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Instantly Support Your Cyber Pathways

Cyber education is imperative in providing your students with secure and promising careers, reinforcing our nation's defense against its fastest growing threat; cyber attacks. Just in time, a tested and validated program to arm you with the training, curriculum and ongoing support to successfully implement and strengthen cyber education in your district.

  • Join the Live Externship

    Two Days of Training

    • 12 total hours of live instruction helping you understand the what, how and why of Cyber education to better motivate your students.

    • Network with fellow educators and Cyber industry professionals helping you be a part of a growing Cyber community.

    • Gain the knowledge, skills and tools to successfully deploy a Cyber curriculum in your classroom.

  • Lead Your Class With Ongoing Support

    Teacher PD

    • 15 hours of built in lesson support allowing you to confidently learn as you go.

    • Exclusive access to our Cyber Teacher Community to help build peer support and share advice.

    • Monthly meetings to discuss insights and best practices with your fellow Cyber teachers.

  • Implement Our Curated Curriculum

    Annual Content

    • Get access to our 200 hours of on-demand curriculum making it simple for you to launch next semester’s lessons.

    • On-demand curriculum onboarding and training providing you with a semester’s worth of proven material.

    • Deploy curriculum as a course, modules or individual lessons to fit within existing programs or launch new ones.

Externship Lead Instructor: Ben Crenshaw

Presidential Award Nominee - Cyber Teacher of the Year & Utah IT Teacher of the Year

Ben Crenshaw is a Cyber expert working at Oracle as a Senior Vulnerability Analyst. He also teaches Cyber in the Canyons School District where he navigates students through the current trends in information assurance, ethical hacking, and digital forensics. Ben holds over 20 industry certifications including Cisco, CompTia, and Ec-Council certificates and has a Masters Degree in Cyber and Information Assurance. He is also an active member of the Utah chapter of ISACA and CSTA and enjoys participating in IT Security conferences across the United States . . . including DefCon.

Support Through Community

Dedicated Support
On-going support based on setting meetings through your semester or course term.

Community Forum
Teachers can share challenges and best practices over our slack channel/google forum.

Group Discussions
Continued support with scheduled check-in meetings where teachers can learn about new insights and techniques while discussing experiences in group video conferences.

Daily Itinerary

Day 1 WHAT IS CYBER?

  • Introduction to Cyber Ethics

  • Identify the difference between threats, vulnerabilities, and attacks

  • Timeline of important Cyber events

  • Understand the CIA triad and why it’s important

WHY TEACH CYBER?

  • Realize the demand for skilled cyber professionals

  • Understand the career opportunities for all students and how to cast the net wider

  • Demystify and interpret the roles and job titles of industry professionals

HOW TO TEACH CYBER

  • Understand the value of cyber discovery programs

  • Effectively plan lessons and activities that motivate and inspire

  • Ensure students have a fundamental knowledge and skill base to succeed in further education and industry

Day 2 HOW TO TEACH CYBER CONTINUED

  • Implement our easy to use on-demand curriculum into your next semester's lesson

  • Live walk through on the modules, built in PBL’s and how this digital system provides teachers confidence in their daily lessons

  • Learn about what’s next and how our team will support you throughout the year and beyond

  • How to leverage your new network to support you and your student’s development in Cyber

  • Identify the latest trends at the axis point between industry and education in this ever-evolving field

Online Course Requirements:

  • Any compatible computer

  • Webcam and microphone

  • Stable internet connection

Your Tuition Includes:

  • 200 Hours of on-demand Digital Curriculum complete with learner materials for educators

  • 2 Day Professional Development Training Session with our Educator and Professional Community led by Ben Crenshaw

  • Annual Access to Range Force Cyber Range for One Instructor and up to 100 student annual licenses per teacher

  • Ongoing support and consultation for your teacher and team to build the curriculum into your pathway