Advice from a former University Dean and Higher Education Vice President on How to put Together a Resume or CV for Your First Online Teaching Job in IT or Cybersecurity

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How to create your resume for your first online teaching position teaching it information security or any other technology related courses. 

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So in this video, I'm going to share with you some steps that you can take to put together a effective resume or CV for your first online teaching position. 

The first thing I always tell people to do is to really hone in on what it is that you're going to teach, what is it that you are a specialist at? What is it that you could walk into a class today, and teach the class without a whole lot of prep time? The reason I say that is because oftentimes, especially when you're brand new to teaching, you know, you look back at your own career and say, well, I've done this, I've done this, I've done this, you've done a lot of things, you've had a long and lengthy career. And now you're ready to give back and start helping to develop the next generation of IT professionals and infosec professionals, right. 

But in order for you to be able to teach some of those things, you're probably going to need a lot of prep time just because maybe it's been five years, maybe it's been 10 years since you've done some of these things. And so you got to kind of get it back into the forefront of your mind, right. So if you sit down and think about what are the things that I could sit down and I could teach a class on right now today, without a whole lot of prep time, just kind of read over the materials, look at the syllabus to see what we're teaching and in what order that kind of thing that really focus their focus there so that you don't burn yourself out. 

If you if you start teaching a course that you have to do a lot of prep time for for your first couple, you know, your first time teaching or your first couple of courses that you've taught, it's gonna burn you out. And that's the last thing we want to have happen is heavy, heavy burnout on teaching. So think about what it is that you are going to specialize in that you can really just walk into a class today and teach that particular class, okay. So make sure you highlight that on your resume. 

Your credentials really, really do matter when you are when you're trying to get into an institute of education that has accreditation requirements around it. So we're talking community colleges, vocational schools, universities, colleges, etc. So if there's any sort of accreditation around the program, there's going to be some credentialing requirements that the people who are teaching need to have. 

So for example, if you're teaching in a vocational program, and the are you're teaching a certification, so if you're teaching the security plus certification,

Advice from a former University Dean and Higher Education Vice President on How to put Together a Resume or CV for Your First Online Teaching Job in IT or Cybersecurity

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How to create your resume for your first online teaching position teaching it information security or any other technology related courses. 

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So in this video, I'm going to share with you some steps that you can take to put together a effective resume or CV for your first online teaching position. 

The first thing I always tell people to do is to really hone in on what it is that you're going to teach, what is it that you are a specialist at? What is it that you could walk into a class today, and teach the class without a whole lot of prep time? The reason I say that is because oftentimes, especially when you're brand new to teaching, you know, you look back at your own career and say, well, I've done this, I've done this, I've done this, you've done a lot of things, you've had a long and lengthy career. And now you're ready to give back and start helping to develop the next generation of IT professionals and infosec professionals, right. 

But in order for you to be able to teach some of those things, you're probably going to need a lot of prep time just because maybe it's been five years, maybe it's been 10 years since you've done some of these things. And so you got to kind of get it back into the forefront of your mind, right. So if you sit down and think about what are the things that I could sit down and I could teach a class on right now today, without a whole lot of prep time, just kind of read over the materials, look at the syllabus to see what we're teaching and in what order that kind of thing that really focus their focus there so that you don't burn yourself out. 

If you if you start teaching a course that you have to do a lot of prep time for for your first couple, you know, your first time teaching or your first couple of courses that you've taught, it's gonna burn you out. And that's the last thing we want to have happen is heavy, heavy burnout on teaching. So think about what it is that you are going to specialize in that you can really just walk into a class today and teach that particular class, okay. So make sure you highlight that on your resume. 

Your credentials really, really do matter when you are when you're trying to get into an institute of education that has accreditation requirements around it. So we're talking community colleges, vocational schools, universities, colleges, etc. So if there's any sort of accreditation around the program, there's going to be some credentialing requirements that the people who are teaching need to have. 

