Choice Technology & Project Academy™

Technology education that ends with something real. Learners move from explanation to hands-on practice to a project they can demonstrate—coding, AI, cybersecurity, data, project management, and technology entrepreneurship.

Youth + adultsVeteransReturning citizensBeginner → advancedProject-based learning
Learn → Practice → Build → Demonstrate → Reflect → Verify → Advance

Completion is based on evidence of learning: project artifacts, skills checklists, reflection, mentor/instructor review, and capstone demonstration—not attendance alone.

3 LEVELS

Coding & Software Creation

Youth, adults, veterans, returning citizens

  • Foundation — How computers and the web work · HTML and CSS · JavaScript fundamentals · Git/GitHub basicsCapstone: Build and publish a personal or community-impact website
  • Builder — JavaScript applications · APIs and data · React concepts · Testing and debuggingCapstone: Build a working web application that solves a real community problem
  • Advanced — Full-stack architecture · Databases · Authentication concepts · Deployment and observabilityCapstone: Ship a production-style capstone with documentation and demo
3 LEVELS

AI Literacy & Responsible AI

Students, families, workforce participants, educators

  • Foundation — What AI is and is not · Prompting and verification · Bias and hallucinations · Privacy and safe useCapstone: Create a verified AI-assisted research brief
  • Builder — AI workflows · Automation concepts · Evaluation · Human-in-the-loop designCapstone: Design an AI-assisted workflow with proof checkpoints
  • Advanced — Agent/orchestration concepts · Model selection · Responsible deployment · MeasurementCapstone: Prototype an outcome-driven AI service and evaluation plan
3 LEVELS

Cybersecurity, Privacy & Scam Defense

Youth, older adults, families, veterans, small organizations

  • Foundation — Passwords and MFA · Phishing and scams · Device safety · Personal-data exposureCapstone: Complete a personal digital-safety audit
  • Builder — Network and web security basics · Threat modeling · Incident-response basics · Privacy-by-designCapstone: Create a security plan for a small nonprofit or business
  • Advanced — Security controls · Logging and monitoring · Vulnerability-management concepts · Risk communicationCapstone: Run a tabletop security exercise and remediation plan
3 LEVELS

Project Management & Delivery

Students, career changers, veterans, nonprofit and small-business teams

  • Foundation — Project goals and scope · Stakeholders · Task planning · Risk and issue trackingCapstone: Plan a 30-day community project from charter to closeout
  • Builder — Agile and predictive methods · Schedule and dependencies · Budget basics · Status reportingCapstone: Run a simulated project sprint with dashboard and retrospective
  • Advanced — Program management · Governance · Change control · Benefits realizationCapstone: Lead a multi-workstream capstone with executive briefing
3 LEVELS

Data & Digital Skills

Beginners through career-transition learners

  • Foundation — Digital productivity · Spreadsheets · Data literacy · Charts and evidenceCapstone: Build a community-impact dashboard from a sample dataset
  • Builder — SQL concepts · Data cleaning · Analytics questions · VisualizationCapstone: Analyze a program dataset and present findings
  • Advanced — Data pipelines · Privacy-aware analytics · KPI systems · Decision supportCapstone: Design a privacy-safe measurement system for a nonprofit program
3 LEVELS

Technology Entrepreneurship

Youth founders, adults, veterans, returning citizens

  • Foundation — Problem discovery · Customer needs · Value proposition · Business-model basicsCapstone: Create and test a one-page venture concept
  • Builder — Prototype planning · Go-to-market · Pricing · Customer interviewsCapstone: Build and demonstrate a minimum useful product
  • Advanced — Operations · Partnerships · Funding readiness · Growth measurementCapstone: Present a launch-ready venture package and evidence-based pitch

Education should create capability.

Programs are designed for in-person, hybrid, and supported self-paced delivery. Choice Education Network can issue program-completion recognition, while clearly distinguishing it from accredited degrees, professional licenses, or third-party certifications unless those approvals are separately obtained.