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This Community of Interest is a forum for K12 teachers, school administrators, local and state education agencies, non-profit organizations, federal agencies, institutions of higher education, and others who are interested in sharing and learning how to grow and sustain diverse students pursuing cybersecurity careers through learning experiences, exposure to career opportunities, and teacher professional development. The new K12 Cybersecurity Education Community of Interest charter is available here.



Co-Chairs:

Lemi-Ola Erinkitola
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  Lemi-Ola Erinkitola**Lemi-Ola Erinkitola**
Founder and Chief Executive Officer*The Critical Thinking Child LLC*

Terrance Campbell**Terrance R. Campbell - MA Ed, MSISM,**
Executive Director - *YOUR Center*
Technical Support and Community Engagement Mgr - *CCTE Cybersecurity Teacher - Shelby County Schools*
Technology Mgr - *Wayne State University College of Education VAC Program*

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  Thomas Trevethan**Thomas Trevethan, Ph.D.**Curriculum Manager*Palo Alto Networks Cybersecurity Academy*



**NICE Program Office staff liaison:** Davina Pruitt-Mentle, NICE Lead for Academic Engagement



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Members of this Community of Interest are part of the broader NICE Community Coordinating Council and will be added to it automatically. Google Groups is used for this group as a resource for communication.
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This group meets the second week of every month at 3:30pm ET on alternatingWednesdays and Thursdays. All meetings are held via Microsoft Teams unless otherwise indicated.
View the 2023 Meeting Schedule

Active Projects:

**Removing Roadblocks for Hands-on Cybersecurity Experiences in K12** - Developing a resource that highlights the advantages and addresses stakeholders’ concerns will help remove the roadblocks that keep schools from supporting hands-on cybersecurity curriculum and competitions. View the full project charter here.
	**Career Technical Education (CTE) Programs and Programs of Study (POS)** - Curation of known CTE programs and educational resources and development of Toolkit of how to develop a successful CTE Cybersecurity Program. View the full project charter here.
	**K12 Educational Materials: Content Review and Repository Recommendations** - Collection and review of K12 educational materials that can be used to inspire cybersecurity career awareness with students in elementary school, stimulate cybersecurity career exploration in middle school, and enable cybersecurity career preparedness in high school. View the full project charter here.
	**K12 Cybersecurity Educational Instructional Professional Development (PD) Series**-****Determining the professional development needs of K-12 educators in delivering K-12 cybersecurity content and outlining best practices for delivering cybersecurity instruction in the K-12 setting that have proven effective in similar disciplines. View the full project charter here.Accomplishments:

      Development of the K12 Cybersecurity Career Awareness for School Counselors and Administrators one pager
	Development of the Cybersecurity Career Awareness Key Talking Points flier
	Development of the Why Consider a Career in Cybersecurity Key Talking Points flier
	NICE Strategic Plan review
	Development of the K12 Implementation Plan (2016-2020)
	Development of Synergy between Cybersecurity and Computer Science one pager
	Review and recommendations on cybersecurity concepts in the Computing Science Framework
	Review and recommendations on cybersecurity concepts in the Computer Science Teacher’s Association (CSTA) Standards refresh
	Development of K12 Cybersecurity Competitions one pager
	Review and input to the Joint Task Force on Cybersecurity Education Cybersecurity Curricula 2017 (CSEC v.5)
	Curation of known K12 educational resources for at-home use
	Development of Career and Technical Education Report outline
	Development of the K12 Cybersecurity Education Roadmap
	Development of the Tips for exploring cybersecurity in your local community flier
	How to Engage in Cybersecurity Career Awareness Week panel.Active Programs:

National Cybersecurity Career Awareness Week for K12 audience
	K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference planning
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