So for example, if you're teaching in a vocational program, and the are you're teaching a certification, so if you're teaching the security plus certification, you should probably have the security plus certification yourself. If you are teaching at a community college level, generally, you need a bachelor's degree in the field in which you want to teach. And then if you want to teach at the university ...

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The best investment that I ever made, as I was progressing in my career as an IT, tech, technology, educator, administrator, etc, the best investment that I ever made was listening to, and reading business based podcasts, books, audio books, all that kind of anything related to business. And so it's always a difficult conversation when you start talking about education and business in the same context.

Because, you know, people don't necessarily want to think about education as a business. But for me, it was really learning how to run my career, like it was a business, and really learning how to promote and market myself how to package up my skills in a way that was necessary for employers, as I've done some consulting work with, with educational institutions, and companies that maybe they run a training program, really just showcasing, you know, my skills and my abilities in a way that really makes sense for them.

And so when I listened to all these different books, audio, I had, I had a pretty long commute for a little while and listened to a lot of different audio books, podcasts and and then purchase books went to the library had it I have an Amazon Kindle, or Kindle unlimited subscription, really just short of shifting that mindset from one of I am looking for opportunities to teach and to become an educator, really shifting to one of I'm going to create those opportunities and create those opportunities for myself and create them for other people as well. And that was a huge shift for me. And I really think it helps helped my career and helped me build out myself as a technology educator.

I remember one time I was at a networking event at you know, and it was for cybersecurity professionals. And I was talking to a group of people and somebody had asked me what, you know, what kind of degrees Do you have to get to be able to, you know, teach and to work in administration, that kind of thing. And I said, Well, I have a, I have a bachelor's degree in computer science, I have a master's degree in education, and I have a PhD in information technology, and I was able to merge all those three things together to create, you know, some of the opportunities that I've been, been afforded the wonderful opportunity to do some of these things. And so the guy commented, he's like, he's like, I just never really thought of that as like a career path. And I said, well, somebody's got to teach people how to do the things that you need to do out in industry. So, you know, it was really just like a way of just learning how to market myself and package up the skills that I have to be able to share them with whoever might need them.

So I again, I really just, you know, treat my career like I'm running a business, as opposed to being assigned particular tasks from, from from an from an educational institution. So and as you are progressing, and you are becoming an IT, an online, it instructor, you're either working for a university or working for a college, or you're building some of these courses out on your own, you want to you want to approach things that way, as a hiring manager, I could tell the difference between the people who ...

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The best investment that I ever made, as I was progressing in my career as an IT, tech, technology, educator, administrator, etc, the best investment that I ever made was listening to, and reading business based podcasts, books, audio books, all that kind of anything related to business. And so it's always a difficult conversation when you start talking about education and business in the same context.

Because, you know, people don't necessarily want to think about education as a business. But for me, it was really learning how to run my career, like it was a business, and really learning how to promote and market myself how to package up my skills in a way that was necessary for employers, as I've done some consulting work with, with educational institutions, and companies that maybe they run a training program, really just showcasing, you know, my skills and my abilities in a way that really makes sense for them.

And so when I listened to all these different books, audio, I had, I had a pretty long commute for a little while and listened to a lot of different audio books, podcasts and and then purchase books went to the library had it I have an Amazon Kindle, or Kindle unlimited subscription, really just short of shifting that mindset from one of I am looking for opportunities to teach and to become an educator, really shifting to one of I'm going to create those opportunities and create those opportunities for myself and create them for other people as well. And that was a huge shift for me. And I really think it helps helped my career and helped me build out myself as a technology educator.

I remember one time I was at a networking event at you know, and it was for cybersecurity professionals. And I was talking to a group of people and somebody had asked me what, you know, what kind of degrees Do you have to get to be able to, you know, teach and to work in administration, that kind of thing. And I said, Well, I have a, I have a bachelor's degree in computer science, I have a master's degree in education, and I have a PhD in information technology, and I was able to merge all those three things together to create, you know, some of the opportunities that I've been, been afforded the wonderful opportunity to do some of these things. And so the guy commented, he's like, he's like, I just never really thought of that as like a career path. And I said, well, somebody's got to teach people how to do the things that you need to do out in industry. So, you know, it was really just like a way of just learning how to market myself and package up the skills that I have to be able to share them with whoever might need them.

