Program Application ApplicationOur tuition-FREE program offers all the skills and coaching you need to jumpstart your career in technology. NPower Program Application Save my progress and resume later | Resume a previously saved form Resume Later In order to be able to resume this form later, please enter your email and choose a password. Your Email: A Password: Confirm Password: Interest Form First Name Please capitalize your first and last names! Last Name Date of Birth MM/DD/YYYY E-mail Address Cell Phone Number Which NPower Program are you interested in applying to?Please select... Tech Fundamentals Cybersecurity Cloud Computing- Metro Area (Dumbo Office) - 21 or older Coding - Texas - Veterans & Spouses Which Tech Fundamentals program are you interested in applying to?Please select... Brooklyn - Young Adults (Ages 18-25) Harlem - Young Adults (Ages 18-25) Baltimore - Young Adults (Ages 18-25) Baltimore - Veterans and Spouses St. Louis - Young Adults (Ages 18-25) Jersey City - Young Adults (Ages 18-25) Jersey City - Veterans and Spouses Newark - Young Adults (Ages 18-25) Dallas - Veterans and Spouses San Jose - Veterans and Spouses San Jose - Young Adults (Ages 18-25) Detroit - Young Adults ( Ages 18-25) Newark - Veterans and Spouses Which Cybersecurity program are you interested in applying to? Please note: you MUST be an alumni of the Tech Fundamentals program in order to apply for the Metro Area Cybersecurity program!You must also be located in either region (Texas or NJ Metro area) in order to qualify! Please select... Texas - Veterans & Spouses Metro Area - (Newark Office) To apply to NPower Advanced Programs you MUST be an Alumni of our Tech Fundamentals program. Are you an Alumni of NPower?Yes No Do you meet the age requirements for this program? Please select... Yes NoPlease note: You will be asked to provide proof of birth date and age eligibility upon interview. Are you currently active duty, reserve, veteran or military spouse?Please select... Veteran Active duty Reservist Spouse of a Veteran No Was the type of discharge general or honorable?Please select... Yes No What is the highest level of education completed or will be completed at the start of the next class?Please select... Less than High School High School GED Some College Vocational Degree Associate's Degree Bachelor's Degree Graduate Degree Are you legally authorized to work in the United States?Please select... Yes No Will you now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B visa status, Student Visa)? Please select... Yes; I have a Student Visa, H-1B Visa, Temporary Work Visa (ex. H-2A, H-2B), Tourism Visa, etc. No; I am a US born or Naturalized citizen or permanent resident (green card holder), or a valid EAD card holder.Note: The Federal Immigration and Reform and Control Act of 1986 requires that a DHS Employment Eligibility Verification "Form I-9" be completed for every new hire and that within 3 business days of beginning work every new hire must present to the employer documentation establishing his/her identity and authorization to work. This federal requirement must be satisfied as a condition of employment. Please note: You will be asked to provide proof of eligibility upon interview. How did you hear about NPower?Please select... NPower Website Social Media (Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, etc.) Job Boards (Craigslist, Indeed, etc.) Online Search (Google, etc.) NPower Staff NPower Graduate Friend/Family Member School or Training Provider Community-Based Organization Veteran-Based Organization Other Please Specify You are qualified to complete the next phase of the application process. Please fill out the information below. Once this information is submitted, an NPower representative will follow-up with next steps. Great news – your application may be included in an exciting breakthrough study! NPower is conducting a randomized research study to understand how our programs impact the lives of our students. The application for the Spring 2021 Tech Fundamentals Program in Harlem and Texas will include a voluntary and confidential consent form, which will be shared with researchers. To consent to the study, applicants must be 18 years of age or older and must accept the terms and conditions of the consent form. For more information, visit: npower.org/apply/student-faq/ Availability The Networking Administration & Security program is 18 weeks of morning classes (9am - 1pm) or afternoon classes (2pm-6pm) Monday - Friday. What is your class preference?Please select... 9AM - 1PM 2PM - 6PM Availability To be considered for NPower's TechCareer Accelerator Coding program, you must be available Friday evenings from 6-10 pm and Saturdays from 9 am-5 pm. In addition, a minimum of 20 to 30 hours should be made available on off class days to complete assignments, projects and reviewing materials. How many hours per week can you commit outside of class to perform these tasks? Availability To be considered for NPower's Cloud program, you must be able to commit 14-20 hours of independent study per week in addition to 2 in-person classes at our NPower location in Brooklyn. Availability To be considered for NPower's Cybersecurity program, you must be available 9 am - 5 pm Monday through Friday for the duration of the program. Class Availability Information The Tech Fundamentals program is 16 weeks of morning classes (9am - 1pm) or afternoon classes (2pm-6pm) Monday - Friday. What is your class preference?Please select... 