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The Public Safety Education Institute
The Public Safety Education Institute is a Phoenix, Arizona based company dedicated to providing collegiate-level educational opportunities to working public safety
professionals such as firefighters, police officers and military personnel. The Institute understands the educational needs and demands of public safety
professionals because the key members of our management team have direct public safety experience. In fact, company founder and President, Dr. Joseph
Woodall has been a firefighter in the Phoenix area for nearly twenty years. Company Vice-President, Dr. Glenn Simmons worked for a number of years as
an administrator with the Office of Maricopa County Sheriff, Joe Arpaio. Each were also faculty members at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona, teaching in the public safety programs.
The Public Safety Administration™ concept and curriculum were originally developed by Dr. Joseph Woodall. Combining his academic training with
his direct knowledge of the educational needs of public safety professionals, Dr. Woodall began developing a curriculum that could directly benefit working
public safety professionals attempting to complete a bachelor's degree. The result was the development and implementation of the Public Safety programs
at Grand Canyon University. Dr. Woodall chaired the programs for a number of years.
Our Public Safety Administration™ core curriculum objectives include:
- Preparing the student for a career or promotional advancement in public safety industries in which a high level of understanding of organizational dynamics and interpersonal skills are required.
- Integrating training in leadership and management applications with a moral and social perspective that prepare the public safety student to make sound value judgments in their professional and personal lives.
- Conveying an understanding of, and appreciation for the historical development, contemporary progress, future unfolding, cultural value, and social ramifications of modern public safety administration practices.
- Equipping the public safety student with the interpersonal skills necessary to solve social and organizational problems and manage change within an organization.
- Demonstrating to the public safety student the benefits of creating innovation within an organization.
The student population of working police, fire and military professionals served by the Public Safety Education Institute program recognizes that
moving ahead in a chosen career and obtaining a quality education are practically synonymous in today's competitive environment. The Institute believes
that nothing should interfere with the working public safety student completing his or her college degree -- not where the student lives, not where the
student works, not the student's work schedule, nor the amount of time that has elapsed since the student last attended college.
The Public Safety Administration™ program develops competencies that enable current and future police and fire administrators to solve management
problems, fine tune strategic plans, enhance human resource potential, increase productivity, and address internal organizational issues.
Working with the Institute and Charter Oak State College, public safety employees can benefit from this curriculum while taking advantage of federal
financial aid, institutional aid, and employer tuition reimbursement assistance. |
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