Moraine Valley Community College - National Center for Academic Excellence

The High School Network Security Competition engages high schools students by using skills-based competitions. For information about participating or supporting this effort, please contact John Sands at sands@morainevalley.edu

Spotlighting the Northeast

John Rullan

John pursued his career in Cisco in 1998 after working the IT aspect of the automotive field. Currently, he is teaching all senior Cisco classes at Thomas Edison Career and Technical Education High School in Queens, NY. He is actively involved with Cisco and published tow lab manuals, Wan Technologies CCNA 4 Labs & Study Guide and Accessing the Wan CCNA Exploration Labs & Study Guide. John has also assisted in Cisco's structural support, curriculum development, assessment team and packet tracer team. He resides in Queens, NY.

Jessie Kalloo

Jessie entered the Success Via Apprenticeship program at Thomas Edison Career and Technical Education High School to become a Cisco Academy teacher. This unique program allows him to alternate trade-to-classroom settings. Jessie has student taught A+ Computer Repair from September 2009 to February 2010 at Queens Vocational & Technical High School. Currently, he is working at Queens Hospital Center as a Systems Analyst in the IT department. He will be student teaching again in February 2011 at East New York Transit Technical High School in Brooklyn, NY. Jessie currently resides in Queens, NY.

Irvin Queen

Irvin is currently teaching Cisco Networking and IT Essentials at the School of Cooperative Technical Education (Co-op Tech) in Manhattan, NY. Irvin has been teaching for the past 23 years and worked in industry prior to starting his teaching career. His goals are to see Cisco Explorer and Discovery along with upgraded labs be in his school by 2011. Irvin resides in Bronx, NY.

Angel Morales

Angel has been teaching at Samuel Gompers Career and Technical Education High School, Bronx, NY for 20 years. He currently teaches Discovery I & III with 22 students in each class. He holds the Cisco CCNA and A+ certifications. Angel's teaching philosophy is to explore, discover and then expand on what he's taught to his students. He likes to link the courses he teaches to industry and teach the basic skills to fit the needs of industry. He resides in Bronx, N.Y.