Vol. 6, No.
4 - Fall 2003
Reassignment
Focuses on Court Requests
To accommodate the growing
needs of today’s courts, the National Center’s Institute for Court
Management (ICM) is restructuring in an effort to get some of its most
experienced staff working directly with the courts.
“NCSC is getting more boots
on the ground to deal with the courts’ requests to maximize their dollars
given tight budgets,” said Chuck Ericksen, ICM’s executive director.
To accomplish this, Mary
Sammon, who many court professionals around the country know from her four years
as former director of ICM’s flagship Court Executive Development Program
(CEDP), will now conduct hands-on training and direct consulting work. This
reassignment allows courts to take better advantage of Sammon’s 23 years
experience in court administration, Ericksen said. While Sammon takes on her new
assignment, Ericksen will handle the day-to-day direction of the CEDP program.
Sammon’s first projects
involve municipal and traffic court consolidation in Atlanta and a statewide
security initiative in California. Sammon joined NCSC in January 2000, and prior
to that, she spent more than two decades in court administration in Ohio where
she was responsible for court operations including strategic planning,
budgeting, personnel, automation, public relations, and facilities.
Sammon will continue to work as
ICM faculty. A new focus on delivering programs via the Internet and
incorporating new technologies broaden the opportunities for courts, Sammon
said. These delivery options, along with ICM’s Partnership program, free up
training dollars previously used for travel and lodging. At the same time, ICM
needs experienced faculty to deliver high-quality training in this variety of
new formats.
“Our live WebCT courses are
becoming a popular and efficient way for many courts to take advantage of our
curriculum,” Sammon said. “It adds a new kind of excitement and energy when
you to lead a class of students participating from their desks in court offices
all across the country.”
Judges, court administrators,
and others can get up-to-the-minute information from ICM by checking NCSC’s
Web site at www.ncsconline.org,
where you can also sign up to receive e-mail updates with more information about
upcoming ICM classes. Course topics and options for taking them online or in
person are explained on the Web site.
To learn more about how
NCSC’s Court Consulting Services can help your court, please call (303)
308-4301. Or to discuss a budget-conscious tailor-made course or
curriculum idea, call ICM at (800) 616-6160, or the National Center’s
headquarters at (757) 253-2000.
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