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Q: What are the different types of academies and their responsibilities
in the Fundamentals of Voice and Data Cabling Academy Program?
A: There are three types of academies: Local Academies, Regional
Academies and Cisco Academy Training Centers (CATCs).
Local Academies teach the curriculum to students.
These are usually high schools/secondary schools and colleges, but
can also be other agencies with education programs.
Regional Academies are usually colleges, but may also be high
schools/secondary schools, education service centers and other
agencies with education programs. Regional Academy instructors
train and mentor Local Academy instructors in the operation
of the program and the teaching of the curriculum.
CATCs are Cisco-selected Regional Academies that train instructors
from other Regional Academies. CATC instructors get their training
directly from Cisco.
CATCs and Regional Academies can also be Local Academies if
they teach the curriculum to students.
Q: What is the general Cabling course description?
A: The course focuses on cabling issues related to data and
voice connections and provides an understanding of the industry
and its worldwide standards, types of media and cabling, physical
and logical networks, as well as signal transmission.
Q: How many hours of instruction does the online curriculum
include?
A: The curriculum consists of one 70-hour block of study. About
half of this time is spent using the instructor-facilitated
online multimedia material and the rest is spent on lab exercises.
Q: How is the online curriculum provided to the students?
A: The online portion of the curriculum resides on a Web server
at each Academy. Students access the curriculum from their workstations
over the classroom LAN. Students will also have access to view
the curriculum online during non-classroom time.
Q: Are there any prerequisites for enrolling students or for
instructors?
A: The curriculum assumes no prior knowledge of computers or
networks on the part of the students. An eighth grade reading,
writing and math proficiency is expected.
Local Academy instructors will find it helpful to have basic
computer literacy and an understanding of cabling and network
installation.
Regional Academy and CATC instructors should also possess not
only basic computer literacy, but an understanding of cabling
and network installation as well.
Q: What are students working towards?
A: The students are preparing themselves to enter the field of voice
and data cabling. Upon graduating from this course, they will receive
a Certificate of Completion stating that they have acquired a list of
competencies in the area of physical cabling.
Q: Is the Cabling curriculum available outside the United
States and any other languages?
A: The Cabling curriculum is available in selected international
locations and in English.
Q: What kinds of controls are there on course materials?
A: The curriculum is copyrighted. Access to the curriculum should
be provided only to students enrolled in Networking Academy
classes and the personnel within the institution offering the
program.
Q: What type of equipment is needed to teach the Cabling
course?
A: A Cabling equipment and consumable bundle is required to
teach the course. The equipment is for the hands-on portion
of the curriculum.
Q: How much will the equipment cost?
A: Panduit, the sole provider of the equipment needed to teach
the Cabling course is offering equipment discounts to the Cisco
Networking Academy Program.
Q: How are Academy instructors trained?
A: Local Academies are trained by Regional Academies, Regional
Academies are trained by CATCs and CATCs are trained by Cisco.
Q: Where is the training for Academy instructors held?
A: Training is typically conducted at Regional Academies and
CATC training sites.
Q: How long is the instructor training?
A: Instructor training is five days.
Q: What is the name of the certification that students earn
after completing the Cabling course?
A: This course will cover the learning objectives on the BICSI Installer, Level I exam. Also, students will receive a Certificate of Completion that states that the course is endorsed by the Communication Workers of America (CWA).
Q: Are students assessed as they progress through the curriculum?
A: Yes. Cisco has developed a state-of-the-art assessment system
to provide students, instructors, administrators, and Cisco
personnel with detailed data on student progress. Cisco uses
the assessment data to apply continuous improvement practices
to the program and curriculum.
Q: What sort of commitments do Academies make
when they sign up for the program?
A: CATCs and Regional Academies sign contracts that list their
commitments as well as Cisco’s commitments to them. The Regional
Academy contract is available from AAMs or MDMs. The CATC contract
is provided only to certain Cisco-selected CATC candidates.
The relationship between Regional Academies and Local Academies
is owned by the Regional Academy, which may or may not ask its
Local Academies to sign a contract.
Q: What is the process of starting an Academy?
A: A school can begin the process of starting an Academy by
filling out the Cisco Networking Academy Program online
application.
Q: Where are the various Networking Academies located at?
A: For a complete list of Academies see the Academy
Locator .
Q: Are for-profit training centers eligible for
participation in the Program?
A: Yes, Cisco has created a special program to work with proprietary
institutions known as the Accredited Career College Program.
For details refer to the Accredited Career College FAQs.
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