So I again, I really just, you know, treat my career like I'm running a business, as opposed to being assigned particular tasks from, from from an from an educational institution. So and as you are progressing, and you are becoming an IT, an online, it instructor, you're either working for a university or working for a college, or you're building some of these courses out on your own, you want to you want to approach things that way, as a hiring manager, I could tell the difference between the people who were like, they're taking charge of this, they really enjoy doing this, this is something that they're taking charge of. So treat your career like you're running a business. I quickly figured out, like I said,

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What are some opportunities to teach online for IT professionals? - Becoming an IT / InfoSec / Technology Educator

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Hello there, and welcome back to the cyber coffee talk podcast. I'm Heather Monthie, your host for this podcast. So today's episode is the second part of the series that I am doing on how to become an information security it technology educator. I spent many years in education answered a lot of questions over the years. So here I am answering them for you here on the podcast, my YouTube channel, my blog, etc. So in today's episode, we're going to talk a little bit about what are the online teaching opportunities for it and information security professionals enjoy. So what are some opportunities for it and information security professionals to teach online.

So in this video, I'm going to share with you a couple of different ways that if you're interested in learning how you can become an online it instructor or professor, I'm gonna give you a couple different ways that you can start taking some steps today. So the first thing I always think that you should do, if you are interested in becoming an online instructor is really sit down and think about what it is that you really know how to do, and you know how to do well.

So you have to remember that if you're going to go teach in an undergraduate program, you're going to go teach in a vocational program, you're teaching students who have never done some of these things before. So you need to know how to do it well and be able to answer a lot of different types of questions.

Sometimes as you progress up in your career, you start to forget some of those things that you used to have to do when you were you know, sort of a newbie in your profession. So if you are a software developer, and you're leading your technical teams, and you're you're you're, you're doing a lot of project management, that kind of stuff, it might have been a while since you've done some very basic programming concepts.

So you want to sit down and really think about what it is that you can teach. And you can teach it really well right now if you could sit down and talk about it for an hour to two hours just off the top of your head. And the reason I say this is because oftentimes when people are new to teaching it, people are new to teaching, you know, data science professionals, etc, are new to teaching, you're very smart, you're very intelligent person and you want to come across as being smart, intelligent, you want to be able to answer all your students questions.

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What are some opportunities to teach online for IT professionals? - Becoming an IT / InfoSec / Technology Educator

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Hello there, and welcome back to the cyber coffee talk podcast. I'm Heather Monthie, your host for this podcast. So today's episode is the second part of the series that I am doing on how to become an information security it technology educator. I spent many years in education answered a lot of questions over the years. So here I am answering them for you here on the podcast, my YouTube channel, my blog, etc. So in today's episode, we're going to talk a little bit about what are the online teaching opportunities for it and information security professionals enjoy. So what are some opportunities for it and information security professionals to teach online.

So in this video, I'm going to share with you a couple of different ways that if you're interested in learning how you can become an online it instructor or professor, I'm gonna give you a couple different ways that you can start taking some steps today. So the first thing I always think that you should do, if you are interested in becoming an online instructor is really sit down and think about what it is that you really know how to do, and you know how to do well.

So you have to remember that if you're going to go teach in an undergraduate program, you're going to go teach in a vocational program, you're teaching students who have never done some of these things before. So you need to know how to do it well and be able to answer a lot of different types of questions.

Sometimes as you progress up in your career, you start to forget some of those things that you used to have to do when you were you know, sort of a newbie in your profession. So if you are a software developer, and you're leading your technical teams, and you're you're you're, you're doing a lot of project management, that kind of stuff, it might have been a while since you've done some very basic programming concepts.

