The University of North Georgia's (UNG) popular GenCyber Warrior Academy (GCWA) for high school students will return this summer, and the university will hold its first-ever cyber opportunity for educators, the Advancing GenCyber Education for North Georgia Teachers (AGENT) Initiative.
More than 520,000 cyber jobs are available nationwide and more than 17,000 in Georgia, according to CyberSeek, which provides data on the cybersecurity job market. Dr. Lindsay Linsky, a UNG associate professor of middle grades education and the AGENT Initiative's lead instructor, said that's why the program is so important.
It also fits with the mission of Georgia Senate Bill 108 from 2019, which requires all public high schools to add computer science courses by the 2024-25 school year.
"Cybersecurity is an important part of any computer science," Linsky said. "We need more and more teachers prepared to teach these types of subjects."
The student academy, set for June 10-19, will include 20 female students and 20 males. The priority application deadline is March 1, and students must complete a cyber aptitude assessment as part of their application. April 1 is the deadline to apply for the teacher event set for June 7-11 and 24 middle and high school teachers will be selected. The teachers who train at AGENT will teach a GCWA lesson on June 11.
The events are free. Whether the format will be face-to-face, fully online or a hybrid version has yet to be determined. COVID-19 safety protocols based on the most updated public health guidance will be in place for all in-person programming.
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