9am - 1pm 2pm - 6pm No Preference Do you have any other commitments that will hinder your participation of this intensive program? Please select... Yes No Please specify. Do you need any special assistance or accommodations to be part of this NPower program?Please select... Yes No Please specify. Have you previously applied to NPower?Please select... Yes No Date Applied Estimate if you do not know the exact date. General Information Please enter your mailing information Address City StatePlease select... 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Social Security Number The security of your personal information is important to us. When you enter sensitive information on our registration forms, we encrypt the transmission of that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL) Read more here: https://www.formassembly.com/privacy-policy/ Home Phone Number Other E-mail Address How do you prefer to be contacted?Please select... Home Phone Cell Phone E-mail Are you an NPower Program Alumni?Please select... Yes No Please specify which Tech Fundamentals class you graduated from. Which languages are you fluent in? Please select... English Amharic Arabic Armenian Bengali Cajun Chinese Croatian Czech Danish Dutch Finnish Formosan French French Creole German Greek Gujarathi Hebrew Hindi(urdu) Hungarian Ilocano Italian Japanese Korean Kru Lithuanian Malayalam Miao(hmong) Mon-khmer(cambodian) Navaho Norwegian Panjabi Pennsylvania Dutch Persian Polish Portuguese Romanian Russian Samoan Serbocroatian Slovak Spanish Swedish Syriac Tagalog Thai(laotian) Turkish Ukrainian Vietnamese YiddishTo select multiple languages, hold down the control (ctrl) button. Education Are you currently enrolled in a college/education program?Please select... Yes No Have you previously been enrolled in a college/education program?Please select... Yes No Name of Institution Degree For ex: Bachelor's in Computer Science Start Date Estimate if you do not know the exact date. End Date or Projected End Date Estimate if you do not know the exact date. Attended full-time or part-time?Please select... Part-time Full-time Weekly Class Schedule For ex: Monday 9am-10am Have you ever participated in a job readiness program?Please select... Yes No Please name and describe the job readiness program(s) you attended: for example: Henry Street Settlement-Jet Program-Resume Writing Workshop Technology Experience Have you taken any technology class(es)?YesNo Name of Institution Name of Class(es) Please select any technology programs you have proficiency in: JSON Web Services MySQL LDAP VPN SSL ITIL Framework ITSM Cloud None Please select any technology certifications that you have. A+ Certified CCENT CCNA ITIL Linux MCA MCP MCSE MCT MOUS Network+ None Other Security+ IT Fundamentals Other Please select ALL technology programs you have proficiency in: Office SolutionsMS WordMS OutlookMS ExcelMS PowerPointMS Access Operation SystemsMac OS (Panther, Leopard, Lion, Mountain)Windows (XP, Vista, 7, 8)LinuxUnix WebHTMLJavaScriptFrontPageDreamweaverFlashCSS NetworksServersRoutersHubsSwitchesEthernet Cables Desktop PublishingPhotoshopMS Publishing Desktop/LaptopPCMac Wireless/HandheldsSmartphonesTablets Program Interest What aspect is most important for building strong work relationships? Communication Being Heard/ Validated Being able to Handle Conflict Why did you decide to apply to this program? Have you had to communicate technical information (written or verbal) to people less tech-savy than yourself? If yes, please describe below. If no, please enter "No" below. Employment Employment StatusPlease select... Employed Unemployed Have you ever been employed?Please select... Yes No Employer Title Start Date Estimate if you do not know the exact date. End Date Estimate if you do not know the exact date. Employment Type Please select... Part-time Full-timeFull-Time means AT LEAST 30 hours per week! Hours per Week Example: 40. You cannot enter 0. If currently unemployed, please enter how many hours you used to work per week. Salary TypePlease select... Annual Salary Hourly Stipend Hourly Wage Example: 7.25, 27.95, 100.00, etc. The lowest wage you can enter is 7.25. If your actual wage is less than 7.25, please enter 7.25. Hourly IF SALARIED Annual Salary Salary IF HOURLY WAGE Total Stipend Amount Weekly Work Schedule Ex: Monday, 9am-3pm Have you ever been fired or let go from a job?Please select... Yes No Please explain. Are you receiving unemployment insurance?Please select... Yes No Start Date Weekly Amount Military Status Are you currently active duty, reserve, veteran or military spouse? Please select... Yes, I am a Veteran No Yes, I am active duty Yes, I am a reservist I am the spouse of a veteran Please do not select "No" if you are applying for a veterans program. Please do not