Curriculum Solutions Core curriculum FREE elearning over 300 courses FREE access to the ereference library MS Certifications

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5 What is the ITA Program let me give you a high level overview before we take a look at the top benefits in detail. The program is a global annual subscription program and offers an off the shelf complete curriculum and learning solution for academic institutes. The resources in the program aim to help teachers deliver IT skills to students on the latest MS technologies with quality resources at the same time new products go to market ensuring that institutes in ITA are well positioned to offer quality education on the newest technologies. Curriculum Solutions it s all about saving teachers time and having a fresh ICT Program on the newest technologies 1. Core curriculum Microsoft Official curriculum is available for only our commercial learning solutions partners and IT Academies IT Academies can purchase this at significantly reduced rates as part of their ITA subscription Core curriculum comes complete with all teacher resources; lesson plans, lab setup guides, ppt presentations and virtual hands on labs ALL YOU need to keep your students interested. In addition ITA provides supplementary curriculum FREE elearning over 300 courses and easy to use LMS for teachers and student portal, easy reporting and another way to keep those students engaged and teachers get FREE access to the ereference library which includes all the MS Press books every written in online format as an ITA they can also purchase subscriptions for students at $100 USD each [retails at $249 USD] all curriculum formats help prepare students for a globally recognized certification helping differentiate them when looking for employment and highly recognized by HR and IT Hiring managers. 2. ITA Curriculum helps prepare students for MS Certifications one of the strongest certification programs in the world in market for over 15 years, certified millions and used as a benchmark for employment. ITAs have access to all the right resources to help their students prepare for certificiation setting them up for success in getting a great job. IT Academies get up to a 50% discount on MS certifications making it affordable for teachers and students alike 3. Supporting Teacher professional development and updating/improving skills for IT and admin staff. All employees of an IT Academy have access to the benefits in the program. What an excellent low cost way to help with successful deployment by making sure everyone exposed to using new technologies takes an elearning course so the get the most out of the IT investment. Providing teachers withaccess totheelearningthe elearning courses means thattheydo they not have tobe out of theclassroom astheycan complete learning anytime, anywhere at their convenience and minimising the impact on PD budgets and students. If teachers also take a Microsoft Certification they are then eligible for our MCT program which gives them access to a community of over 15,000 ICT instructors and teachers and a portal providing them with access to downloadable resources to help them in the classroom, online professional development webinars/seminars and community forums to share best practices [MCT subscription fee is waivered for all ITAs] 4. Last but not least by entering in the IT Academy Program industry and education have a formal way in which they can engage and support our common goals of building an employable workforce for the future. Through the partnership ITAs will have opportunities for joint PR, marketing, case studies, access to special offers and campaigns for teachers and students and higher visibility as an innovative ICT leader in their community. Access to a private members site provides benefit/resources information best practice of use and deployment of the ITA program and regular updates and communications from Microsoft. 5

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7 Just to clarifiy further how ITA helps teachers with PD Step 1 is preparation as an ITA you will have access to all the curriculum resources to upskill at your own time anywhere. Step 2 is validating skills you can do this by taking the certification once you have taken the certification you then qualify to leverage your FREE subscription to the MCT program Step 3 Once you have joined the MCT program you will have access to further valuable resources and on demand Trainer Readiness prep sessions Valuable resources that will lower the impact on your Institutes professional development budget and reduce the time you need to be out of the classroom 7

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11 Encouraging students to pursue Microsoft certifications will add a tremendous value to their academic accomplishments. In a November 2006 IDC study, IT hiring managers found that team performance increases when each new team member becomes certified. In the same study, managers reported that top performing teams on average are shown to have between 40 percent and 55 percent Microsoft certified team members who are trained on relevant Microsoft technologies and processes. Key Values 1. The passing a Microsoft certification exam demonstrates not only technical competence, but critical thinking and problem solving skills: Students can feel confident that their knowledge and skills are valid 2. Having a Microsoft certification in addition to a Certificate or Diploma is a recognizable benchmark sought by IT Hiring Managers: Certifications listed on resume s are considered more seriously 3. Investing time and energy into becoming certified demonstrates a commitment to Microsoft technologies: Lets employers know that personal productivity and technology relevancy is important. IT Academies get access to HIGHLY discounted exam vouchers of which they can pass on to their students, teachers, admin and IT staff 50% discount on commercial rate. You may also decide to become a Certification Testing Centre there is no cost to this and provides a convenient service to students wanting to validate their skills through an MS Certification. 11

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23 In addition to encouraging your students and teachers to validate their skills through certificiation your institute can also become a testing center. This means that you can offer the certification exams to your students on campus. We work with 2 Exam Delivery Partners: If you want to offer office certification Certiport will be able to assist and if you want to offer Technical & professional certifications then Prometric is the partner you would work with. There is no fee to become a testing center but you do need to appoint a testing center administrator and adhere to the T&Cs. You will get a welcome kit to promote your testing center and Microsoft and our partners run a number of existing campaigns over the year to also promote your testing center and encourage students to take exams. If you deliver over 50 or more exams there is an opportunity to earn rebates for each exam. As an IT Academy you are pre approved to become a testing center subject to accepting the T&Cs. And as an ITA you have access to purchase exam vouchers at significantly reduced prices you can resell these to your students with a margin or you can pass the discount on to them. 23

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