Fran Weaver

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IT Certification SolutionsPreparing Students for
Jobsin the 21st Century

• Fran Weaver
• Course Technology
• fran.weaver_at_course.com

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Agenda

• Why Certification?
• Key Benefits of Certification
• Who Are the Players?
• What Are the Certifications?
• The Facts Salary Statistics
• How Can We Help You?

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Why? The Benefits

• Proof of skills
• In demand by employers
• Increased enrollments in training programs
• High placement rates and salaries students WILL
  get jobs!
• Many employers pay for certification training

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Impact of Certification

• Standard benchmark for assessing skills
• Lowers employer training costs
• Higher efficiency and productivity
• 78 of companies experienced more productivity
  from their certified employees and 92 realized
  financial benefits by having certificate holders
  on staff
• survey by Intl. Data Corp.

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The Need

• There are more than 1.6 million new IT jobs this
  year in the US
• An estimated half of those jobs will be unfilled
  just because there arent enough IT professionals
  in the workforce
• Information Technology Assn. of America study
  Bridging the Gap Information Technology
  Skillsfor a New Millennium August 2000

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The Need

• There has never been a better time to be in IS
  unless youre a manager looking to fill a job.
• PC Week, 5/27/96

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Top 5 Reasons to Get Certified

• Get a raise
• 56 report pay increases upon certification
• Get your foot in the door
• Increase skills and knowledge
• Enhances on-the-job effectiveness
• Gain respect
• Land the choice assignments

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Who Are The Players?

• 80 certification programs now test competency
  from databases to hardware
• Microsoft
• Novell
• Cisco Systems
• CompTIA
• Oracle
• Chauncey/NWCET
• Linux Professional Institute
• Sair/GNU

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What Are The Certifications?

• Microsoft Office UserSpecialist Program

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MOUS Certification

• Performance-based testing program designed to
  validate front office desktop computers skills
• Measures proficiency and efficiency in Office
  2000 and 97 applications
• Over 150 million registered MS Office users
  worldwide
• 190,000 MOUS exams administered since 1998
• Administering 16,000 tests per month
• New exams Project 2000, Outlook 2000
• AI (Authorized Instructor) Certification
• As of October 2000 1,000 worldwide

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MOUSCertification Levels
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CompaniesEndorsing MOUS

• Bell South
• Boeing - McDonnel Douglas - Rockwell
• Canon USA / Imaging
• City National Bank
• Crowe, Chizek Accounting
• Dial Corporation
• EDS
• Federal Reserve Bank ATL
• Federal Reserve Bank MN
• Fluor
• FileNet
• Fort Worth Star-Telegram
• Gateway Computers
• Getty Museum
• HP

• Hughes
• Harley Davidson
• Ingram - Micro
• Kimberly Clark
• Microsoft
• Northrup Grumman
• Pacific Northwest Labs (Dept of Energy)
• State Farm Insurance
• SAIC
• Southern California Edison
• Southwest Airlines
• States MO, PA, MD, IL, UT, WV, WA
• Toshiba
• Toyota
• TRW

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SchoolsEndorsing MOUS

• Pepperdine MBA program
• Bellevue CC
• Central Wyoming College
• Cuyahoga CC
• Delaware Tech CC
• Frederick CC
• Hudson Valley CC
• Illinois Central College
• Joliet Junior College
• Loyalist College
• Miami - Jacobs College
• Muskegon CC
• Patrick Henry CC
• Portland CC
• Santa Barbara City College
• Vatterott College

• Bucknell University
• Liberty University
• Marshall University
• Penn State University
• Sam Houston State University
• Shenandoah University
• University of Alaska
• University of Montana
• University of North Dakota
• University of the Pacific
• University of Virginia
• Villanovah University
• Vincennes University
• Western Washington University
• 300 OTHERS

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What are the Certifications?
An industry-recognized standard for measuring a
computer professional's ability to design,
develop, implement, and support solutions with
Microsoft products
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Windows 2000 MCSE

• NT 4.0 exams retired 2/28,01, valid through 12/01
• More than 266,000 IT professionals have been
  trained on Win 2K
• Accelerated Upgrade Exam (70-240)
• Available to NT 4 MCP/MCSEs only
• 1 testing opportunity, no cost (avail through
  12/31/01)
• Exam questions now 60-70 simulation, 45
  troubleshooting
• 5 core and 2 elective exams
• Heavy focus on design and analysis

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Become a Microsoft AATP

• Authorized Academic Training Provider (AATP)
• Provides training and resources to students in an
  academic environment who may not have access to
  affordable training
• Partnership with Microsoft
• Positions your school as a progressive IT
  facility
• No fee for program participation
• 100-user MS product license (subject of course)
• Discounts on exams for students and faculty

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What Are The Certifications?

