Management Development for the Future (MDF) is NIC’s dynamic, agency-exclusive experience that targets development of the middle management tier of a correctional organization. It simultaneously engages all levels of an agency’s leadership through internal action-based learning at the individual, team, and agency levels. It consists of a series of courses conducted over one year and is provided to participants within selected agencies.
MDF is a “blended” individual and organizational development series that includes one 3-day on-site classroom session and two multi-session virtual instructor-led sessions or “phases” spread out over the series. The series also includes independent e-learning courses, an online 360-degree feedback leadership assessment, individual reading assignments, individual developmental coaching sessions, and the development of personal leadership development plans. By the end of the course, participants will prepare a dynamic leadership plan and undertake action-based learning projects focused on issues relevant to their agencies. Participants apply the skills and strategies they learned in the program to build organizational capacity and manage organizational change within their own agency.
Please see NIC’s Correctional Leadership Competencies for the 21st Century: Manager and Supervisor Levels (https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.nicic.gov/Library/020475.pdf, pages 15-19) for sample job and responsibility areas that are appropriate for the MDF series. Check out the MDF series page for information on the agency application process, readiness for development, scheduling, and other MDF-specific details at https://nicic.gov/management-development-future-mdf-series.
