CENTRAL ILLINOIS POLICE TRAINING CENTER
Brian Fengel, Director
Phone: (309) 690-7350
Fax: (309) 690-7359
Jean Swan: jswan@icc.edu
Heather Grove: hgrove@icc.edu
Problem Based Learning Model of Field Training Basic Police Training Officer
Instructor: James Wagner & Associates, LLC
March 24-28, 2025
8am – 4pm
Class will meet at: CIPTC, ICC Peoria Campus, 5407 N. University, Poplar P101, Peoria, IL
Enrollment Deadline: March 17, 2025
Course Size: Maximum – 20
Please bring a charged laptop
Course Objective
This 40-hour program has been designed by James Wagner and Associates, LLC for the purpose of providing a field training model for police recruits that incorporates adult learning theories and problem-based learning. This course will enable trainers to use these methods to develop new police officers who will be competent in the areas of community policing and problem solving.
Course Content
COURSE OVERVIEW: The primary focus of the course will be to provide training officers with the specialized skills, knowledge and abilities needed to train a recruit using the principles of this training model. COURSE GOALS: The goals of this course are to:
- Engage in adult learning techniques. Trainees apply the PTO manual to their training within the PBL context: cooperative learning, group work, scenario-based exercises, and lecture formats.
- Identify requirements for legally defensible and valid training.
- Study the Learning Matrix cells within the PBL model and add to them, when appropriate to meet local agency needs.
- Engage in problem-based learning as a method to organize their study of both the matrix and the program’s evaluation models.
- Incorporate research on new education movements into their training plans, including research on PBL.
- Develop resources for Learning Activity Packages.
- Practice using evaluation methods and forms during role-play, scenarios, and PBL training.
- Employ current technology, including the internet and automated computerized systems.
- Teach classmates relevant information on emotional intelligence, multiple intelligence, and conflict resolution for use in their training program.
- Design, create, and/or review Learning Matrix binders.
- Evaluate this training course.
Mobile In-Service Training Team # 7 Illinois Enforcement Training and Standards Board
MTU #7 request for certification of this course has been approved by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board
Meets the following mandatory training criteria: 50 Civil Rights, .50 hours Const. & Proper Use of LE Authority, 1 Hour Crisis Intervention, 2 hours Cultural Competency, .50 hours Human Rights, 1 hours Officer Wellness and Mental Health, 5 hours Procedural Justice with 3 hours scenario based, .5 hours De-Escalation Techniques, .50 hours Officer Safety Techniques
