Jefferson County Public Schools will be implementing Kentucky's new cybersecurity pathway this Fall. This presentation was made at Techfest Louisville 2017 hosted by the Technology Association of Louisville Kentucky.

1. IT Pathway Updates - JCPS
TECHFEST
AUGUST 2017

2. Thank you!
 A Thank You at the beginning and not the end!

3. Idea 1: Redesign High School Experience
To realign JCPS IT programs to be relevant both
to the student and the community.

4. Goal 2: Talent Development Academies
To create a talent pool of Cyber Security and IT
professionals in the Louisville area that meets
the labor market demand.

5. Goal 3: Student Opportunities
To create a K-12 vertical pipeline of JCPS programs
that integrate cross curricular instruction around
career themes (Business and IT preferred )

6. IT pipeline Problem

7. Point 1 - Specifics
Bottom Line: We need more IT / Security professionals in Louisville; Now
and projected in the next 10 years.
Data points galore:
State: https://kylmi.ky.gov/admin/gsipub/htmlarea/uploads/Outlook.pdf
Local: http://www.kentuckianaworks.org/JobTrends/OccupationalOutlook.aspx
National: https://www.onetonline.org/find/bright?b=1&g=Go
Data on data!: http://www.csoonline.com/article/3083798/security/cybersecurity-spending-outlook-1-
trillion-from-2017-to-2021.html

8. Specifics
Simply put:
IT pathways
=
STEM!

9. Long term goals:
 Create programs in Cyber Security Engineering that aligns to a national curriculum at the K-
12 level.
 Create a pipeline program that creates vertical alignment between grades
 Train teachers and staff on the model and provide integration support.
 That’s where WE come in! TALK, Community, Industry, Government, Post-Secondary, etc.

10. Specifics

11. Training with teachers

12. How can I help?
 Awareness – Knowledge is power
 Advocate -- Sing it from the rooftops!
 Plug In and Volunteer – TALK speaker bureau and other opportunities
 Promote – “The Will to Act”

13. Final
 Questions, comments, concerns?