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December 2025

Updated ARC Project Available on Teach Cyber

Curriculum and Assessment Development Guides

The 6 guides with CSEC-aligned Learning Outcomes define what students must know and be able to do within each knowledge area. Each Learning Outcome is unpacked through Knowledge Statements explaining essential terms, concepts, and examples to clarify the depth of knowledge.

Assessment Items

Multiple choice (960 items) and Open-ended items (soon to be released) map directly to Learning Outcomes and Knowledge Statements. You can use as is or adapt for your classroom needs.

Teacher Professional Development Spring/Summer 2026

Career Connections

Each module contains cybersecurity work role examples.

Course Title: Foundations of Cybersecurity

  • The course is online, asynchronous
  • Self-paced, start and progress when it works for you
  • Full of active learning
  • Flexible for credentialing - teachers may earn 3 graduate credits hours by enrolling at UALR or DSU or earn a certificate of completion

5 Modules:

  • Trustworthy Cyberspace
  • Principles, Methods and Tools for Trustworthy Systems
  • Vulnerabilities, Exploits and Attacks
  • Defending Data
  • Cybersecurity in Context

Cost and Registration:

$350 at registration with $100 refund upon successful completion

Register now: https://teachcyber.org/foundations-of-cybersecurity-registration/

NCTA Graduate Certificate in Cybersecurity for Educators

If you are interested in applying to start an NCTA graduate certificate in 2026, we need you to complete a short survey indicating your intent.

Intent to Apply by January 7

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NCTA_2026

Indicate your intent by submitting the survey.

Learn about each Program

Explore what each institution has to offer. Read the course descriptions, find tuition costs, and locate contact information for each institution.

https://teachcyber.org/ncta/

Free Online Cybersecurity Course for High School Students

The University of Alabama in Huntsville is currently enrolling students for RING, a free online foundational cybersecurity course.
  • RING is an asynchronous online foundational cybersecurity course taught by credentialed K-12 educators.
  • The RING course is available to high school students across the United States.
  • RING is provided at no cost through grants by the DoD, the NCAE-C program office located at the National Security Agency, and CAE institutions.
The following single-semester options are available:
  • Spring Semester (January - May 2026)
  • Summer Semester (May - August 2026)
Additional information can be found at https://www.caeepnc.org/ring/

Questions? Please email:
ring@caecommunity.org.
High school students who are interested in participating in one of the course options listed above should fill out the Student Enrollment Request Form.
The ARC Project Focus group finished its work in November. Thank you to the participating cybersecurity educators: Chris Lovelock, Lewis (Sam) Alexander, Nicole Oliver-Wynn, and Rebecca Gutosky.
Thank you to all of the educators and subject matter experts that participated in the ARC Project.
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