Figurative Language
JJE Vocabulary
JJE Stats
Teaching in JJE
Leading in JJE
100

Peter picked a peck of pickled peppers.

Alliteration

100

A fundamental component of rehabilitative programming offered in confinement facilities for incarcerated youth (US Department of Education, 2021).

Juvenile Justice Education

100

Over 80% of all juveniles and adults in the criminal justice system have experienced this...(Sander, 2010).

School failure or drop out.

100

One of the main factors that encourage teacher motivation is participation in shared decision-__________ (Moton, 2018).

Making

100

Juvenile justice principals spend much time focusing on the immediate student needs such as ____________ (Fujimoto et al., 2013).

Food or clothing.

200

Crash, boom, bang, pow.

Onomatopoeia

200

A complex network of relations that naturalize the movement of marginalized youth, youth of color, and other at-risk youth from schools and communities into permanent detention (Meiners, 2011).

School-to-Prison Pipeline

200

Among the ex-offender population in 2008, 50% cannot adequately read or write. They are functionally _____________ (Skodo, 2017).

Illiterate

200

Continuous __________ experienced by JJE teachers contributes to low self-efficacy and feelings of inadequacy related to performing their job (Jolivette et al., 2019).

Stress

200

_______________ leadership appears the best choice in correctional settings for developing and maintaining behavior support systems, promoting high expectations, and ensuring teachers have the necessary material resources to assist at-risk or special needs youth (Wilson, 2013).

Collaborative, Shared, or Democratic

300

His teeth were as white as a dry bone bleached in the sunlight.

Simile

300

A type of reinforcement for youth that sets the focus from a punitive mindset focused on punishing wrongdoing, to a focus on building community, strengthening relationships, and understanding the root causes of students’ actions (Beneke, 2020).

Restorative Justice

300

Nearly one- third of juvenile offenders in residential facilities have been expelled from school, yet approximately two-thirds of youths in detention have nonviolent _____________ (Leone et al., 2017).

Charges

300

JJE teachers report that they enjoy working and learning together in a professional teamwork-oriented environment. They appreciate not being isolated, as a top reason for leaving correctional education is professional ______________ (Brown, 2016).

Isolation

300

One of the biggest challenges in JJE is hiring, mentoring, or keeping quality teachers. This is called teacher ___________ (Murphy, 2018).

Retention

400

He was running faster than freight train.

Hyperbole.

400

Laws that restrict rights, especially the right to vote (Alexander, 2017).

Disenfranchisement

400

From January 2001 through May 2017, two of the largest private prison companies, returned 5000% to their investors. They owned approximately 225 US facilities, with combined yearly revenue of 4 billion dollars and market capitalization of 8 billion dollars (Surprenant, 2019). These prisons are for-______________ institutions.

Profit; Prison Privatization

400

The top effective approach to creating a safe, positive, and healthy climate is implementing facility-wide SEL strategies (de Azúa, 2018). SEL stands for ________________.....

Social Emotional Learning

400

To support their teachers' needs, correctional leaders must understand andragogy, which is the study of how adults _________ (Shippen et al., 2014).

Learn

500

You're a couch potato. Get up and do something!

Metaphor

500

Education programs are designed to provide appropriate educational services to students with a variety of needs, including students with special education services, students with a history of academic challenges, students at risk of dropping out, and students with a history of disruptive behavior (Novak, 2019).

Alternative Education

500

One-third of all adult black males in Florida are prohibited from ____________ because of felony convictions (Preuhs, 2001).

Voting

500

One of the best strategies for improving culturally responsive teaching is self-________________ (Lockard & Rankins-Robertson, 2018).

Reflection

500

All JJE leaders affirmed that ____________ were a primary obstacle for students wishing to attend college (Fujimoto et al., 2013).

Financial issues