Transform Learning Process Working Group

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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

Dr. Donna Schaeffer
Professor
School of Technology and Innovation
Marymount University
 

NICE Program Office staff liaison: Rodney Petersen, NICE Director 

Project Teams

Active Project Teams:

Cybersecurity Educator’s Workforce Gap Project Team
Project Leads: Mike Morris, Jasmine Jackson, Jessie Bolton

This project team will seek to implement Objective 2.6 to "champion the development and recognition of teachers, faculty, and instructors as part of the in-demand workforce".

Use of Performance-Based Assessments to Measure Cybersecurity Competencies Project Team
Project Leads: Mike Morris and Richard Spires

This project team will seek to implement Objective 2.4 to “facilitate increased use of performance-based assessments to measure competencies and the capability to perform NICE Framework tasks”. 

Past Project Teams:

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.” View the project charter. 

Project Leads: Nancy Austin and Jeremy Rabson

Incorporating Cybersecurity Into A Public Service Education Project Team

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.” View the project charter.

Project Leads: Andrew Artz, Jenee Saunders, and Randy Trzeciak

Project Deliverables:

• NASPAA & NCAEC Introductions (Summer 2022)
• NICE Conference Update (Summer 2022)

NICE Diversity and Inclusion Resources Project Team
Project Lead: Nancy Austin

This project team was formed 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 Deliverables:

• Diversity, Equity, Inclusive, and Accessibility (DEIA) Cybersecurity Resources (June 2023)
• Adjunct Faculty Cyber Hires From Industry - with a DEIA Focus One-Pager (June 2023)
• Upskilling a Diverse 21st-Century Cybersecurity Workforce One-Pager (June 2023)