CWNP - Teaching CWNA?

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Teaching CWNA?

dsneidert

2003-05-13, 10:28 pm

I currently teach a Network+ class at a local Adult Ed campus. I was presented with an email describing the CWNA and CWSP certifications and was asked by my director if I thought the school should offer it for a class. We currently offer A+, Network+, MCP, MCSA, MCSE, and several Word, Excel, PowerPoint classes along with some basic Windows and keyboarding classes. I was wondering if this track would be a wise choice considering the demand for these certs, given what we offer. Also does anyone think there would be a better cert class than this to add to our list of cert classes. If we will offer this my director also said she would pay to certify me on the class (Don't know if she means the test or a class and the test). Anyone's insight into this would be greatly appreciated because I haven't done a whole lot of research into this certification. Thanks, Scott

meijin

2003-05-19, 10:30 am

Wireless is the wave of the future, so my recommendation would be to have the classes. I think that they would be a great benefit.

As to the training for your classes, the material is VERY comprehensive. So I would really recommend that they send you to the physical classes. And to get the instructor from Planet3, I believe you also need the CTT+ certification. So keep that in mind as well.

HTH

slinthi

2003-05-26, 12:23 am

Like the other poster stated, "wireless is the wave of the future." I teach full-time at a California community college and am planning to modify our offerings next year by adding CWNA training and CISSP training. Both wireless and security are HOT networking course offerings. What that effectively means is I'll be busy this summer taking both the CWNA and CISSP instructor lead courses, passing the requisite certifications, and do what's required to obtain the appropriate teaching certifications.

Kindest regards,

Steve Linthicum, MCT, MCSE, CTT+, etc.

meijin

2003-05-26, 1:07 am

Steve:

Good for you!

A question though...any reason to jump right to the CISSP? Some folks advocate starting with Security+, then SCCP and the CISSP. Were there any particular reasons why you did not elect to go that route? Just curious...

Thanks!

BTW...how hard did you find the CTT+ to be?

slinthi

2003-05-26, 2:10 am

With regard to obtaining the CTT+, I can answer that with one word. "Grandfathered." The original group that started the CTT (Chauncy) recognized those of us who had their MCT prior to 1/96 by automatically knighting qualified MCTs with the CTT designation. When CompTIA took over they added the "+" to our designation.

My rational in teaching CISSP rather than the CCSP, SSCP, or Security+ is a belief that by teaching at that level we will also cover the material needed to achieve CCSP, SSCP and/or Security+ certification.

At $33 a course (likely to go up to $48 if the Governor has his way), I can pretty much teach what I want and have full classes. What I choose to focus on is technologies and certifications that are "hot." Two years ago it was Citrix (with MS Terminal Services and New Moon Canaveral iQ). Its time to move on.

Anyone have an idea what will be the next "hot" cert?

Regards,

Steve

meijin

2003-05-26, 3:15 am

I'm betting on 802.16...WiMax. Don't know if there will be a certification around it, but there should be. With recent FCC deregulations and the potential that WiMax holds, a good knowledge of traditional telecom (SONET, ATM, etc.), wireless (802.11a/b/g) and WiMax will provide some very healthy skills that companies will be looking for.

Also, I think VoIP and VoWLAN will be big as we move forward.

Security should also stay hot for some time as well.

Thoughts?

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