select "No" if applying for a veteran's program. Military Information Branch of Military Service:Please select... Air Force Air Force Reserve Air National Guard Army Army National Guard Army Reserve Coast Guard Coast Guard Reserve Marine Corps Marine Corps Reserve Navy Navy Reserve Type of DischargePlease select... Honorable General Other than Honorable Bad Conduct Dishonorable Not Applicable Era(s) of Service Please select... Iraq/Afghanistan (9/11/2001 - Present) Gulf War I (8/1990 - 9/10/2001 Post-Vietnam (1976 - 7/31/1990) Vietnam (1964 - 1975) Post Korean (1956 - 1963) Korean (1950 - 1955) Post WWII (1946 - 1949) WWII (1941 - 1945) OtherTo select multiple eras, hold down the control (ctrl) button Have you and/or your spouse served in a combat/war zone?Please select... Yes No Are you and/or your spouse registered at the VA?Please select... Yes No Separated from Active Duty?Please select... Yes No Component prior to Separation/Retirement:Please select... Air Force Air Force Reserve Air National Guard Army Army National Guard Army Reserve Coast Guard Coast Guard Reserve Marine Corps Marine Corps Reserve Navy Navy Reserve Not Applicable Separation Date: If in active duty, enter anticipated separation date. Please select all the veteran benefits you (or your spouse, if you are not a U.S. Veteran) are currently receiving: Educational Assistance Test Military Retirement Montgomery GI Bill - Active Duty Montgomery GI Bill - Selected Reserve National Call to Service Program Reserve Educational Assistance Program Survivors' & Dependents' Ed. Assistance The Post 9/11 GI Bill VA Disability Benefits Veterans Educational Assistance Veterans Retraining Assistance Program Vocational Rehab Not Receiving Veteran Benefits at this time Monthly Amount Please identify your and/or your spouse Military Specialty (MOS, AFSC, NEC) below. Please describe your and/or your spouse Military Specialty below. Please identify any significant honors, awards, decorations. DD Form 214, Member 4 / NGB22 / Statement of Service Letter Please note that spouses of veterans must provide their partner's forms. Please attach a copy of your and/or your spouse DD form 214, member 4 or NGB22 below; OR if currently serving in the National Guards or Reserves, please attached a copy of the Statement of Service Letter. Applications without a DD form 214, member 4 / NGB22 or Statement of Service Letter will NOT be accepted. Attach File Marriage Certificate Household What is your current marital status? Please select... Single Married Domestic Partnership Divorced Widowed Other Are you the head of the household? Please select... Yes NoYou are considered head of the household if you are responsible for at least half of the cost of keeping up a household. Household Size How many people live in your household, including yourself? Annual Household Income Please enter only numbers. Example: 5000 or 50000. DO NOT enter number ranges! Annual Individual Income How much do you personally contribute to your household in a year? Do you have health insurance?Please select... Yes - Public (Medicaid, CHIP, Medicare) Yes - Private None Please select all the public benefits you are currently receiving: SNAP/Food Stamps Public Assistance Child Care Subsidies Disability Benefits Medicaid Public Housing/Subsidies Transportation Voucher Other Not receiving any benefits at this time Specify Other Essay Questions Please attach your responses to the following essay questions. Your responses must be at most one-page long and should be saved as either a Word or PDF document.Essay Question #1:What is your motivation for wanting to pursue a career in Cyber Security?Essay Question #2: This twenty-six week program will prepare you to obtain industry-recognized certifications (Cyber Security Analyst+, Linux+,CompTIA Security+ and Network+ certifications) and permanent employment, to ultimately help fill the IT security field talent gap. How will you utilize these certifications to positively contribute to the I.T. security field? Essay # 1 Attachment: Essay # 2 Attachment: Recommendation Letters As part of the application process, you must submit ONE professional letter of recommendation and an optional personal letter of recommendation. The letters of recommendation may be attached in this application or can be sent via e-mail. Please identify how you are submitting Letter of Rec. # 1:Letter of Rec. will be included as an attachmentLetter of Rec. will be sent separately Attach Letter # 1: Please identify how you are submitting Letter of Rec. # 2:Letter of Rec. will be included as an attachmentLetter of Rec. will be sent separately Attach Letter # 2: Letters Sent Separately Letter(s) of Recommendation may be sent via email to: [email protected]. Letters Sent Separately Letter(s) of Recommendation may be sent via email to: [email protected] Letters Sent Separately Letter(s) of Recommendation may be sent via email to: [email protected]. Letters Sent Separately Letter(s) of Recommendation may be sent via email to: [email protected]. Letters Sent Separately Letter(s) of Recommendation may be sent via email to: [email protected]. Open Ended Responses Please