2. Prototyping, Piloting, and Program Implementation
April Pelfrey & Philip Peavy
Computer Science Teachers Gwinnett County Public Schools
July 10, 2019

3. Agenda Where to start? Virtual Lab Simulation Hands-on Experiences
Certification Opportunities
Business & Community Involvement
Q & A

4. Today’s Takeaways Starting up a program
Protoyping, Piloting and Implementation
Experiencing Virtual Labs and Hands-on Activities
Building Community and Business Partnerships

5. Where to Start? What courses to offer? What curriculum do we use?
How to market the program?
What is the final outcome for the students?
These are ALL questions we had when we started!

6. Why CyberSecurity

7. Building the Prototype
Pathway built by state standards
If your state doesn't have standards, check the NICE Cybersecurity Framework
County created standards based on state standards
Included both educators and industry professionals
Get buy in at school level
Create Advisory Board
Found industry End of Pathway Certification

8. Creating An Advisory Board
Get school administration “buy in”
Market to parents, community, and alumni
Explain that it not only benefits school but everyone
Get the business partners involved
Internships, field trips, panels, assisting with projects
Meet Quarterly

9. Piloting the Pathway
Pilot begins with the second course of the Pathway
Introduction to CyberSecurity
County purchased curriculum 
Basic concepts curriculum
Re-evaluated after 1st quarter
What is working? What needs improvement? What will work district wide?
Made changes that were needed

10. Business/Community Involvement
Equipment Donations
Ask around for old PCs and other technology people don’t need
Field Trips
Colleges/Universities
Businesses
Military Bases
Internships
Mentorships
Use Advisory Board
Let your students market for you!

11. Virtual Lab Simulations
Real World Experience
This is the top request from our school advisory boards!
Not just head knowledge but one the job training.
How do we incorporate TestOut into our classrooms and pathway?
Using some PC Pro & Network Pro in Introductory courses
Using Security Pro for Advanced CyberSecurity course

12. Hands-On Experiences Creating and Hacking Raspberry Pi Servers
Cracking Cyphers
Open Source Resources for CyberSecurity Lessons

13. Hands-On Experiences

14. Certification Opportunities
Georgia – End of Pathway exam is Security+ certification test.
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Other possibilities
Getting students sponsors for Network+ certification
Getting students sponsors for TestOut Certifications

15. Implementing Program Getting others schools/teachers involved
Middle School Cybersecurity course
State introduced course
Vertical Alignment
Keeping and engaging students in the program
CyberPatriots, hack-a-thons, CTSOs, Drone Club

16. Where to Start? What courses to offer? What curriculum do we use?
Intro to CS or Digital Tech, Intro to CyberSecurity, Advanced CyberSecurity
What curriculum do we use?
TestOut PC Pro, TestOut Network Pro, TestOut Security Pro
How to market the program?
Market the program as if you were selling your services.
Use Students to help!!!
What is the final outcome for the students?
Industry Standard Certifications at the end of the pathway

17. Questions & Answers

18. Thank You