Have you taught introductory developer courses in a high school, college, or other learning environment? Microsoft Learning is creating a new exam program targeted at measuring a beginner’s knowledge and skills in a broad technology area. We’re looking for volunteers to help us with the development of exams for this new exam program.

We expect the first wave of these exams to cover the following content domains: basic programming, beginning Windows development, beginning Web development, and introductory database administration. While minimal hands-on experience with the technologies will be recommended, job experience is neither assumed nor recommended for these exams. Most of the questions will test the candidate's understanding of basic concepts rather than the candidate's ability to successfully complete a task.

Please e-mail me at kristaw@microsoft.com if you’d like to participate, and let me know which of content areas you could help us with (basic programming, Windows, Web, or DBA). If you know someone else who would be interested in volunteering, please send them a link to this post. We want to hear from as many people as possible.