Certiport: Success Stories Partnering with Microsoft to train educators through national initiatives, Bellevue Community College extends its reach far beyond the local boundaries where its Microsoft Office Specialists contribute to business success.
Because of industry partnerships with Certiport, Inc., and others, BCC offers training to educators at a drastically reduced rate. Why? According to Ms. Majury, "Keeping educators' knowledge and skill levels in line with industry standards is increasingly important in areas that demand workers with current IT skills. More and more, these skills will be crucial to high school students' success after graduation." She adds, "We are now launching a national Microsoft Office Specialist program through the Microsoft IT Academy, which will broaden the market saturation of certification training for high school business teachers and other interested educators." (click here for complete article from Certiport)
Microsoft Press/McGraw Hill Faculty Seminar: Coming to a city near you!
Microsoft Press and McGraw Hill will be sponsoring a day even geared for faculty
members of community colleges. This seminar will focus on:
New Microsoft Server 2003 product features
new certifications programs and their associated MCP exams
how to design Windows Server 2003 curriculum
how to set up Windows Server 2003 labs at your institutions
For more information consult the Microsoft Press website at
http://www.microsoft.com/mspress/education
This year's Washington State Working Connections Faculty Development Institute advisory board is up and running. Chaired by Marc Lentini, Highline Community College, this year the board took the online survey concept, fostered by Henry Ford Community College, and created its own online survey. Washington State IT faculty and adminstrators can complete the survey at http://flightline.highline.edu/wc/. Henry Ford Community College was one of the national community colleges that joined eight others at the December 2002 National Working Connections IT Faculty Development Training Conference held at the NWCET.
The Microsoft IT Academy Regional Center Program held its annual strategic planning meeting December 7&8, 2002 at the NWCET. The team discussed successes of this pilot year and mapped out strategies to improve instructor led training for the 2003 Microsoft IT Academy program year. The group was fortunate to experience presentations from the Microsoft Training and Certification group on the newest .NET strategies for MOC courseware and exams, e-Learning, and updates on the newest MCAD and MCSD certifications featuring .NET.
Bill Setten of Microsoft Press joins the Microsoft IT Academy Regional Center team at their annual dinner in Bellevue, WA.