Certification Program Keith Loeber Director CERTIFICATION S Certification

Certification Program Keith Loeber Director

CERTIFICATION S

Certification Family

Supporting 21 st Century Skills Development More than 50% of today’s jobs require some technology skills, and experts say that percentage will increase to 77% in the next decade. 1 IT employment will rise by 5. 8 million jobs in 4 years; and 51% of total IT employment will be software related; creating 75 K new businesses. 1 There are several studies that suggest there will be a significant gap in the next 5 to 10 years between the demand for and supply of IT professionals with the right technical skills. According to Certification Magazine, an IDC study places that gap at 40% Within 10 years, 60% of jobs that exist will be ones that don’t exist today. 2 Technical skills are key to the prosperity of nations and to better lives for individuals in the 21 st century. They contribute to economic growth both directly, through increased productivity, and indirectly, by creating greater capacity to adopt new technologies and ways of working and to spur innovation. 3 4

A college degree, but not a college job Not working; 22. 40% Working in jobs that require a college degree; 55. 60% Source: The New York Times, May 19, 2011 Employment status of college graduates under age 25 in the US Median annual income Working in jobs that do not require a college degree; 22. 00% College degree required US$26, 756 College degree not required US$15, 896

Microsoft Certification Family Microsoft Certified ARCHITECT Microsoft Certified MASTER Microsoft Certified IT PROFESSIONAL / PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPER Microsoft Office Specialist MASTER Microsoft Certified TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST Microsoft Office Specialist EXPERT Microsoft Technology ASSOCIATE Microsoft Office SPECIALIST IT Certifications MOS Certifications

MOS Certification Progression Microsoft Office Specialist MASTER Microsoft Office Specialist EXPERT Microsoft Office SPECIALIST MASTER ü Validated through multiple specialist and expert exams ü Validates breadth and depth of Office suite skills EXPERT ü Computer Based Hands-on Exams ü Word and Excel Only ü Validates advanced Office skills (depth) CORE ü Computer Based Hands-on Exams ü Focuses on single Office suite product ü Validates Office skills (what & how)

IT Certification Progression Microsoft Certified ARCHITECT Microsoft Certified MASTER Microsoft Certified IT PROFESSIONAL / PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPER Microsoft Certified TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST Microsoft Technology ASSOCIATE MCA ü Board Review ü Validates expert level skills within a specific technology ü Trusted Advisor/Leader/Consultant MCM ü Computer Based and Hands –on Exams ü Select Prometric Testing Centers Worldwide ü Validates expert level skills MCTIP/ MCPD MCTS MTA ü Computer Based exams ü Prometric Testing Centers Worldwide ü Validates job role skills (why & when) ü ü ü ü Computer Based exams Prometric Testing Centers Worldwide Validates job ready skills (how) Web based Academic classroom Validates foundational knowledge (what) Student Certification

Exam Development Process Research Objective Domain Blueprint Candida te Manage r Item Selection Item Development Field Testing (a. k. a. Beta Exam) Publish Exam Standard Setting Forms Assembly Alpha Review & Item Revision Localized Exam Ongoing Psychometrics

Getting Started in Certification

Specialist Expert Master Office Exams 4 Specialist + 2 Expert Word Expert Excel Expert Word 2010 Share. Point 2010 Excel 2010 Outlook 2010 Power. Point 2010 One. Note 2010 Access 2010

MTA Exams • One MTA exam = One MTA certification • MTA exams are not pre-requisite to each other or to MCTS exams HTML 5 Gaming Mobile NE W

Microsoft IT Certifications Academic Focus Areas

Academic Certification Fulfillment Certification Microsoft Partner License Type Purchaser Purchasing Options Classroom License Individual Voucher Institution Student Certiport Campus License Individual Voucher Institution (072) ITA Institution (073) Student (072) – NA in India and China Prometric Individual Voucher Institution (070) ITA Institution (073) Student (070) Prometric Certiport

MOS Testing Experience 15

Testing - MOS • • • Performance-based testing Timed: 50 minutes 30 questions Pass/Fail scoring Single Office exam = MOS

Tips for Certification Success • Take the exam yourself • Hands-on, hands-on • Use the week before the certification exam to review and prep students for exam using demonstrations and performance driven tasks • Practice testing with a clock displayed on the desktop to get students accustomed to timed exams • If all students do not pass, take 2 -3 days and match the students who passed to mentor those who didn’t before attempting certification again – all students have a stake in everyone passing • If student does not pass, look at their certification report and see which competency they need to work on before retesting

MOS Exam Score Report

Certification Operations

Accreditation Overview Accreditation Organizations are recommending Microsoft Certification for college credit STUDENT BENEFIT • Helps students achieve employability and academic goals • Saves professionals money through corporate tuition assistance • Bridges the gap between workforce training and the classroom • One of the few IT programs that offer accreditation ACHIEVEMENT Accreditation recommendation from: • American Council on Education • Higher Education Training and Awards Council, Ireland Credits available for: • Office Series • Technical Series 20

Eligible Technical Exams Windows 7 Windows Server 2008 R 2, Virtualization Microsoft Exchange 2007 Microsoft Exchange 2010 Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Microsoft SQL Server 2008 MCITP: Enterprise Desktop Administrator 7, Windows 7 MCITP: Enterprise Administrator Windows Server 2008 MCITP: Server Administrator, Windows Server 2008 MCITP: Windows Server 2008 R 2, Server Virtualization Administrator MCITP: Enterprise Messaging Administrator, Exchange 2007 MCITP: Enterprise Messaging Administrator, Exchange 2010 MCITP: Database Administrator, SQL 2005 MCITP: Database Developer, SQL Server 2005 MCITP: Database Administrator, SQL Server 2008 MCITP: Database Developer, SQL Server 2008 Windows Server 2003 Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA): Windows Server 2003 Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE): Windows Server 2003 Microsoft. NET Framework 2. 0 Web MCTS: . NET Framework 2. 0 Web Applications, Visual Studio 2005 Applications, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Microsoft. NET Framework 3. 5 ASP. NET MCTS: . NET Framework 3. 5, ASP. NET Applications, Visual Studio 2008 Applications, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Windows Server 2008 R 2, Virtualization MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Virtualization, Configuration Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 MCTS: Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007, Configuring Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 MCTS: Microsoft Office Project 2007, Managing Projects Microsoft Office Share. Point Server 2007 MCTS: Microsoft Office Share. Point Server 2007 – Configuration Microsoft SQL Server 2005 MCTS: SQL Server 2008, Business Intelligence Development and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Maintenance Windows Vista MCTS: Windows Vista Configuration 21

Eligible Office Exams Coming Soon • Office Word • Office Excel • Office Power. Point • Office Access • Office Outlook • Word Expert • Excel Expert • Power. Point • Access • Outlook 22 • Word Expert • Excel Expert • Power. Point • Access • Outlook

Application Process through ACE 1. Enroll in the ACE Transcript Service • Enrolling in ACE takes just a few minutes and only costs $40 2. Submit your exams for verification • Search the ACE Course Catalog for the exams achieved (Microsoft or Certiport) • Add the exams that you have passed to your ACE course list • After courses have been verified, participants can then access their updated ACE transcript 3. Send the ACE transcript to the school • Visit the ACE website and submit a transcript request • ACE will send the official ACE transcript to the college or university requested 23

Participating Institutions • Over 1000 schools participate in the ACE Credit College and University Network • Students should check their schools policies before creating a transcript with ACE • ACE is a recommendation service – each school still decides to accept the certification for credit • Even if the students school is not a part of the ACE network they still may grant credit for certification 24