The mission of the Cyber Innovation Center's Academic Outreach Program is to build a sustainable knowledge-based workforce that can support the needs of government, industry and academia.
Objectives of the CIC’s Academic Outreach Program:
· Emphasize Professional Development for K-12 Teachers
· Take Formal & Informal Approaches
· Incorporate Traditional and Non-Traditional Methods
· Focus on the students across primary (K-8), secondary (9-12) and post-secondary levels.
· Incorporate & Instill 21st Century Skills
· Build Upon Existing STEM related initiatives
The CIC’s Academic Outreach Program is a comprehensive solution that fosters systemic change throughout education. The program not only leverages previously funded, proven, and accepted education models (NSF ATE, NSF TECH STEP, Cyber Discovery and NASA Threads) but it also empowers teachers. Teachers are a valuable resource and critical component in the development of future innovators, researchers, and technicians. In order to support our educators, the CIC offers extensive professional development opportunities in all its education initiatives while forming a diverse network of educators and administrators who support and mentor one another.
Please click on the links to the right to learn about the CIC's cyber camps, upcoming competitions, workforce development initiatives, and examples of other designed, piloted, and implemented initiatives.