• Certified NetWare Administrator
• 2 Exams
• Certified NetWare Engineer
• 2 Exams, hands-on lab component
• NEW Certified Directory Engineer

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Cisco CCNA / CCNPCertification
What Are The Certifications?
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Cisco Academy Network

• Fastest growing area of certification
• Teaches hardware and communication of networks
• Taught mainly in high schools, technical schools
  and colleges
• CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate)
• 280-hour e-learning environment
• 1 exam
• Curriculum correlated to national math and
  science standards
• CCNP (Cisco Certified Network Professional)
• Premium certification equivalent to an MCSE
• Must be CCNA, pass 4 exams

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Cisco Academy Network

• Regional Academies
• Responsible for up to 10 local Academies
• Provides training, maintenance and support
• Local Academies
• Articulation agreements or dual enrollment
  provide feeder programs into two-year networking
  degree programs

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More About Cisco

• Program began October 1997
• Statistics as of 3/30/01
• Currently 6,570 Academies worldwide
• 5,498 Local
• 243 Regional
• 790 Local/Regional
• 50 States DC, 121 Countries
• 198,884 students enrolled

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What Are The Certifications?

• Computer Technology Industry Association is a
  not-for-profit trade organization with over
  10,000 companies and professional IT members
  educators and industry executives who developed
  vendor neutral IT certifications.

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• Industry standard credential for PC service and
  support technicians
• 40 increase in A certifications in 2000
• As of 12/00 269,990 certified technicians
• CompTIA certifications do not expire
• New exam live 1/31/01
• Testing of previous exams (1998 objectives)
  available through 3/30/01

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• New exam eliminates Win 3.1, customer service
  skills
• New exam includes Win 95 98, NT 4 Win 2000
• A Core Hardware
• Printers, basic networking, installation,
  configuration and upgrading, diagnosis and
  troubleshooting, preventive maintenance,
  motherboard and memory
• A OS Technologies
• OS fundamentals, installation, configuration and
  upgrading, diagnosis and troubleshooting,
  networks and memory management

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• Vendor neutral networking hardware and
  architecture certification
• Curriculum starts at ground zero
• Foundation for MCSE or other networking
  certifications
• Can be incorporated into any computer support
  program
• Novell accepts Net towards CNA certification
• Cisco curriculum prepares students for Net
• Anticipated growth due to Microsoft dropping Net
  Essentials exam
• Currently 29,827 certified professionals (3/01)

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• Vendor-neutral, entry-level Internet
  certification program
• Baseline technical knowledge of Internet,
  Intranet and Extranet technologies
• Coverage includes Internet basics, Internet
  clients, development, networking, security, and
  Web site creation
• Recommended first step for AWP (Assn. for Web
  Professionals) certification
• Accepted by CIW as Foundation certification
• Recognized and accepted by the Association of
  Internet Professionals, Novell Education, IBM and
  Intel

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• Newest CompTIA certification
• Exams live 2/14/01
• Coverage includes
• Advanced PC hardware issues, such as RAID, SCSI,
  multiple CPUs, and more
• Currently nothing in the industry like this that
  is vendor neutral
• Supporting organizations 3Com, Adaptec, Compaq,
  HP, IBM, Intel
• Course Technology is a cornerstone member of the
  Server Advisory Committee

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What Are The Certifications?

• Associate Technology Specialist (ATS)
• Vendor-neutral certification from Chauncey Group,
  based on NWCET Skill Standards (NSF grant)
• Core Skills Exam
• Employability skills, problem solving, project
  management, applied math, basic writing,
  statistics
• 2 Exams in one of 8 career areas
• Database, Digital Media, Enterprise Systems,
  Network, Programming, Technical Support,
  Technical Writing, Web Development

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What are the Certifications?

• Certified Internet Web Master
• CIW Associate / Professional / Master
• Vendor-neutral industry-leading certification for
  Internet professionals created by ProSoft
• Only Internet certification endorsed by both
  Assn. of Internet Professionals (AIP) and Intl.
  Webmasters Assn. (IWA)
• Courses and exams are based on specific Internet
  job responsibilities

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• 3 tracks
• Designer (design, implement, and maintaining
  hypertext-based sites, create web content)
• Developer (create interactive Web pages using
  client- and server-side Web applications access
  relational database systems from Web
  applications)
• Administrator (configure, manage and deploy
  e-business solutions servers)
• Over 10,000 certified worldwide
• i-Net accepted as Foundations exam

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Oracle Internet Academy

• Partnership between Oracle Corporation and
  secondary schools
• Provides students with an introduction to the
  internet and web application development
• Four 90-hour courses
• Database Fundamentals, Database Programming, Java
  Programming, Java Database Applications
• Oracle provides professional development,
  software, course materials, and support
• As of 3/01, 60,000 OCPs (100 increase over last
  8 mos.)

