One of the great things of being in the education field is that once you get your Master’s degree, the other industry certifications aren’t really necessary to continue moving forward in your career. It’s easier many times to either add another degree or certificate, take more classes or even just attend conferences to gain the skills you need or want. The problem with this many times is that we don’t have an idea what the exams look like exactly as we aren’t necessarily taking them.
Enter the CompTIA Academic Program. Once your school joins the academy (at no cost!), once your students take a certain number of exams, you will gain access to free exams for your professors. The goal is to have more professors have access to the exams so you not only know what you should be teaching for, but also how better to prepare your students. What’s even better, your students get a heavily discounted exam rate. You can get the current rates for students at your school here: Academic Store
So, in the name of helping my students, I have signed up to take my first certification is more than 15 years later this month…. here’s to seeing what to expect!
