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Alaska
Regional/Local Support Structure
Welcome to the
Become an Academy page. Below you will find links that describe the
support structure of the AVTEC Regional/Local Cisco Networking Academy
Program, the requirements to become a
Local Academy, and the associated
training and support costs.
AVTEC Regional Support
Instructor Training & Support Costs
Training & Cost Examples:
+ Example 1:
IT
Essentials
+ Example 2:
CCNA1 and
CCNA2
+ Example 3:
CCNA1 - 4 and IT Essentials
Remote Teaching Options
Additional Implementation Costs to Consider
AVTEC Regional
Support
The
Cisco Networking Academy Management System is hierarchical in
design. This structure is intended to ensure adequate support
for all academies in the system. Regional academies in the CNAMS
system are required to provide a number of services, and have
certain obligations that must be fulfilled. AVTEC is the
Regional
Academy for the
Networking
Academy program in
Alaska. Local academies enter into contractual
agreements with the AVTEC, and AVTEC, in turn, must sign an
agreement with Cisco. All these agreements are to ensure that
the Cisco Networking Academies maintain high standards and
deliver the highest quality educational experience possible to
students.
Following
is a partial list of requirements for Regional Academies:
- Receive
approved training in the specific curriculum courses being
offered.
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Market the
program
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Provide direct educational and technical support to Local
Academies, including
delivery instructor preparation training.
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Provide
on-site support upon request.
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Provide
opportunities for local academy instructors to fulfill their
obligation for 4 hours of professional development annually.
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Bill local
academies for training and support on a cost-recovery basis.
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Instructor
Training & Support Costs
The
following are the estimated costs to fulfill the
Local
Academy requirements.
Cost per day
of regional academy training: $150
Room and board
cost per day (3 meals per day and dorm room) included in above
cost.
Basic annual
participation cost, including professional development and
retooling workshops: $500
Annual
curriculum support cost: $100 per course offered.
An
orientation course is required for instructors new to the
Networking
Academy system.
This may be completed online prior to attending the classes at
AVTEC.
The number
of days training required for each academy course is as follows:
-
IT
Fundamentals, 5 days
- CCNA1
Discovery: Networking for Home and Small Businesses, 5 days
- CCNA2
Discovery: Working at a Small to Medium Business or ISP, 5 days
- CCNA3
Discovery: Introducing Routing and Switching in the
Enterprise, 5 days
- CCNA4
Discovery: Designing and Supporting Computer Networks,
5 days
- CCNA1
Exploration: Network Fundamentals, 5 days
- CCNA2
Exploration: Routing Protocols and Concepts, 5 days
- CCNA3
Exploration: LAN Switching and Wireless, 5 days
- CCNA4
Exploration: Accessing the WAN, 5 days
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Training &
Cost Examples
The following
are examples of training and associated costs:
Example 1
A school wishes to prepare a new instructor to
offer the IT Essentials course next school year.
Costs would be:
IT Essentials Instructor Course:
$750
Annual participation and
support: $600
First year total cost: $1,350
Example
2
A school wishes to train an instructor for the
Cisco CCNA1 and CCNA2. Costs would be:
CCNA 1 Instructor Course: $750
CCNA 2 Instructor Course: $750
Annual participation and
support: $700
First year total cost: $2,200
Example
3
A school has
completed its instructor training and is
offering CCNA 1 – 4 and IT Essentials. Costs
would be:
Annual
participation and support $1,000
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Remote Teaching
Options
Remote teaching
options are currently
being rolled out, and will be incorporated in our instructors’ courses as
soon as they are available. This should reduce training costs for some
schools by reducing the travel and housing costs for many instructors.
Contact AVTEC for current options.
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Additional
Implementation Costs to Consider
Additional implementation costs that should be budgeted include:
- Appropriate
equipment for offering the curriculum.
- A web server
to offer academy multimedia curriculum over local area network.
The regional academy can help the school set up a protected
server.
For more information regarding the
Cisco
Networking
Academy Program
Contact
Mark Ganser at
mark.ganser@avtec.edu
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