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All Academy Day Steps to Success

Devoting extra attention to planning and preparation will help ensure a positive experience for you and your attendees. Here are some tips from Cisco Networking Academy.

                              

Call on Your Local IT Community

Industry professionals are often glad to contribute part of their day to help students understand and appreciate technology. These guests can participate in a variety of ways:

  • Speak to your students about technology, their jobs, daily routines, and training backgrounds
  • Spend time with students in small groups at lunch
  • Serve as guest judges during the competition

Identify sources for potential industry professionals from the Industry Support section.

                  

You can use this sample e-mail to request participation:

 

Dear <insert name>:

                

On <insert date>, Cisco Networking Academy students at <insert name of school> will participate in a day of hands-on skills competitions, learning, and networking as part of All Academy Day.

                          

All Academy Day is a competition that gives students the chance to show off the skills they have learned in the Networking Academy and explore career pathways by interacting with IT professionals.

                

All Academy Day provides a unique opportunity for students to see how academic and technical skills are applied in the workplace. Please let me know if you are available to participate in our event. I will contact you this week to follow up on this invitation.

                

Sincerely,

                

<Insert name>

Learn More About the Events

The landing pages for the cable making, component identification, computer building, home networking, quiz bowl, router configuration, TAC/professionalism, and virtual computer events will supply you with the following:

  • The amount of time required for initial setup and for students to complete the tasks
  • Rules and procedures, including a copy of rules to distribute to each team
  • Scoring sheets for the judges
  • Equipment list, including what you should supply and what teams need to bring with them
  • Room setup
  • Any other downloads needed for the event
  • Hints for success

             

Design Your Day

Select one of the sample agendas from this site and tailor it to fit your needs.

            

Identify Necessary Resources

Decide which of the resources on this site would be useful at your event, or create your own.

            

        

Share Your Success

Tell us about your event. Write a brief article so we can share your success with other Academies that are considering hosting an All Academy Day.

        

Please remember, if we are to include any photos you submit, we must have a signed All Academy Day release form for each person pictured in the photo.