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Transform Learning Process Working Group
Focus:
This Working Group will focus on the NICE Strategic Plan goal to Transform Learning to Build and Sustain a Diverse and Skilled Workforce. The group will conduct an ongoing environmental scan of programs, projects, and initiatives related to this strategic plan’s goals and objectives to assess the scope and sufficiency of efforts. The group will also identify gaps where more attention and effort is needed. The group will identify strategies and tactics to implement the corresponding objectives to this goal. The group will also develop corresponding metrics to measure progress and success. Transform Learning Process Working Group charter is available here.
This group will focus on the following NICE Strategic Plan goal and objectives:
Goal: Transform Learning to Build and Sustain a Diverse and Skilled Workforce
Objectives:
- Foster proven learning methods and experiences shown to effectively build and sustain a diverse, inclusive, and skilled cybersecurity workforce
- Advocate for multidisciplinary approaches that integrate cybersecurity across varied curricula and support diverse learners from a variety of backgrounds and experiences
- Improve the quality and availability of credentials (e.g., diplomas, degrees, certificates, certifications, badges) that validate competencies
- Facilitate increased use of performance-based assessments to measure competencies and the capability to perform NICE Framework tasks
- Encourage the use of Learning and Employment Records to document and communicate skills between learners, employers, and education and training providers
- Champion the development and recognition of teachers, faculty, and instructors as part of the in-demand workforce
Co-Chairs
Tara Wisniewski
Executive Vice President, Advocacy, Global Markets
and Member Engagement
(ISC)²
Mike Morris
Associate Dean & Senior Director
ASCSIA, BSCSIA and MSCSIA Programs
Western Governors University - College of IT
NICE Program Office staff liaison: Rodney Petersen, NICE Director
Projects
Project Teams will execute upon items contained in the Implementation Plan for the NICE Strategic Plan. Project Teams are expected to have a 6 month duration.
Active Project Teams | |
| Learning and Employment Records Project Team | This project team will seek to implement Objective 2.5 to "encourage the use of Learning and Employment Records to document and communicate skills between learners, employers, and education and training providers". Project Leads: Dr. DonnaSchaeffer, Marvin Marin, Adrian Shaw, Mesay Degefu, Janet Ahn, Andrew Spragg, Amber Williamson |
Completed Projects | |
Cybersecurity Educators Workforce Gap Project Team 
Credit:
NICE
| This project team sought to implement Objective 2.6 to "champion the development and recognition of teachers, faculty, and instructors as part of the in-demand workforce". Project Leads: Mike Morris, Jason Hammon |
Use of Performance-Based Assessments to Measure Cybersecurity Competencies Project Team 
Credit:
NICE
| This project team sought to implement Objective 2.4 to “facilitate increased use of performance-based assessments to measure competencies and the capability to perform NICE Framework tasks”. Project Leads: Mike Morris and Richard Spires |
NICE Diversity and Inclusion Resources Project Team
Credit:
Shutterstock
Credit:
NICE
Credit:
NICE
| This project team will sought to implement objective 2.1 to "foster proven learning methods and experiences shown to effectively build and sustain a diverse, inclusive, and skilled cybersecurity workforce”. Project Lead: Nancy Austin
Two values from the NICE Strategic Plan are: Model Inclusion, advocating and enabling engagement of stakeholders from diverse backgrounds and with varying viewpoints and Share and Leverage Resources to support community-developed approaches and solutions. The list on this webpage aims to support these values by documenting activities that focus on providing opportunities and resources to underrepresented groups. Sub-project Lead: Susana Barraza
Sub-project Lead: Jasmine Jackson
Sub-project Lead: Andrea Wingo |
| Improve the Quality and Availability of Cybersecurity Credentials Project Team | This project team was formed to implement Objective 2.3 to “improve the quality and availability of credentials (e.g., diplomas, degrees, certificates, certifications, badges) that validate competencies.” Project Leads: Nancy Austin and Jeremy Rabson |
Incorporating Cybersecurity Into A Public Service Education Project Team
Credit:
NICE
Credit:
NICE
| This project team was formed to implement Objective 2.2 to “advocate for multidisciplinary approaches that integrate cybersecurity across varied curricula that support diverse learners from a variety of backgrounds and experiences.” Project Leads: Andrew Artz, Jenee Saunders, and Randy Trzeciak
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Become a member
Members of this Working Group 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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Contacts
FOR GENERAL INFORMATION
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NICE Program Office(301) 975-5048100 Bureau Dr.
Gaithersburg, MD 20899