2025 Symposium

General Information

The 2025 Arizona Correctional Educators, Inc. (ACE) Professional Development Symposium is a three-day event which will be held June 3 – June 5 at Harrah’s Ak-Chin Casino. This Symposium is a learning and sharing opportunity where teachers, corrections officers, and other industry professionals from all around Arizona gather to teach, learn, view, shop and support Secure Care Education in a collaborative, productive, positive environment.

Symposium Registration

Regular Registration Cost: $350.00

One Day Registration Cost: $200.00

Pre-Symposium Speaker (June 3, 2025 - 9am -12pm)

Jerry Balistreri

Jerry Balistreri is a professional educator, administrator, trainer and author. His training

on how to read body language leaves participants wanting more and creates a memorable
experience. Jerry gets the participants involved with fun learning experiences that leave
them with concrete knowledge of how to read body language and what the "tells" mean.
Some of Jerry's past experiences are:

* Professional educator, administrator, trainer, speaker, and author
* B.S, M.S., M.Ed., DTE
* Twenty-five years experience in public education
* Twenty years experience in training
* University department chair
* HS Principal
* State Supervisor with two state education departments
* ASTD certified trainer
* Over thirty years experience with non-verbal communication
* Certifications in: situational awareness, forensics for patrol officers, detecting lying,
detecting deception in interpersonal communications.

Jerry has been training, researching, writing, and speaking on non-verbal communication
for over thirty years. Jerry delivers customized trainings, keynote addresses, and
conference sessions.

Jerry has been married to his wife Sheila for 40 years and live in Scottsdale, AZ. Sheila
and Jerry have two grown children. Their son lives in California, and their daughter lives
in Arizona.

For more information on trainings that Jerry offers, contact him directly at:
balis@acsalaska.net
www.readingthetells.com
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/jerry-balistreri/32/685/a9

Keynote Speaker

Michael De Leon – Steered Straight

Steered Straight, Inc. is a non-profit organization providing educational programs and materials to youth, families and communities across the country and around the world. A 100% Secular organization without any affiliation with any Church, religion, or any other organizations of any kind.

https://www.steeredstraight.org

Reservations

From Ak Chin Staff in regard to Reservations: Your group code S06ACE5 has been
set up. Your guests can now book through the designated weblink pasted down
below, or by calling 1-800-CAESARS and providing that group code. Please be
advised that at check in all guests will be asked to provide a standard credit or debit
card for a nightly $50 Incidentals Deposit that will be released after check out
(Reloadable and Green dot cards are not accepted). We will hold all rooms at the
group rate until 11:59 PM on May 2 nd . As of May 3 rd , 2025 reservations will be
booked subject to availability and at the prevailing rate at that time.

https://www.caesars.com/book/?propCode=AKC&action=FindRooms&groupcode=S06ACE5

I would advise your guests to make sure they adjust the dates on their reservations. Our
online system defaults to just a one night stay for the first contracted night.

Symposium Agenda

Information will be updated soon!

2025 Symposium

General Information

Symposium Registration

Pre-Symposium Speaker (June 3, 2025 - 9am -12pm)

Jerry Balistreri

Keynote Speaker

Michael De Leon – Steered Straight

Reservations

Symposium Agenda

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