Turn what you learn into what you can do.
Build your skills, your confidence, and your next opportunity. Get individual access to our education platform, professional mentorship, and hands-on lab simulators shaped by real job requirements.
For high school seniors & college students
Learn outside class. Practice with purpose. Build work you can talk about.
A job requirement.
A lab challenge.
Your experience.
Administer and secure a Windows environment.
Configure a domain, apply security policies, and troubleshoot access.
A tested configuration and a clear technical handoff.
Mentorship along the way
Practice explaining the “why” behind your work.
Your own place to practice
Individual platform access beyond the classroom.
People in your corner
Mentorship, feedback, and professional habits.
Work you can show
Documented projects to support your résumé.
Real responsibilities. Room to find your path.
Technology careers need builders, investigators, risk thinkers, and leaders. Explore proposed tracks with customized scenarios that connect what employers ask for to what you practice.
Turn a security finding into a business decision.
Governance, risk, compliance, and business decisions.
Assess risk, organize audit evidence, and explain security priorities to business leaders.
- Review a simulated company’s controls and evidence.
- Prioritize gaps in a risk register.
- Present a practical recommendation to leadership.
Risk register · Evidence checklist · Executive brief
Build a domain. Secure it. Prove it works.
Identity, infrastructure, hardening, and recovery.
Administer Windows Server, manage identity and access, and troubleshoot infrastructure.
- Configure Active Directory, DNS, and Group Policy.
- Apply access controls and investigate a simulated issue.
- Validate a recovery procedure and document the handoff.
Configuration record · Troubleshooting notes · Recovery checklist
Investigate the alert. Explain your response.
Investigation, remediation, and incident response.
Analyze security events, determine impact, and communicate a clear incident response.
- Review simulated endpoint and authentication events.
- Build a timeline and determine the scope.
- Recommend containment and remediation steps.
Investigation timeline · Incident report · Remediation plan
Take an IT improvement from plan to handoff.
Project ownership, priorities, and communication.
Prioritize work, coordinate changes, manage project risks, and update stakeholders.
- Define a simulated project scope and success criteria.
- Plan resources, estimate costs, and assess change risks.
- Present a status update and prepare an operational handoff.
Project brief · Change plan · Leadership update
Illustrative lab examples. Tracks and assignments will evolve with student goals and industry needs.
Practice the work. Learn the habits.
Start with your goals
Share your interests, experience, and the roles you want to explore.
Take on real scenarios
Work through lab assignments with clear objectives and deliverables.
Get feedback
Discuss your decisions, improve your work, and practice communicating professionally.
Tell your story
Turn completed lab work into portfolio examples and honest résumé accomplishments.
Have something real to talk about.
Go into your next interview ready to explain a problem you solved, a decision you made, and what you learned.
- Document your lab projects and results.
- Practice technical and business communication.
- Add your cohort participation to your résumé.
We Can Change IT
- Configured and tested Active Directory and Group Policy controls in a simulated Windows Server environment.
- Developed a sample risk register and presented prioritized security recommendations.
Sample wording for completed projects. Describe only the work you actually finish, and identify it as training or lab experience.
Your next step, with a little clarity.
The program is taking shape. Here is the direction we’re building toward.
Who is the cohort for?
High school seniors and college students who want to practice technology and cybersecurity skills outside the classroom and explore professional responsibilities.
Do I need to enroll through my school?
The cohort is designed to give individual students access to the platform and mentorship beyond a classroom program. Enrollment requirements will be shared before applications open.
Do I need advanced technical experience?
Your interests and current experience will help shape your learning path. Any prerequisites for advanced lab tracks will be listed with the cohort details.
Can I add We Can Change IT to my résumé?
Yes. List your role as a Student Cohort Participant under professional development or projects, then describe the lab work you completed. Participation is an educational experience and does not establish employment.
What are the dates, time commitment, and cost?
Those details are being finalized. The schedule, access period, mentorship format, tuition or fees, and application steps will be shared before enrollment.
Bring your curiosity. Start building your experience.
Interested in joining the We Can Change IT Student Cohort? Let us know what you want to explore as we shape the next cohort.
Cohort dates, pricing, schedule, and enrollment details are coming soon. Expressing interest is not an enrollment or payment commitment.