General - Cisco Networking Academy Program

> Are you proficient in 3.0 & 3.1 CCNA

CCNP V3 Proficiency Deadlines:

The deadline for demonstrating proficiency in CCNP 3.0 curriculum is December 31, 2005.
If you have not demonstrated proficiency by this deadline, you will no longer be able to create CCNP classes in Academy Connection.

Demonstrating Proficiency for the new CCNP curriculum signifies that an instructor has shown that he/she has the technical knowledge and skills covered in the new CCNP curriculum content. It does not imply that instructors need any additional training. Instructors only need to exhibit their knowledge by either holding current certifications or by passing the Bridge online final exam and skills-based exam for each course that they plan to teach.

For more detailed information, go to Opportunities for Demonstrating Proficiency - CCNP

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For English versions 3.0 and 3.1 of CCNA:

Instructors, who haven�t proven proficiency in the CCNA v3.x content, began receiving Email September 1, 2004. At that time, instructors may have begun to contact their support academy to either sign up for training or put together a plan.
Support academies are working with individual instructors to track and plan their proficiency using the online quality tool and the tracking spreadsheet (if necessary). CATCs can receive this information from their Regionals to stay up to date.
December 31, 2004 was the deadline to either prove proficiency by completing Bridge classes OR to have a plan in place via the online Quality tool, with a plan to complete the requirements by July 30, 2005. If the plan is not completed by July 30, 2005, the instructor�s access to the Academy Connection system will be suspended.
CATC and Regional academies are managing the online plan for academies in their tree. CATCs can contact their AAM or TM for guidance.
If you don�t plan to teach the curriculum in the future. There is a option that allows the system to quickly remove an instructor�s access to the system.� This will eliminate the reminder email and will not require the support academy to monitor a plan for the instructor. If this applies to you contact your support academy.

For all other languages of CCNA 3.1 curriculum:

No formal announcement has been made concerning all other language version of the Bridge courses. The process will be similar to English curriculum.

All translated curricula will have bridge courses available by mid February. There won�t be a bridge course for Arabic or Polish since we didn�t have a CCNA v2.x for these languages.

November 30, 2005 is the deadline to either prove proficiency by completing Bridge classes OR to have a plan in place via the online Quality tool, with a plan to complete the requirements by February 28, 2006.

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Instructor benefits when you are a CCAI

If you are a CCAI instructor you will soon be eligible for a range of benefits through academy Connection and the Alumni site. CCAI Instructors will now receive a lapel pin to signify their hard won status. CCAI guidance is given in the HELP pages of Academy Connection. Just search on "CCAI".

In summary the Cisco Certified Academy Instructor (CCAI) status denotes the Instructors proficiency in delivering the instruction required to support the diverse needs of a Cisco Networking Academy classroom. The requirements to receive CCAI certification are as follows:

Successfully complete the Academy Orientation Course including the online assessment and teachback.
Successfully complete all courses of training within a given curriculum of (including final exams and skills exams) as evidenced by the Course Completion and Certification page in the Academy Connection site.
Successfully teach at least one course of the given curriculum including the use of online exams as verified through the Academy Connection site.
Obtain the appropriate industry certification exam

To request your CCAI Certification, please follow these steps:

You may also request your CCAI-CCNA certificate via the Online Support tool, phone, fax, and instant messenger.� To expedite your request, please provide your certification number and the date your certification was granted.

An Instructor must also send a copy of their CCNA certificate received from Cisco Worldwide Training OR a copy of the score report received from the testing centre at the time of exam completion to verify a passing exam score. A copy of one of these documents can be faxed to the Support Desk at +1 480 5450224 or a scanned copy via a .gif or .jpg file can be sent through the Online Support tool. Please include the following information in your request:


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