respond to ALL of the questions below. (Each response requires a minimum of 150 words per question.) Why are you interested in participating in our NPower program? How do you see technology fitting into your future career plans? How do you feel technology can help local communities? Essay Questions Please answer and attach the following essay questions. Your response to each question must be at least one-page long and should be saved as either a Word or PDF document. Essay Question 1: How would completion of NPower’s Cloud program help you make an impact in the field of cloud computing? Essay Question 2: Describe a project that you were responsible for overseeing. Be specific in detailing the challenges that you faced and the solutions that you came up with it. Essay Questions Please select one of of the two essay questions and respond in essay format.Question #1: It is often suggested that the creative personality has a particular way of thinking, which encourages inventiveness. Give me an example of a time when you were inventive and explored new ways of thinking.Question #2: Tell us about a project team you worked on, where you played a leadership role, either formal or informal, and you had to rally and coordinate different individuals to get the job done. How did you accomplish this? What obstacles did you meet along the way?Your responses must be at most one-page long and should be saved as either a Word or PDF document. Coding Essay Question 1 Resume Attach a copy of your resume as either a Word or PDF document. If resume not readily available, contact Admissions for your region; contact information located on www.NPower.org. Attach File Texas Applicants ONLY: Resume Texas applicants: You will be asked for copies or scans of your driver's license, DD214 (if applying for a veteran's program), resume, and copy of your marriage certificate (if applying as the spouse of a veteran). We can no longer accept these items through email due to security reasons! Attach a copy of your resume as either a Word or PDF document. If resume not readily available, contact Admissions for your region; contact information located on www.NPower.org. Attach File Driver's License Attach a photo of your Driver's License Attach ID File Optional The following questions are voluntary and will be used only for NPower data purposes. Your responses will not be used to determine program eligibility. While we appreciate your responses, they are not required as part of the application process. To which gender identity do you most/currently identify?Please select... Male Female Transgender Male/Female-to-Male (FTM) Transgender Female/Male-to-Female (MTF) Non-Binary/Genderqueer, neither exclusively male nor female Other Prefer to Self-describe Prefer not to answer Other What are your current preferred pronouns?Please select... He/Him/His She/Her/Hers They/Them/Theirs Prefer not to answer RacePlease select... African American/Black Asian Caucasian Hispanic/Latinx Native American Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander Multiracial Other Prefer not to answer Please specify if Other or Multiracial Do you identify as Hispanic/Latinx?YesNo Consent Dallas Location Consent to Participate in NPower Research Project Title: NPower Tech Fundamentals - IT Training Program Principal Investigators: Dr. Tania Barham, Dr. Brian Cadena, Dr. Patrick TurnerYou are applying for the Tech Fundamentals program run by NPower Inc. This program includes, among other things, 16-weeks of hands-on class instruction, a 7-week paid internship, the opportunity to earn industry certification, mentoring and career development, and job placement assistance. NPower wants to learn about participants’ experiences and if the program is working well. They have asked researchers from the University of Notre Dame and the University of Colorado to help understand how the program works.We are asking for your permission to use information about you to understand if the program is working well. To do this, we will contact some government and private agencies and ask them to share information they already collect about you. All information about you and your household is held in strict confidence and used for research purposes only.Here are some examples of the types of information we will ask for: - Information about your employment status and earnings that is collected by the state departments of labor, the Internal Revenue Service, or the Census Bureau to see how income changes over time; - Post-secondary school enrollment and completion from the National Student Clearinghouse; - Information collected by credit agencies about your creditworthiness and use of credit (NOTE: This will not affect your credit score or count against you as an inquiry); - Your participation in TANF, Food Stamps (SNAP), or other public or government programs.Your participation in this study is voluntary, and it will help NPower better provide services to you and others. To thank you for your participation, you will be entered into a drawing where ten applicants from this NPower class will be chosen at random to win a $50 Amazon gift card. You will not be