IT Essential v8
Date: March 25 - April 22, 2023
Time: Saturday mornings for ~2 hours (all times PDT)
The National Cybersecurity Training and Education Center (NCyTE) and the Washington State Center of Excellence for Cybersecurity (CoECyber) have partnered together to provide professional development opportunities to community college faculty as part of their mission to support those interested in becoming cybersecurity faculty, or faculty wishing to enhance their skills and knowledge in the cybersecurity field.
Stipends are available to approved applicants to support the course fee of $600 and exam voucher for the following course.
IT Essentials v8: PC Hardware and Software v8.0 covers the fundamentals of computer hardware and software as well as advanced concepts. IT E 8.0 curriculum prepares students for the CompTIA A+ certification exams 220-1101 and 220-1102.
Requirements:
- You must register and complete all application information by the deadline of March 16, 2023, or until the workshop is full
- You must be approved for the stipends by NCyTE/CoECyber. No more than two stipends per person will be approved.
- You must be an instructor at a regionally accredited U.S. Community College in a business, information technology, or other degree program
- You must satisfactorily complete the course
- You must fill out a post-course evaluation
Note: If you receive a stipend for the professional development class and must drop, you must notify Karen Stanton at karen.stanton@wastc.org no less than one week before the start of the class. Failure to do so will result in a $100 drop fee that will be invoiced to you.
We hope that you will not pass up this valuable opportunity! We will let you know within 5 business days of application whether your stipend has been approved.
Other available opportunities:
Facilitator:
These trainings will be provided by Western Academy Support and Training Center (WASTC).
Funding for this event is provided by the NCyTE Center, a National Science Foundation grant #2054724,
and the Washington State Center of Excellence for Cybersecurity.