Application Window Open: CTO Academy for K-12 Early Career and Aspiring CTOs 2025-26
1 November 2024–1 September 2025
The CTO Academy For K-12 Early Career and Aspiring CTOs is a program to address the needs of education technology leaders who are new (less than four full years) to their CTO or Technology Leadership position or aspiring CTOs and EdTech leaders currently working in a technology department. Participants will have the opportunity to develop edtech leadership…
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The Intersection of Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Facilitated Online Course Fall 2025
16 September 2025–18 November 2025
Educators, students, and parents are now benefiting from the exciting opportunities available as a result of new instructional technologies, including cloud-based technology services and mobile applications. These technologies enable rich, data-powered classroom experiences and the anytime, anywhere learning that education technologists and educators have envisioned for many years. However, as schools turn to cloud services…
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CETL® K-12 CTO’s Framework of Essential Skills Foundation Facilitated Online Course Fall 2025
7 October 2025–16 December 2025
CoSN’s Framework of Essential Skills of the K-12 CTO is comprised of three primary professional categories in the education technology field: Leadership & Vision, Understanding the Educational Environment, and Managing Technology & Support Resources. Each of these categories includes 10 essential skill areas, outlining the responsibilities and knowledge needed to be a viable educational technology leader. Each…
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Project Management for K-12 School System Technology Leaders Facilitated Online Course Fall 2025
21 October 2025–9 December 2025
CoSN is pleased to offer the first-ever project management course that focuses on the unique needs and challenges of school system technology leaders. Using thought leadership resources and best practices, this course is aligned to CoSN’s Framework of Essential Skills for the K-12 Chief Technology Officer (CTO), the foundation for the nationally-accredited Certified Education Technology…
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Cybersecurity in K-12 Schools Facilitated Online Course Fall 2025
29 October 2025–7 January 2026
What can the information technology professional do to secure school systems’ information infrastructure? CoSN has designed an online course focusing on enterprise security issues for school technology staff. Learn the fundamentals of IT security and provide advanced persistent protection for your students’ information. This seven-week facilitated online course will help IT staff learn the fundamentals…
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