I also run a firearms program at an academy. I can give you a few ideas. If the students belong to your agency then the training can be a little more tailored. If it is a regional type academy where the students all work for different agaencies then this makes it a little harder because some of those agencies may have policies about how the students are supposed to do certain things etc. 1. don't be afraid to burn the old program!
2. Don't have the week at the range be centered around the qualification course, instead teach them to shoot and run the gun not just pass a qual as many programs do.
3. Make the students do some sort of scan after firing or search and assess, the idea being if the gun came out it came out for a reason so we need not be in a hurry to put it away
4. Vary the round count of the drills so it's not just two shot drills.
5. Have them move, don't make it all stationary shooting.
6. make it fun and don't allow staff to yell at students.