IT Skills Standards 2020 and Beyond:
Collin College and the National Convergence Technology Center are proud to announce a new NSF ATE grant received September 2018 entitled "IT Skill Standards 2020 and Beyond" (ITSS 2020). Employer led, this grant will produce future-facing IT job skills for the top 8 -10 critical job clusters. For information about the work of the IT Skill Standards 2020 and Beyond grant, please view the documents below for more detailed information:
- Press Release
- Project Summary
- Flow Chart
- Background for Business SMEs
- First Seven Job Cluster Definitions
For more information contact Dr. Ann Beheler, abeheler@collin.edu .
Welcome to the National Convergence Technology Center
The National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) helps colleges meet the fast-growing demand from business and industry seeking IT specialists (mobile networks, edge computing, private/public cloud computing, "Internet of Things," mobile device integration, storage and network virtualization, video and voice integration, all over a secure network). Specifically, the National CTC actively:
- Engages a Business and Industry Leadership Team (BILT) to identify needed skills which inform curriculum updates nationally.
- Invigorates faculty to teach emerging technologies through professional development.
- Provides virtual lab capability for students to reduce costs and increase availability.
- We implement best practices for recruiting, retaining and graduating underserved students.
- Uses stackable certificates and articulation agreements to increase the number of students completing certificates and degrees.
- Supports high schools, colleges, and universities nationally through the "Convergence College Network" (CCN) Community of Practice (CoP) whereby members share expertise with one another to improve their IT programs.
- Disseminate materials and processes via websites, webinars, conference presentations, social media and white papers.
Click below for a letter from our Executive Director Ann Beheler or to download CTC's brochure:
Read the Letter
View the Brochure
