Cybersecurity Workshops
for Community College Instructors

All workshops are held:
January 27 - February 24, 2024
Saturday mornings: ~ 2 hours
(See workshop information below for specific time)

We are accepting applications for U.S. community and technical college faculty only.  Apply by January 14, 2024!

The National Cybersecurity Training and Education Center (NCyTE) and the Washington State Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (CCoE) are funding a limited number of $600 scholarships for one of the following virtual workshops to eligible community college faculty as part of their mission to support cybersecurity instruction and to encourage faculty who want to teach cybersecurity.

CCNAv7: Introduction to Networks (ITN): Saturdays, 8-10AM PST

The first of three courses that make up the CCNAv7 curriculum and aligns to the competencies outlined for the CCNA Certification Exam. Content covers the architecture, structure, functions and components of the Internet and other computer networks. Participants achieve a basic understanding of how networks operate and how to build simple local area networks (LAN), perform basic configurations for routers and switches, and implement Internet Protocol (IP). There are no pre-requisites for this offering.

CCNAv7: Enterprise Networking, Security, and Automation (ENSA): Saturdays, 8-10AM PST
The third of three courses that make up the CCNAv7 curriculum and aligns to the competencies outlined for the CCNA Certification Exam. Content describes the architecture, components, operations, and security to scale for large, complex networks, including wide area network (WAN) technologies. The course emphasizes network security concepts and introduces network virtualization and automation. Participants learn how to configure, troubleshoot, and secure enterprise network devices and understand how application programming interfaces (API) and configuration management tools enable network automation. Participants are required to have successfully completed both the Introduction to Networks (ITN) and the Switching, Routing and Wireless Essentials (SRWE) courses prior to beginning this course or have equivalent knowledge and skills.

Network Security: Saturdays, 10:30AM-12:30PM PST

This is a hands-on, career-oriented e-learning solution with an emphasis on practical experience to help participants develop specialized security skills to advance their careers. It is recommended that participants have a basic understanding of computer networks (CCNA ITN and SRWE level) and familiarity with Cisco Packet Tracer.

CCNP Enterprise [ENCOR]: Saturdays, 8-10AM PST
One of two courses that align to the overall CCNP Enterprise certification. This course provides a broad scope of architectural understanding and implementation skills required by enterprise networks. The course covers switching, routing, wireless, and related security topics along with the technologies that support software-defined, programmable networks. Books are required. It is recommended that participants have CCNA or equivalent knowledge and skills.

Applicant Requirements:

A limited number of scholarships are available. Applicants will be placed on a waitlist after the workshop is full. 

• Complete the registration and scholarship application by January 14, 2024.  Applicants will be notified of their approval status via email.
• Teach a college credit course(s) as a full-time or adjunct instructor in a program that leads to an associate degree at a regionally accredited U.S. community or technical college.
• Attend, participate, and complete the workshop.
• Complete a post-course evaluation.

Scholarship Restrictions:

One scholarship is awarded per institution. Multiple instructors applying from the same institution will be considered if the workshop is not full. First-time applicants and those who have not received NCyTE support in the past year will have priority.

REGISTER TO ATTEND

Facilitator:

These trainings will be provided by Western Academy Support and Training Center (WASTC). If approved, NCyTE/CCoE will apply the scholarship funds toward the $600 training cost to WASTC on your behalf.

Important Note: If you receive a scholarship for the professional development class and must drop, you must notify Karen Stanton at karen.stanton@wastc.org at least one week before the start of the class. Failure to do so will result in a $100 drop fee that you will need to pay.