Sessions of 2024 Summer Conference: Melanie Baca

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Ms Baca, Melanie

Project Manager
Center For The Future Of Arizona

Melanie Baca joined the Center the Future of Arizona in 2020 to support the day-to-day operations of the U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Grant, including scheduling and logistics, communication and implementation support for schools, and support for the EIR Collaborative and the Project Management Team in order to ensure success of the project outcomes. Before joining CFA, Melanie worked at Arizona State University on two U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) five-year education grants; a Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) project titled Ready-for-Rigor and a Teacher Quality Partnership (TQP) project titled iTeachELLs. Melanie began as an administrative assistant on the Ready-for-Rigor project and on the most recent project, iTeachELLs held the role of Business Analyst. On both projects she led the project team and community partners through the application of improvement science, monitoring, measuring and assessing change in teacher classroom practices and communicating the broader social impact of grants to community stakeholders. At the heart of each project was cultivating a shared purpose by curating a set of experiences and connections around three main skillsets: building relationships, project evaluation, and managing the human side of change.

Sessions:

4628 - Arizona Cyber Security Education Pathways

07/14/2024

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Hilton El Conquistador

  • Interdisciplinary
  • School Counseling

Currently there are 12,537 open cyber security jobs open in Arizona and expected 3.5 million open positions in the United States by 2025 (cyberseek.org) - how can our state come together to fill this workforce need? How can your district, school, and CTE program develop a cyber security education pathways, how do you identify the cyber security education ecosystem in your region, what resources are available to teachers and programs? Join the Center for the Future of Arizona, AZ Cyber Initiative, and the University of Arizona to explore and answer these questions.