penalized for refusing to participate. If you do choose to participate, you can decide to stop at any point. You will still be able to receive services from NPower if you decide not to participate in the study. You will not face substantial risks if you participate. For research purposes, identifying information from your application will be used to link to data that already exists about you. The agencies will not receive any information from your application other than your name and enough information to find you in the records. Any data that is transferred for the purpose of linking to the records will be encrypted and password protected. We will remove any information that will identify you, such as names, prior to analysis. No identifying information will be used in reporting the study results, and we will never release any information that may identify you. Your privacy is very important to us. In certain circumstances, your data may be made available to other researchers outside the research team for continued research. We will not make available any pieces of information that could be tied back to you.If you have any questions about the study or your rights as a research participant, you can contact the study directors at [email protected], or reach the Notre Dame Research Compliance office at 574-631-1461 or by email at [email protected] If you agree to participate in the study, please type your name below. By providing your electronic signature, you confirm that you are at least 18 years old, and agree to take part in this study.I Agree to these Terms and ConditionsI want to Opt out Consent to Participate in NPower Research ProjectTitle: NPower Tech Fundamentals - IT Training ProgramPrincipal Investigators: Dr. Tania Barham, Dr. Brian Cadena, Dr. Patrick TurnerYou are applying for the Tech Fundamentals program run by NPower Inc. This program includes, among other things, 16-weeks of hands-on class instruction, a 7-week paid internship, the opportunity to earn industry certification, mentoring and career development, and job placement assistance.NPower wants to learn about participants’ experiences and if the program is working well. They have asked researchers from the University of Notre Dame and the University of Colorado to help understand how the program works.We are asking for your permission to use information about you to understand if the program is working well. To do this, we will contact some government and private agencies and ask them to share information they already collect about you. All information about you and your household is held in strict confidence and used for research purposes only.Here are some examples of the types of information we will ask for: - Information about your employment status and earnings that is collected by the state departments of labor, the Internal Revenue Service, or the Census Bureau to see how income changes over time; - Post-secondary school enrollment and completion from the National Student Clearinghouse; - Information collected by credit agencies about your creditworthiness and use of credit (NOTE: This will not affect your credit score or count against you as an inquiry); - Your participation in TANF, Food Stamps (SNAP), or other public or government programs.Your participation in this study is voluntary, and it will help NPower better provide services to you and others. To thank you for your participation, the research team will email you a $10 digital gift card to Amazon within a week of submitting your application. You will not be penalized for refusing to participate. If you do choose to participate, you can decide to stop at any point. You will still be able to receive services from NPower if you decide not to participate in the study. You will not face substantial risks if you participate.For research purposes, identifying information from your application will be used to link to data that already exists about you. The agencies will not receive any information from your application other than your name and enough information to find you in the records. Any data that is transferred for the purpose of linking to the records will be encrypted and password protected. We will remove any information that will identify you, such as names, prior to analysis. No identifying information will be used in reporting the study results, and we will never release any information that may identify you.Your privacy is very important to us. In certain circumstances, your data may be made available to other researchers outside the research team for continued research. We will not make available any pieces of information that could be tied back to you.If you have any questions about the study or your rights as a research participant, you can contact the study directors at [email protected], or reach the Notre Dame Research Compliance office at 574-631-1461 or by email at [email protected]If you agree to participate in the study, please type your name below. By providing your electronic signature, you confirm that you are at least 18 years old, and agree to take part in this study. 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