SaTC: EDU: Preparing cybersecurity advanced professionals for teaching next generation of cybersecurity workforce

“为教授下一代网络安全学生准备网络安全高级专业人员(CyberTeach)”项目将培养30名经验丰富的网络安全专业人员，他们目前正在攻读网络安全博士课程，成为高中(双招生)、社区大学和四年制大学水平的有效教育工作者。目前，网络安全教育人员短缺，网络安全领域的学术工作远远超过申请者。只有20%的传统网络安全博士生选择了学术界，大多数人选择了私营部门，因此有必要采取不同的方法。该项目旨在消除在职网络安全专业人士进入学术界的一些障碍。证据，特别是在STEM领域的证据表明，对教育原则和实践有更多的了解，就会带来更好的教学。该项目的结果应该是增加更多、更多样化的教育工作者，包括具有丰富网络安全经验的女性，她们能够提供更好的网络安全教育，以解决目前网络安全劳动力的短缺问题。课程和项目评估结果将广泛传播，供各种社区学院和四年制院校应用。该项目为目前在网络安全终端学位课程中注册的高级网络安全专业人员开发了一个资格认证计划，以扩大他们在创新教学策略、让学生参与课堂、通过不同策略评估学生学习、将学生研究纳入课程以及为就业做准备等领域的技能。博士生学习如何根据教育领域背后的科学向教育专业人员授课，并以结构化的方式将他们的网络安全知识应用到不同的学生群体中。博士生在不同的机构进行为期一到两个学期的辅导教学任务，实践他们所学到的东西。教育和网络安全学院通过指定的课程对教学效果进行评估，并提供从课程开发到评估的指导。这些课程的结果将与没有通过资格认证计划的博士生教授的其他课程进行比较。鼓励学生参加认证计划，并通过支付博士课程的学费报销补助金来授课。这一奖励反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The "Preparing Cybersecurity Advanced Professionals for Teaching Next Generation of Cybersecurity students (CyberTeach)" project will prepare 30 experienced cybersecurity professionals, currently enrolled in a doctoral program in cybersecurity, to become effective educators at the high school (dual-enrollment), community college, and 4-year university levels. There is currently a shortage of cybersecurity educators and academic jobs in cybersecurity vastly outnumber applicants. Only 20% of traditional cybersecurity PhD students are selecting academia, most going to the private sector, and so a different approach is necessary. This project is designed to remove some of the barriers for working cybersecurity professionals to enter academia. Evidence, particularly in the STEM field, indicates that stronger knowledge of education principles and practices, leads to better teaching. The result of this project should be additional and more diverse educators, including females, with extensive cybersecurity experience, who can offer better cybersecurity education to address the current shortage in the cybersecurity workforce. The curriculum and project assessment results will be widely disseminated for application at a variety of community colleges and 4-year institutions. The project develops a credentialing program for high-level cybersecurity professionals, currently enrolled in a cybersecurity terminal-degree program, to expand their skills in areas such as innovative teaching strategies, engaging students in the classroom, assessing student learning through different strategies, incorporating student research into a course, and preparing for the workforce. Doctoral students learn how to teach from educational professionals based on the science behind the education field and apply their cybersecurity knowledge in a structured manner to a diverse set of students. The doctoral students practice what they learn in one or two mentored teaching semester-long assignments at a variety of institutions. Education and cybersecurity faculty evaluate the effectiveness of the teaching throughout the designated courses and provide guidance from curriculum development to assessment. Results of these courses are evaluated against other courses taught by doctoral students who have not been through the credentialing program. Students are incentivized to participate in the credentialing program and to teach by tuition-reimbursement grants for their doctoral programs.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.