K12 Cybersecurity Education Community of Interest

Co-Chairs: 

Laurin Buchanan, CISSP
Principal Investigator
Secure Decisions, a division of Applied Visions, Inc. 

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

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

become a member

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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get engaged

Share your questions, opportunities, and leading practices with the community! If you have ideas or just want to get to know others interested in K12 cybersecurity education, this is the place for you. 

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meeting information

This group meets the second week of every month at 3:30pm ET on alternating Wednesdays and Thursdays. Members will receive a calendar invite one week prior to the meeting date. All meetings are held via BlueJeans unless otherwise indicated. 

View the 2021 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

Active Programs:

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