Fiber Optic School And Instructor
Resource Page
Updated December 19, 2007
Resources
Complete School & Instructor Procedures
Introduction To Fiber Optics (PPT)
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- FOA
To Offer New "Fiber Optic Design" Certification
The FOA has been asked recently to offer a new certification for Fiber Optic Network Design, covering the whole network design, from choosing transmission equipment to planning and documenting the entire process of creating a fiber optic communications network. We've been working with a number of our instructors to prepare a design curriculum and create a new testing format. Soon we'll have a new "Design" section of our website to provide resources needed for fiber optic network designers. Watch for more news shortly. - New: FOA "Starter Kits" For Schools
- These "Starter Kits" include sets of FOA reference books, PowerPoints, Instructor Guides, Lab manuals, etc. and offer basic and advanced curriculum for instructors teaching FOA certification courses. The FOA does not have a fixed curriculum, but schools often ask if we have a program they can use. If you are a new school or do not have time to develop your own curriculum, take a look at these.
- Updated Complete School & Instructor Procedures
- We've updated the school procedures to include changes in how we distribute our materials to FOA-Approved schools. It's all done online. Please read this and make certain all instructors and school administrators working with the FOA understand the procedures!
- Deadline: 12/31/2007: Instructor Certification Testing - Do It Online!
- The FOA is experimenting with online testing and you are the guinea pigs! We've put the FOA CFOS/I instructor certification test online, so you can take it at your computer anytime. Since it's free and readily available, you've lost all your excuses for not taking it. Directions are here. The deadline for all FOA Instructors is December 31, 2007, so it's time to get started.
- Are You Ready For The New CFxT and AFOT Certifications?
- Here are new certifications we have created based on feedback from students, fiber optic users, schools and instructors. With our new certifications, we have tried to find new ways to explain them and detail what a training class should cover. See these links:
- Understanding FOA Certifications
- Training Requirements for FOA Certifications
- Need Free Cable For Training?
- We
now have samples of POF courtesy of Paul M. Mulligan of PM Mfg. Services Inc.
This large core POF makes it easy for students to see how fiber works.
Contact Let us know if you need some. And Corning offers free
singlemode and multimode cable too. Contact Phong P. Pham, Corning
Cable Systems LLC., listed on our resources
page.
- Information For Instructors
- The web is a massive depository of information for instructors. We've been tracking down technical sites for years (see http://www.thefoa.org/fo_urls.htm) but Tom Collins has found some other sites you will find useful.
- From Hawaii, here are a series of "Teaching Tips" http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/teachtip.htm#syllabus
- Need Equipment or Supplies?
- Here is a list of resources for tools, used equipment and supplies, just for instructors. Identify yourself to them and get special pricing!
- What Is This Page All About?
- The FOA has started this web page just for FOA-Approved schools and fiber optic instructors, providing a focal point for the exchange of news and information.
- Our charter at the FOA is to promote fiber optics through education, certification, standards, and any other appropriate means. And we're a non-profit educational organization, so we can focus on those issues without worrying about making money.That's why we have developed many free resources for our schools, instructors and CFOTs, like this website with all the technical papers, introductory presentations, and monthly newsletter with fiber optic technology and industry news.
- This page is our focal point for instructors - sort of an instructors' newsletter. We'll send emails and PR out when we add something new, so you can come here to get the details. Bookmark this page - we think you will find it useful.
- Check out the resources in the column to the left. Tech Topics is a great source of technical information that is always expanding with new information, like the section just added on how fiber is manufactured. You should always read our online monthly newsletter where we focus on more general issues of interest to everyone in fiber optics. All our recent newsletters are archived so you can go back and read them too. The newsletter is where you should send your students too, since it has lots of useful information.
- We'd like to make this web page interactive - giving you a voice for your comments, allowing you to share your experiences and ideas - as well as being a conduit from us to you.
- Send us your comments - email them to info@thefoa.org.
- The FOA Is Starting An Email Newsletter. Sign Up Now To Receive Our Monthly Newsletter and Job Postings By Email.