So you want to sit down and really think about what it is that you can teach. And you can teach it really well right now if you could sit down and talk about it for an hour to two hours just off the top of your head. And the reason I say this is because oftentimes when people are new to teaching it, people are new to teaching, you know, data science professionals, etc, are new to teaching, you're very smart, you're very intelligent person and you want to come across as being smart, intelligent, you want to be able to answer all your students questions.

And so what ends up happening is, as I see people over preparing, they spend way too much time prepping for the course, for a one hour lecture or 45 minute lecture, they might spend five or six hours preparing for it for you know, an hour and a half class period, they're spending you upwards of 10 hours preparing for it. And you shouldn't have to do that, especially if it's your first time teaching, it will burn you out.

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Hello there, and welcome back to the cyber coffee talk Podcast. I am Heather Monthie, your host for this podcast, I am going to do something a little bit different this month with the podcast, I hope you enjoy it. What I'm going to do is I'm doing some short videos, live videos on Facebook and YouTube. And I will eventually be posting them on LinkedIn as well. But what I'm going to do is share with you some of my experiences, my advice and my thoughts on my experience as an information security it software engineering instructor, and the career path that I've had over the last 20 years or so. And the hopes that I can share with you, those of you who are interested in becoming an educator, so you work in the IT field, you work in information security, you're a software developer, maybe you work in data science, or you know, some other highly technical field and you listen to this podcast, I want to share with you some thoughts I have and advice that you know, you can take it or leave it, it's up to you on how to become an educator. And so there are several people who have, you know, I've done a lot of hiring over the years, I've seen things that have been done, right. And I've seen things that have been done wrong. And you know, I've given a lot of advice to people over the years as a teacher trainer. So you know, many of you know, I worked in education for a very long time, I was a teacher and then realized I had a larger impact as a teacher trainer. And so I wanted to answer some of the most frequently asked questions and share some stories, advice, tips, etc. So you'll be seeing over the next month or so some shorter episodes, more frequent episodes, where I am taking the audio from some of the videos. And we'll be sharing them here with you on the podcast. So I do talk about a technology teacher toolkit in this, in this video, the audio of this video. So I will put the link to that in the show notes. And that will be in the link, or I'm sorry, will be in the show notes for all of the episodes that come beyond this. So enjoy. Have a listen, talk to you soon.

Hello, everybody. Welcome. I am Heather Monthie. And I am going to start doing some quick short videos to share with you some of my experiences about becoming a it information security technology educator and my transition that I made from becoming a technologist to becoming a technology educator. Over the years I have worked in education at all different levels. And I get a lot of questions from people about how to make that transition. So I wanted to make this video series to to share with you some of my experiences and some of my thoughts and some things that you can do. If you are currently working in the IT technology field, you are interested in helping to give back and develop the next generation of technology professionals, whether you want to do it full time or part time or on your own, etc. So I wanted to just share with you today a little bit about my story, and how I got into becoming a technology educator.

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Hello there, and welcome back to the cyber coffee talk Podcast. I am Heather Monthie, your host for this podcast, I am going to do something a little bit different this month with the podcast, I hope you enjoy it. What I'm going to do is I'm doing some short videos, live videos on Facebook and YouTube. And I will eventually be posting them on LinkedIn as well. But what I'm going to do is share with you some of my experiences, my advice and my thoughts on my experience as an information security it software engineering instructor, and the career path that I've had over the last 20 years or so. And the hopes that I can share with you, those of you who are interested in becoming an educator, so you work in the IT field, you work in information security, you're a software developer, maybe you work in data science, or you know, some other highly technical field and you listen to this podcast, I want to share with you some thoughts I have and advice that you know, you can take it or leave it, it's up to you on how to become an educator. And so there are several people who have, you know, I've done a lot of hiring over the years, I've seen things that have been done, right. And I've seen things that have been done wrong. And you know, I've given a lot of advice to people over the years as a teacher trainer. So you know, many of you know, I worked in education for a very long time, I was a teacher and then realized I had a larger impact as a teacher trainer. And so I wanted to answer some of the most frequently asked questions and share some stories, advice, tips, etc. So you'll be seeing over the next month or so some shorter episodes, more frequent episodes, where I am taking the audio from some of the videos. And we'll be sharing them here with you on the podcast. So I do talk about a technology teacher toolkit in this, in this video, the audio of this video. So I will put the link to that in the show notes. And that will be in the link, or I'm sorry, will be in the show notes for all of the episodes that come beyond this. So enjoy. Have a listen, talk to you soon.

