Leadership Development Unit

The Leadership Development Unit equips employees with the skills, tools, and confidence to step into supervisory, management, and leadership roles, offering dynamic classroom and online training that goes beyond the basics. From sharpening decision-making to mastering communication and team building, our programs are designed to meet employees exactly where they are — and take them further.

But we don't stop at training. Our dedicated agency coordinators work hand-in-hand with every division, offering personalized guidance and hands-on support tailored to each team's unique challenges and goals. Because when leadership development is done right, it doesn't just build better managers — it builds a stronger agency.

Training provided:

  • Frontline Supervisor Development Program
  • Sergeant Academy
  • Lieutenant Academy
  • Supervision Modules 1-3
  • Management Modules 1-3
  • Special Agents Academy
  • Incident Scenario Training
  • POST Instructor Training
  • GA Law Enforcement Professional Management Program (PMP)
  • GA Law Enforcement Command College
  • Emergency Medical Instructor
  • Instructor Delivery Methods Workshop
  • Basic Sex Offender Management Training
  • SOSTC Inservice/PSO
  • Recruitment and Retention Academy
  • Team Building
  • Team Building-Train-The-Trainer
  • Offender Manipulation Tactics
  • Georgia Corrections Advanced Learning System (GCALS) eLearning portal, providing staff access to 90 online classes.

Current staff can register for online and advanced courses at: https://gcals.gdc.ga.gov.