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Salary Statistics
Certification and IT Professionals research study
conducted by Fairfield Research, Inc. 12/00
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Salary IncreasesFollowing Certification
Technical certification average 12 salary
increase
Certification and IT Professionals research study
conducted by Fairfield Research, Inc. 12/00
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Salary Statistics
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• How can wehelp you?

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Course Technology

• Courseware
• Assessment
• Exam prep materials
• (CoursePrep StudyGuide, CoursePrep ExamGuide)
• CompTIA cornerstone Advisory Committee member
• Partnership with The Chauncey Group
• Alliance with Thomson Prometric

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MicrosoftMOUS
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How Can We Help You?

• Full MOUS solution
• Comprehensive, authoritative textbooks approved
  by Microsoft
• Teaching Tools and Instructors Resources
• Live, in-the-application testing (SAM)
• Simulated practice tests (Skill Measure)
• Computer based training

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• Skills Assessment Manager

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MicrosoftWindows 2000 MCSE
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How Can We Help You?

• Full Windows 2000 solution
• Comprehensive, authoritative textbooks
• Teaching Tools and Instructors Resources
• CertPak CD ROM
• Test-Prep software, Simulations
• Prometric test discount coupon
• Lab Manuals
• CoursePrep Study Guides
• New! Open Lab Simulations (60 simulations w/100
  animated scenarios) available 5/30/01
• CBT options for REAL-LIFE simulations

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How Can We Help You?

• Novell Certified NetWare Admin (CNA)
• Hands-On Novell NetWare 5.0/5.1 with Projects
  Enhanced
• Guide to Novell NetWare 5.0/5.1 Enhanced Edition

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CompTIAA, Net, i-Net
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How Can We Help You?

• Total Solution Toolbox to A Certification
• A Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC
  Enhanced Comprehensive
• Complete Computer-Based Training for Managingand
  Maintaining Your PC
• A Lab Manual
• PC Troubleshooting Pocket Guide
• CoursePrep Study Guide, Exam Guide or Exam Cram
• Toolkit

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How Can We Help You?

• Network Guide to Networks
• Network Lab Manual
• CoursePrep StudyGuide and ExamGuide
• i-Net Guide to Internet Technologies
• i-Net Lab Manual
• CoursePrep StudyGuide and ExamGuide

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CiscoCCNA
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How Can We Help You?

• CCNA Guide to Cisco Networking Fundamentals, 2/e
• Pub date 6/15/01
• Lab Manual Pub date 6/15/01
• CCNA Guide to Cisco Routing, 2/e
• Pub date 6/30/01
• Lab Manual Pub date 6/30/01
• CCNA CoursePrep StudyGuide
• Pub date 6/15/01
• CCNP Guide to Building Scalable Cisco Networks
• Pub date 8/1/01

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CIWCertified Internet Webmaster
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How Can We Help You?

• Course Technology partnershipwith
  ProsoftTraining.com for CIW Certification
• Alliance to provide courseware for CIW Program
  from ProsoftTraining.com
• CT products first in the CIW approved content
  program
• Textbooks and training materials

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How Can We Help You?

• Linux Certified Administrator Level I
• A Guide to Linux Installation and Administration
• A Guide to Linux Networking and Security

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Internet Stats / Predictions

• Over 800,000 job openings for Internet
  specialists right now
• Predicting three million job openings for
  Internet specialists in the next six years
• Over 70 million students are getting an education
  on the Internet this year
• 7 out of 10 students on the Web say they're
  getting better grades
• By the time today's elementary school students
  graduate from high school, over a billion jobs
  will require Internet skills
• One day, training for every job on Earth will be
  available on the Internet.
  (4/01 Cisco Academy EduFacts
  Website)

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Opportunities for the Future
There are 58 openings in pro basketball. There
are 346,000in Information Technology. You do the
math.
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For More Info

• www.course.com/certification
• www.microsoft.com/aatp/
• www.mous.net
• www.certcities.com (now hosting officecert.com)
  www.comptia.org
• www.cisco.com/warp/public/779/edu
• www.chauncey.com/ATS
• www.ciwcertified.com
• http//academy.oracle.com/pls/i_academy/i_academy.
  home
• www.certmag.com