Hello, everybody. Welcome. I am Heather Monthie. And I am going to start doing some quick short videos to share with you some of my experiences about becoming a it information security technology educator and my transition that I made from becoming a technologist to becoming a technology educator. Over the years I have worked in education at all different levels. And I get a lot of questions from people about how to make that transition. So I wanted to make this video series to to share with you some of my experiences and some of my thoughts and some things that you can do. If you are currently working in the IT technology field, you are interested in helping to give back and develop the next generation of technology professionals, whether you want to do it full time or part time or on your own, etc. So I wanted to just share with you today a little bit about my story, and how I got into becoming a technology educator. And so my first foray into teaching was back as a flight instructor. I always sort of knew as a child that I really enjoyed teaching, I liked working with people helping them achieve their goals. And so I always just kind of felt like I work in education in some capacity. And so I became a flight instructor. And I really found that I enjoyed teaching. That airline pilot career path didn't work out for me, it just didn't happen. That's a whole nother story.

This episode is a replay of a live podcast I was on where 2 other women and myself shared our experiences and stories about being a woman in tech. This episode originally aired in June on the Arizona Technology Council's Tech Cast. I am sharing with you the full episode here with full permission to do so. Enjoy!

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In this episode, Manny and I discuss:

* How he got into cybersecurity without a cybersecurity-related degree or a technical background* The AZ Cyber Initiative and it's goals to encourage more high school and community college students to consider a career in cybersecurity. * How Manny came up with the idea to form a non-profit to support his vision and some advice for other people who may be considering starting up a non-profit in their area.* The future of the AZ Cyber Initiative and how you can get involved even if you're not in AZ.

Heather Monthie 0:01Welcome to the cyber coffee talk podcast with me Dr. Heather Monthie. I help break down important topics in information security for you, the business leader, information security leader, education leader, or protective mom or dad to help you make informed decisions to protect your business, your assets, and most importantly, your family. Regardless of your industry, cybersecurity is one of the most important issues facing us today. Let's work together to make cyberspace a safer place. Today's episode is with Manny Felix, who is the founder and CEO of the Arizona cyber initiative, a new nonprofit here in Arizona that is dedicated to helping high school students explore cybersecurity careers. Manny found me on LinkedIn. And we've just started chatting about what he was doing and what he was doing with the nonprofit. And I ended up becoming a board member of the Arizona cyber initiative and very passionate about the things that he's doing with this nonprofit. So I wanted him to come on the podcast and share it with you. So we're gonna just get right into today's episode. Let's go meet Maddie. This is our second episode where we have a guest on the podcast. I'm really excited about this. Today's guest is Manny Felix, he is the founder and CEO of the AZ cyber initiative. I'm going to let him tell you all about the initiative, all about himself, all that kind of stuff in the episode, so I'm not even going to go over it. Let's just jump right in. So Manny, thank you for coming on the podcast today.

Manny Felix 1:40No, thank you, Heather. I really appreciate it. I'm very excited to be here.

Heather Monthie 1:44So why don't you tell our listeners just a little bit about what your background is, and then how you got interested in cybersecurity?

Manny Felix 1:51Sure, I always enjoy answering this question. And I think it's mainly because I don't have a very traditional path to how I got into cybersecurity. I like to sometimes say that was a little bit of luck and a little bit of just coincidence being at the certain place at a certain time. But then again, I think a lot of us grew up in a in a generation or in a time where we didn't grow up thinking oh, we're going to be cybersecurity professionals or even IT pr...