Bring Real-World Expertise
Into the K–12 Classroom.
Georgia CTAE educators need industry professionals to help them build curriculum that reflects actual workforce demands. During afternoon workshop blocks, you sit side-by-side with teachers to co-develop lesson materials, labs, and activities they can put to use immediately. No curriculum experience required — your professional expertise is exactly what's needed.
Volunteer role • No cost • Pick any blocks that fit your schedule
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Sponsor support helps keep this professional development experience accessible for Georgia CTAE educators.
Teachers need more than standards — they need industry context. Two hours of your expertise can shape how Georgia students enter the workforce.
The Gap Between Standards and the Classroom Is Real
Georgia has made a strong commitment to expanding cybersecurity, IT, and computer science education in K–12. But CTAE teachers are often asked to deliver these subjects without the industry context or practical curriculum support to bring them fully to life. Your two hours — or your full week — directly closes that gap for students across Georgia.
Shape Future Talent
Help teachers build instruction that reflects real job expectations and closes the workforce readiness gap.
Co-Develop, Not Lecture
You work alongside educators in structured workshops to build classroom-ready content together.
Give What You Can
Each commitment is one 2-hour block. Attend as many or as few as your schedule allows.
Hosted by Augusta University
GCITC is an Augusta University entity. All sessions are structured and facilitated by GCITC staff.
Pick the Blocks That Work for You
Each afternoon runs from 1:00–3:00 PM with two 50-minute co-development blocks separated by a short break. Morning sessions are for CTAE educators only. Your commitment starts at 1:00 PM on any day you attend. Full-week participation is ideal, but a single 2-hour block makes a meaningful difference — every session is valuable to the teachers in the room.
Day 1 — Orientation & Gap Analysis
Monday, June 1 • 1:00–3:00 PMCluster Co-Development Kickoff
Cybersecurity/Networking and Computer Science/Programming breakouts. Industry partners join cluster groups to begin identifying where standards diverge from real workforce expectations.
Day 2 — Standards to Lessons
Tuesday, June 2 • 1:00–3:00 PMLesson Plan Skeleton Development
Industry mentors embedded in cluster breakouts to support lesson plan skeleton development and formative checks grounded in real job tasks.
Day 3 — Industry-Authentic Design
Wednesday, June 3 • 1:00–3:00 PMReal-World Tasks, Labs & Rubrics
Add real-world tasks, labs, and rubric criteria to lesson packages in progress. Your role is to keep the work grounded in current industry practice.
Day 4 — Assessment Sprints
Thursday, June 4 • 1:00–3:00 PMFinalize Assessments & Teacher Notes
Finish assessments, rubrics, and teacher implementation notes. Help bring lesson packages to completion with industry-validated criteria.
Day 5 — Showcase & Next Steps
Friday, June 5 • 1:00–2:00 PMTeacher Showcase
Teachers present completed lesson packages. Industry partners are invited as audience and Q&A participants — a chance to see the materials your input helped create.
Your Role in the Workshops
You don't need a teaching background or curriculum experience. GCITC facilitates every session. Your job is to bring authentic professional perspective to the table and help teachers make their materials more relevant to the real world of work.
- Work directly with small groups of CTAE educators in your area of expertise — Cybersecurity, Networking, Programming, or Computer Science.
- Share real-world examples, job tasks, and skills that belong in K–12 curriculum.
- Review lesson skeletons and suggest industry-authentic activities, labs, and examples.
- Help ensure assessments and rubric criteria reflect actual workforce expectations.
- All sessions are structured and facilitated by GCITC — you won't be asked to teach or present.
Flexible. Focused. Facilitated.
One 2-hour block. A full afternoon. The whole week. Whatever you can give, the teachers in the room benefit. GCITC handles the structure — you bring the expertise.
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Two Hours. Real Impact.
Help shape how Georgia students
enter the cyber/IT workforce.
Volunteer role. No cost. Pick the blocks that fit your schedule. Registration closes May 17.
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