I'm Eli Cochran, I teach cybersecurity at the Delaware Area Career Center, and I'm in my second year teaching. And sometimes the occasional computer programming class. I teach IT Fundamentals and Cyber 1 and Cyber 2 classes. And before that, I was a stay-at-home mom. And I've been teaching for about six years.

I teach cybersecurity classes at James Clemens High School. Hi, I'm Lee Ann Pessoney and I am from Madison, Alabama. I come in from the Department of Defense industry for about 15 years. I teach at Central Gwinnett High School in Gwinnett County in Georgia. Maybe a little bit about your background because I know you all come from a little bit different backgrounds.

Tell us where you're at, where you've been teaching, and how long you've been doing it. We're going to go ladies first, we'll go April, Lee Ann, Eli, and then Jay just introduce yourself. Full Transcription*:Īlright, let's get started. You'll find the answers in our article Follow Up Questions from the Teachers Lounge: Ideas for Building a Cybersecurity Program.

TestOut's Travis Wilde teamed up with instructors: April Pelfrey (Georgia), Eli Cochran (Ohio), Lee Ann Pessoney (Alabama), and Jay Mathis (Virginia) to share how they built and grew their Cybersecurity Programs.Īfter our Teachers Lounge we had some customers reach out to our guest instructors with additional questions. In this Teachers Lounge we discuss building a Cybersecurity Program at your high school to get your students ready for future careers. Cybersecurity is a high-demand, high-wage area in desperate need of more qualified students. If your business is connected to the internet and you collect data, you are in need of a qualified person to protect your infrastructure and data. The National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education estimates over 300,000 jobs are currently unfulfilled in the United States, and an estimated 3.5 million jobs available globally as the world becomes more connected. Industry demands for cybersecurity professionals continue to expand at an accelerated pace.

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