Cisco Academy - Program Opportunities, Benefits, Requirements, and Overview
The Cisco Academy offers students an opportunity to gain industry recognized knowledge, skills and certification related to computer hardware, software, and networking, before graduating high school.
Academy students are eligible for college credit as well as job opportunities.
The Cisco Academy offers students opportunities to learn about, play with, and experience computer and network technologies. If you like to explore and discover technologies that excite the world, become a student of the Cisco Academy today. Stop by room 308, the Cisco Academy lab.
Enduring Understandings - Opportunity
Certification provides proof of a high level of knowledge and skill, and are attainable by Cisco Academy students.
As an objective of each of the courses in the Cisco Academy @ Northwest High School, students are expected to pursue industry certification. The following certification opportunities are a benefit to joining the Cisco Academy.
CompTIA A+® Certification - Microcomputer Technologies (5611/5612)
CompTIA A+ certification validates the latest skills needed by today's computer support professionals. It is an international, vendor-neutral certification recognized by major hardware and software vendors, distributors and resellers. CompTIA A+ certification confirms a technician's ability to perform tasks such as installation, configuration, diagnosing, preventive maintenance and basic networking. The exams also cover domains such as security, safety and environmental issues and communication and professionalism.
CCENT Certification - Network Engineering and LAN Management (5615/5616)
Cisco Certified Entry Networking Technician (CCENT™) validates the ability to install, operate and troubleshoot a small enterprise branch network, including basic network security. With a CCENT, network professional demonstrates the skills required for entry-level network support positions - the starting point for many successful careers in networking. The curriculum covers networking fundamentals, WAN technologies, basic security and wireless concepts, routing and switching fundamentals, and configuring simple networks. CCENT is the first step toward achieving CCNA, which covers medium size enterprise branch networks with more complex connections.
CCNA Certification
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA®) validates the ability to install, configure, operate, and troubleshoot medium-size route and switched networks, including implementation and verification of connections to remote sites in a WAN. CCNA curriculum includes basic mitigation of security threats, introduction to wireless networking concepts and terminology, and performance-based skills. This new curriculum also includes (but is not limited to) the use of these protocols: IP, Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), Serial Line Interface Protocol Frame Relay, Routing Information Protocol Version 2 (RIPv2),VLANs, Ethernet, access control lists (ACLs).
2009–2010 Requirements for Program Completion
Cisco Academy - Program Overview
Cisco Networking Academy helps students develop valuable information and communication technology knowledge and skills to increase access to opportunities for career advancement, education, and economic participation in communities around the world.
The Cisco Networking Academy is an innovative education initiative that delivers information and communication technology (ICT) skills via the Internet, using interactive tools, and lab activities to prepare individuals for ICT and networking careers in virtually every type of industry.
Students learn basic technical and problem-solving skills needed to diagnose and repair computers and local area network (LAN's). Basic computer and LAN design and architecture, board level programming and repair, hardware and software problem diagnosis and repair, and LAN installation and troubleshooting are study topics.
Students completing Microcomputer Technologies will be qualified to take the A+ industry certification exam. Upon completion of Networking Engineering and Management, students will be qualified to take the CCENT and CCNA certification exam.
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