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Synopsis
Joseph Banks Secondary College has strategically developed opportunities for students to explore and be curious about their future through purposeful collaboration with the Cyber Industry and Tertiary Providers of Cyber Education.
Together with our partners, P-TECH Cyber Solutions was introduced at Joseph Banks Secondary College. The success of the initial program in 2020, has expanded over five years to include a clear pathway of cyber learning in Years 7-12, to enable students to engage with a variety of content, and develop STEM work capabilities through structured mentoring with industry partners. Students complete microcredentials and recognised qualifications, to graduate highschool with a clear pathway to industry.
In this session hear the Industry perspective - learn from our industry partners, how the leadership of the College has worked with industry and tertiary partners to develop a collaborative approach to provide opportunities for students to explore and be curious as to career opportunities in cybersecurity and how early engagement with high school students can strategically help grow the STEM workforce, and prepare future employees for success in cyber security careers.
The Future is Now, and there is much to learn when education and industry work together to build a capable future workforce.
This workshop will provide an overview of how Industry can actively support secondary schools to develop an understanding of cyber security careers and pathways through collaborative partnerships, identify key requirements to ensure success and outline the benefits for industry if considering this approach.
To continually develop and refine the P-TECH Cyber Solutions program at the College, active engagement with Industry enables:
- College staff to develop their capacity to remain current with industry and to use this to inform teaching and learning programs
- College staff to consult with industry seeking feedback to improve opportunities with the ultimate goal of developing students cyber pathways,
- College staff to lead professional learning for colleagues, developing teacher understanding and pedagogy in cyber security.
- College staff to lead parent and community engagement evenings with Industry partners and mentors as guest speakers to upskill wider stakeholders
- College staff to promote the industry and partners, and to build the pipeline from secondary education through to cyber security tertiary study and the cyber security workforce.
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Together industry and secondary education can do amazing things.