The Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation (FLETA) Board ispleased to announce it granted accreditation status to the Immigrationand Customs Enforcement (ICE) Instructor Development Course (IDC) atthe April 7, 2011 meeting in Charleston, South Carolina.
The ICE IDC is usually delivered at the ICE Academy location wherestudents are assigned. Since the majority of ICE instructors areassigned to ICE Academy in Glynco, Georgia, most IDC offerings aredelivered at that location. However, depending on the location ofstudent population, the course can be delivered at ICE AcademyCharleston, ICE Academy Dallas, or other approved locations. Theinstructional goal of the IDC is for course graduates to be able towork with instructional specialists to design, develop, anddeliver an ICE program of instruction. Students learn principles,methods, and techniques that are important to their success as ICEinstructors.
Mr. Charlie DeVita, Director, ICE Office of Training andDevelopment, accepted the certificate awarding accreditation of theIDC, recognizing and thanking the accreditation teamand commenting that “ICE is in it for the long haul”.
To achieve accreditation, an agency must undergo a voluntarythorough assessment of their academy and/or program to ensurecompliance with the FLETA standards. These professional standardswere developed to increase agency effectiveness and efficiency. The standards address Program Administration, Training Staff, TrainingDevelopment, and Training Delivery, with an additional 20 standardsspecifically for Academies. To maintain accredited status,agencies are required to submit annual reports to the FLETA Board andparticipate in a reaccreditation process every three years.
The FLETA Board is nationally recognized by federal law enforcementagencies, as well as stakeholders in law enforcement training. Itis the Board’s goal to improve the federal law enforcement communitywith each accreditation, and the Board has now awarded 48 programaccreditations and 13 academy accreditations.
If you would like more information regarding the FLETA process,please visit the website at www.FLETA.govor contact FLETA at 912-261-3684.