Instructor Training Program Europe North 2022

Let’s kick off the year with the right ambition 😊: Join the free, remote Instructor Training again starting in March!

When inviting instructors for the second semester, it is important to make sure that everyone understands the aims and results of the training. Instructor training is different from student training:

• Instructor training is a preparation for a teacher to start teaching a specific Networking Academy course. The main part of the training consists of briefings, demonstrations, and didactic tips (20%). Self-study and personal work is required outside the online sessions (80%).
• At the end of the training, there is a formal part consisting of a final exam (conceptual) and a skills exam (practical). A participant who passes the exams will earn the accreditation to teach the course. For this second part, a proctor level instructor trainer will be involved.

Please follow both steps 1 and 2 for registering:

1. Register

Acquire your Instructor Accreditation for CCNA, CCNP, Networking Security, CyberOps Associate, DevNet Associate, Python or our newly featured course Cloud Security. After you have registered, make sure to make a reservation in your own calendar yourself.

Course overview:

2. Spread the news!

Do you know an instructor that could possibly teach IT via the NetAcad Program? Refer a new instructor and earn your NetAcad Ambassador badge now! Please share this invite with all your colleagues and peers in your network, at your own school or at any other educational institute. Or give them a call, telling them about the Networking Academy Program and the role they could have being an instructor. And keep in mind: there is a broad courses portfolio to offer: from networking, to security and programmability.

New instructors are welcome on any educational level, starting from secondary school, as the program offers courses on all levels, from introductory to advanced/University level.

The economy and society ask for more IT instructors to contribute to the needed IT workforce of the future. The digitization of your country goes fast: we hope we can count on you! Once the new instructor has been onboarded, you will earn your digital Cisco NetAcad Ambassador badge!

• All instructors can use the same link: Register for your Instructor Training here
• Please make sure that the new referred instructor sends me an email indicating name, contact details, educational institute.

In general:

The Instructor Training for Europe North is offered in close collaboration with independent Academy Support Centers and Instructor Training Centers (ASC- ITCs) in the BeNeLux, Nordic and Baltic countries. Feel free to contact your own ASC-ITC for further support as well. BiASC, the Belgium IT Academy Support Center, is our lead partner in this offering.

The Instructor Training Program offers:

• Instructor Training for CCNA 1 Introduction to Networks, CCNA 2 Routing & Switching, CCNA 3 Enterprise Network, Security & Automation, CCNP, Networking Security, CyberOps Associate, Cybersecurity Essentials, DevNet Associate, Python and Cloud Security.
• An ‘Intro to Networking Academy’ and ‘Intro to Packet Tracer’ for all teachers that are new or want to refresh their NetAcad knowledge. You can join both 1-hour courses.
• After obtaining your Accreditation you can start teaching the course right away from our NetAcad Learning Management System (LMS).
• Access to your local Instructor Training Center (ITC), their high-tech labs, and the best international trainers that will guide you through the Instructor Training.
• Remote training via the free Cisco WebEx Collaboration tools.

Information on all courses and the prerequisites for the Instructor Training can be found here

As we all have a shared mission to support the future IT-workforce of your country, we look forward to the impact you will make with your accredited knowledge by teaching the course to your students.

After registration we will follow-up with additional information on the Instructor Training Program. Expect this e-mail to come your way in the last week of February.

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to me (ribleeke@cisco.com), Zakaria Laaraj (zlaaraj@cisco.com) or to your local ITC like BiASC in Belgium (yvan.rooseleer@biasc.be).