K12 Cybersecurity Education Community of Interest

Co-Chairs:

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

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Kristi Rice
Teacher
Spotsylvania High School

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Willie Henderson
Cybersecurity Outreach Specialist
CYBER.org

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Jake Goodwin
Junior Student
Spotsylvania High School

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

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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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meeting information

This group meets the second week of every month at 3:30pm ET on Thursdays. All meetings are held via Microsoft Teams unless otherwise indicated. 

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Active Projects: 

• 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 Project-  Determining the professional development needs of K-12 educators in delivering K-12 cybersecurity content and integrating cybersecurity concepts and cybersecurity career-related topics into instruction.  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. 
• Opening Doors for Hands-on Cybersecurity Experiences in K12 handout

Active Programs:

• Cybersecurity Career Week for K12 audience
• K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference planning
• K12 Educational Resources 
• Professional Learning Webinar Series