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Cisco Networking Academy: Educating the Architects of the Networked Economy

Studies worldwide show a gap between the IT jobs available and qualified candidates to fill them. Cisco Networking Academy educates the architects of the networked world, enabling students to pursue higher education in engineering, computer science, and related fields.


This page will help you learn more about the implementation of the Networking Academy in the United States and how we are addressing the need for a skilled IT workforce.

Newly Updated

Project 51: Cisco Networking Academy in the United States


Read the recently compiled comprehensive report, Project 51, which takes an in-depth look at the impact and implementation of Cisco Networking Academy across all 50 states and the District of Columbia.


In this document, you will find:

  • State profiles detailing the implementation of the Cisco Networking Academy
  • National and state employment trends
  • Student and graduate profile
  • Actively teaching Academies listed by state
  • Promoting IT Careers strategies data sheet

Select the appropriate link below to review the impact of Cisco Networking Academy in your state.

              
Meet the Networking Academy students and graduates featured in Project 51

Featured Student/Graduate Success

Learn about additional Cisco Networking Academy successes, including one from your state, by downloading the Project 51 zip files.


Indiana Student Doesn’t Let Visual Impairment Stand in His Way

According to Joe Miller, a Cisco Networking Academy student from Fort Wayne, Indiana, living with a visual disability can be hard, especially if you are pursuing a career in the information technology (IT) field. “Throughout my life, people have thought of me as being less capable of doing certain things. This misunderstanding has caused me problems with getting jobs. One potential employer even thought I couldn’t use a computer.” Although Joe has faced many challenges, he says he has never let any of them stop him from pursuing the things that he wanted to do.


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Additional Resources

          

Brochures and Data Sheets

NEW Networking Academy overview
(PDF – 2,356 KB)

NEW Student brochure
(PDF – 11,598 KB) *Please allow a few minutes for downloading.

 

Cisco Networking Academy tri-fold
(PDF – 11,908) *Please allow a few minutes for downloading.

 

How to Become an Academy
(PDF – 510 KB)

 

News@Cisco – Cisco Networking Academy at 10 (PDF – 482 KB)

 

Promoting IT Careers strategies
(PDF – 501 KB)

 

 

Curricula

NEW Curriculum Tools page

 

 

 

Curriculum Alignment Database

This database was created to map U.S. state academic standards in math, science, and language arts to learning objectives in the CCNA 1-4 courses.

 

 

 

Links and Articles

Did You Know video


 

 

 

Mind Wide Open Videos

NEW Welcome to Networking Academy
(3 min 54 sec)


Invest to Educate (3 min 36 sec)

Teach and Inspire (3 min 24 sec)

Architects of Tomorrow (4 min 28 sec)


Mind Wide Open Teaser (1 min 41 sec)

 

 

 

 

 

Newsletter

  

Department of Education Newsletter

March 2008

November 2007

May 2007

December 2006

September 2006

   

General U.S. Newsletter

March 2008

December 2007

October 2007

April 2007

 

 

U.S. Tenth Anniversary Salute

Alumni and instructors from all 50 states and the District of Columbia as well as government and education leaders participated in the October 2007 event to celebrate the Networking Academy’s first decade.
Visit the microsite to

  • Learn about the instructor and student delegates from your state
  • Download keynote presentations and the Mind Wide Optten song
  • Browse the digital time capsules
  • Review press coverage, articles, videos, and podcasts related to the two-day event.

 

 

Websites

  • Academy Connection is the online tool that supports the Networking Academy.
  • Visit Academy NetSpace Web portal to connect with the worldwide Academy community and share programmatic milestones and individual profiles.
  • Through our Promoting IT Careers initiative, the Networking Academy engages students early in their classroom experience by providing information about careers in IT and networking.

 

 


Contact the Area Academy Manager for Your Territory

Your Cisco Area Academy Manager (AAM) will gladly share more information about the Cisco Networking Academy implementation in your territory.


 Download the U.S. Area Academy Manager map (PDF – 240 KB)


Name E-mail address Phone Number Territory

John Bjerke

johbjerk@cisco.com

530 757-2976

Western Territory:
AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, NM, OR, UT, WA, WY

Carroll McGillin

cmcgilli@cisco.com

410 309-5540

National Initiatives, Military, D.C. Metro:
District of Columbia, MD, VA

Judy Roberts

jurobert@cisco.com

410 309-4818

Accredited Career Colleges

Clydene Stangvik

cstangvi@cisco.com

952 967-8361

Central and Mountain Territory:
AR, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OK, SD, WI

Susan Weatherly

sweather@cisco.com

678 352-2990

Southern Territory:
AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, TX

Marie Zwickert

mzwicker@cisco.com

410 309-4844

Northeast and Ohio Valley Territory:
CT, DE, ME, MA, NJ, NH, NY, OH, PA, RI, VT, WV

 

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