Towson University Affiliate:
Transforming IT Program Support
We’re growing and changing!
Exciting new opportunities
for students and instructors:
Existing inequities requiring
innovative solutions:
• Webex, Telepresence
• New Academy programs
• BRAC/security career
opportunities
• Emphasis on STEM and
P21 skills
• Alignment to Common
Core Standards
• New Health Information
Networking curriculum
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Inconsistent
communication
Inconsistent messaging
to stakeholders and
administrators
Ineffective instructional
practices
Inconsistent student
growth and success
Building the CTE IT Community
Current activities:
• Community website
– Cisco news
– Instructor postings
– Q and A
• Sharing best practices through
quarterly webinars
• Monthly technical webinars
from Cisco
• Summer training
• Annual Cisco NA conference:
June 18-20 2012 in San
Jose—or Virtual Conference
• Annual MD Cisco conference:
October Professional Day
New opportunities:
• Cadre of qualified instructor
trainer/mentors
• New interactive web portal
from Cisco
• New quality metrics and
resources for continuous
improvement
• Academy Startup Guide
• Academy Quality Development
Plan
• Increased publicity
– Videos of outstanding
practices
– “Academy of the Month”
Alignment resources:
Standards-based curriculum crosswalks
• STEM and ITPA Career Cluster alignment
• Common Core standards alignment
• Certification test objectives alignment
Achieve additional academic
knowledge and skills required
to pursue the full range of
career and postsecondary
education opportunities within
a career cluster.
SCC01
Academic
Foundations
Anchor College and Career
Readiness--Writing:
Conduct short as well as
more sustained research
projects based on focused
questions, demonstrating
understanding of the
subject under investigation.
Ch. 2.2.2: Identify specific protocols
and technologies related to each of
the OSI layers in order to use the OSI
model as a framework for
troubleshooting.
Anchor College and Career
Readiness--Reading:
Determine central ideas or
themes of a text and
analyze their development;
summarize the key
supporting details and
ideas.
Ch. 9.6.1: Describe the entry-level
Cisco certification process, and the
topics found on the CCENT
examination.
Towson’s
Current Role
Towson’s New Roles
Future
CATC
Instructor
Training
Center
Academy
Support
Center
Regional
Academy
Local
Academy
Cisco
Academy
Students
Students
NetAcad
Resource
Program
Summer Training Plans
• 3-day in-person instructor “boot camps”
– A+, CCENT, and CCNA certification
• Oracle Institute: July 16-20
• New Cisco instructor training
– Blended distance learning model
• Common Core alignment workshop
Moving IT programs into the 21st century!
Contact the Towson Affiliate:
Nancy Null
MSDE Affiliate Co-Director
Towson ASC and ITC Contact
nnull@towson.edu