Edovo was designed with both incarcerated individuals and correctional staff in mind. Traditionally, facilities have relied on physical workbooks, classroom, peer-led tutoring, and staff and volunteer-led learning opportunities. These efforts are often met with significant barriers: lack of resources and classroom space, security concern, paper management, inability to serve the masses and varying needs from person to person.
Edovo offers a digital solution, making education accessible to anyone with access to a connected device, helping to transform correctional facilities into centers for real change. Below are a few examples of how agencies across the nation are using Edovo to enhance their initiatives:
1. Reduced Restrictive Housing Time - Correctional agencies offer inmates in restrictive housing the chance to shorten their confinement sentence through educational programs. Edovo's existing content library and real-time dashboard streamline implementation, eliminating the need for additional staff and management.
2. Milestone Credit - A correctional agency can combine in-person programs with Edovo's digital coursework for milestone credit. This hybrid model enhances learning and program efficacy. By making the digital component mandatory, completed courses can result in sentence reduction.
3. Learning Artifacts - Edovo provides artifacts to represent learner progress and completions, used in sentencing, parole and even probation departments nationwide.
4. Participation Earned Credit - A correctional agency can use Edovo to track participation-based credits, focusing on time spent engaged, not just scores. Edovo can recommend coursework and implement a system to track engagement, allowing the agency to monitor progress and award credit for dedicated effort, potentially to reduce sentences.
5. Needs Assessment - Correctional agencies can use Edovo to delivery targeted content based on individual assessments. This approach ensures inmates receive relevant and meaningful content to address their specific areas for growth, promoting rehabilitation without additional staff resources.
6. Decreased Classification - Correctional agencies use Edovo content and programming to support and drive step-down initiatives in order to reduce costly high-level security, management of top-tier classifications and support better rehabilitative environments.
7. Testing Readiness - Edovo can provide a platform for approved GED/HiSET cirriculum, allowing inmate to work independently and prepare for proctored tests. This ensures well-prepared test-takers with a higher chance of success.
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accounts@edovo.org if you're interested in learning more about how to use Edovo for outcome-based programs.