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for work and hoping
The Information Technology Preparing for the future — to obtain an IT role.”
Specialist program is a way for Help your students become 2023 Value of Certification
students to validate foundational more competitive. IT Specialist Survey
IT skills sought after by employers. is the first step toward more
The IT Specialist program is aimed advanced certifications, which
at candidates who are considering, will help your students increase
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Students can certify their knowledge certification identifies students travel, everything has
in a broad range of IT topics, as being prepared to start become digital so you
including software development, applying themselves in entry will need foundational
database administration, networking level technology jobs such as technology skills at
and security, mobility and device apprenticeships and internships. every point in your life.”
management, and coding.
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Help students explore their potential and passions while preparing them for information technology
education and careers which require the following in-demand skills:

Databases — Candidates for Java — Candidates for this Cloud Computing — Candidates for
this exam will demonstrate exam will demonstrate that this exam will be able to identify and
foundational knowledge of how they can recognize, write, and describe end solutions that leverage
to design and query relational debug Java code that will cloud technologies, considerations
databases, such as MySQL, logically solve a problem. that span across solutions and the
Microsoft SQL Server, or Oracle. “art of the possible” in utilizing
Python — Candidates for this cloud to develop solutions.
Software Development — exam will demonstrate that
Candidates for this exam will they can recognize, write, and Computational Thinking—
demonstrate core software debug Python code that will Candidates for this exam
development skills, including logically solve a problem. decompose problems, collect and
object-oriented programming, analyze data, recognize patterns
web applications, and databases. HTML and CSS — Candidates for in data, represent data through
Candidates are expected this exam will demonstrate that abstractions, and automate solutions
to have some experience they can structure a webpage by using algorithmic thinking.
with C# and ANSI SQL. using HTML elements and create
and apply styles using CSS. Cybersecurity — Candidates
Networking — Candidates for this for this exam demonstrate their
exam will demonstrate foundational HTML5 Application understanding of key security
networking knowledge and skills, Development — Candidates for paradigms, terminology, and
including TCP/IP, networking this exam will demonstrate their mindset. Successful candidates
services, networking topologies, ability to use HTML5, CSS, and will have a keen awareness of the
and troubleshooting in wired JavaScript to build responsive importance of security and the
and wireless environments. web applications that will run on a threats to a business when security
variety of touch-enabled devices, procedures are not followed.
Network Security — Candidates including PCs, tablets, and phones.
for this exam will demonstrate Data Analytics — Candidates
foundational security knowledge Device Configuration and for this exam are seeking to
and skills, including an Management — Candidates for this prove introductory knowledge of
understanding of core security exam will demonstrate foundational how to responsibly manipulate,
principles operating system security, skills in, and a basic knowledge of, analyze, and communicate
network and device security, and Windows devices and mobility. findings of data analysis.
secure computing practices.
Artificial Intelligence — Candidates
JavaScript — Candidates for for this exam are AI enabled
this exam will demonstrate that learners and are prepared for
they can recognize, write, and the professional use of AI by
debug JavaScript code that will understanding how AI can be
logically solve a problem. used to solve problems.

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