How To Become A Local Cisco Network Academy

Cisco Networking Curriculum is available for Colleges and High Schools

Lorain County Community College can support any local College or High School that wishes to offer the Cisco Networking Academy on-line curriculum to it's students.

Cisco Networking Academy Curriculum

The Cisco Academy is much more than just the CCNA Networking Academy. Cisco has partnered with other leading IT organizations to provide additional training and education. In partnership with Hewlett-Packard the Academy Program provides IT Essentials I and II that prepares students for the CompTIA A+ certification. Working with Sun Microsystems the Academy Program offers Fundamentals of JAVATM Programming and Fundamentals of UNIX®. Several other courses are also offered.

The Cisco Networking Academy Curriculum includes CCNA and CCNP courses as well as other Non-Cisco courses such as :Web Design, Java, Network Security and Unix. Cisco Systems has developed curriculum that is available to high schools and colleges suitable for complete high school or college courses. The academy program provides training to the instructors, on-line curriculum to be posted on your server, hands-on lab exercises, on-line chapter exams, on-line final exams, supplemental reading materials, etc. (a complete learning management system). The regional academy provides instruction to your teachers and will support their educational needs.

At the high school level this provides two years of networking training and education. This material meets national math and science standards. The Academy provides four additional courses at the CCNP level (these courses are not intended for high schools).

Course Demos

The Cisco Network Academy web site offers demos of each of the classes offered. The Cisco Networking Academy program includes four course demos at the CCNA level. Take the time to review these demos and determine if you have what it takes to become CCNA certtified!

Cisco and Tech Prep at LCCC

All students in Cisco Networking Academy Programs in high schools that have College Tech Prep Programs with Lorain County Community College receive LCCC college credit for the Cisco classes at LCCC if they choose to attend LCCC after graduating from high school.

Cisco & Tech Prep in Ohio

The Cisco curriculum has been mapped to the Ohio TCPs. CCNAcuricCert.html is a document cross-referencing the Cisco CCNA curriculum with the Ohio TCPs. This document can be found at IT Works Ohio

Other College Tech Prep TCPs can be found at Tech Prep Ohio

For additional information about Lorain County Community College's Regional Academy or Cisco CCNA courses, please contact either:

Douglas Huber at ext. 4785 or email: dhuber@lorainccc.edu

Don Huffman at ext. 7397 or e-mail: dhuffman@lorainccc.edu

1.800.995.5222 or 440.366.7397