEGE PROGRAM IN PRISON Critical Issues to Consider to Get liftoff For in Person College Classes Transferable Courses • ….to expand access to community college courses that lead to degrees or certificates that result in enhanced workforce skills or transfer to a four-year university. • A.A. for Transfer • A.A. in Entrepreneurship Face to Face College Teaching, do you have the staff ready to teach inside ? Do you have the staff and can the course be taught with papyrus? Key personnel to contact • • • • • • The Prison Warden The Assistant Warden The Relevant Correctional Captain(s) The Prison School Principal The CDCR College Coordinator –Need MOU Chancellors Office Director Of Inmate Education The Goal: Future Taxpayers Contact Information: State of California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation DAVID M. RAMIREZ, J.D. Supervisor of Correctional Education Programs College Program Coordinator Office of Correctional Education 1515 S Street, 400 S Sacramento, CA 95811 Tel: (916) 324-8783 Fax: (916) 324-1416 Cell: (530) 306-7366 e-mail: david.ramirez2@cdcr.ca.gov