Josh Benfield – Asst. Director, Knowledge Management

New to NAF - NAFTrack Certification

MIAMI-DADE NAF DIRECTORS – CTE DEPT.

• Ann Fields, – Overall NAF Support, and Director of NAF Hospitality & Tourism Academies

(AOHT)

• Pamela Lopez, – Director of NAF Engineering Academies (AOE) And Data Support

• Bob Quinn, – Director of NAF Finance Academies (AOF) includes Trade & Logistics

• Magaly Parets, – Director of NAF Health Sciences Academies (AOHS)

• Sonia Samaroo, – Director of NAF IT Academies (AOIT)

• Cindy Thienard, – Director of NAF Other academies, Education and Agriscience

Presentation from NAF WEBINAR 9-11-19

Josh Benfield – Asst. Director, Knowledge Management

Pamela Lopez, CTE Curriculum Support Specialist

NAF Director AOE

NAF Data Champion

New to NAF - NAFTrack Certification

New to NAF

Objectives

• What is NAF?

• What are the benefits of NAF?

• Review of NAF Technology systems

• Demo of NAF systems

• Guided Practice

What is NAF?

• What is NAF?

Founded in 1982, NAF solves some of the biggest challenges facing education and the economy by bringing education, business, and community leaders together to transform the high school experience.

Foundedin 1982

NAF Academies

• Small, focused learning communities

• Fit within and enhance existing high school systems

• Open enrollment

• 75 students per grade level

• Flexible structure

• Weekly common planning time

• Academy leadership (directors/site coordinators, lead teachers)

• Work-Based Learning Continuum

• NAFTrack Certification opportunity for students

NAF Network

109,800STUDENTS

617ACADEMIES

412SCHOOLS

Finance | Hospitality & Tourism | Information Technology | Engineering | Health Sciences

2018-19 Miami NAF Demographics

NAF Educational Design

Academy Development & Structure

Advisory Board

Curriculum & Instruction

Work-Based Learning

NAF Educational Design

Academy Development & Structure

NAF’s academy leaders along with advisory board members participate in ongoing

collaboration and professional learning to build the academy teams’ capacity to

develop high-quality NAF academies. For academy teams to meet the goal of

developing a model NAF academy, professional learning must occur on a regular

basis when teams meet as professional learning communities.

You will be working with your NAF Director --- more details and training

NAF provides many resources for academies to develop their leaders and to continue to increase

opportunities for academy students.

• Setting up the academy information in ASH data center

• Will be managing students in NAFTRACK system, creating student accounts

• Will be recruiting students

GOING TO TRAIN YOU TODAY ON ASH AND NAFTRACK

NAF Educational Design

Curriculum & Instruction

NAF provides a rigorous, industry-validated, career-themed, student-centric

curriculum. NAF courses incorporate current industry standards and practices,

literacy strategies, work-based learning and enrichment activities, and STEM

integration to ensure that students develop fundamental college and career

readiness skills. NAF's instructional practices foster cross-curriculum

collaboration so that students can make connections across subject areas.

Might be NAF courses in the NAFTRACK system, PLTW for engineering, Florida CTE frameworks

with Programs of Study classes, Dual Enrollment, Advanced Placement, Cambridge, etc.

You and your teachers will need to create classes in NAFTRACK.

Your NAF Director will direct you to the curriculum you will be using.

NAF Educational Design

Advisory Board

Businesspeople, higher education and community leaders volunteer on local advisory

boards to help students prepare for college and career. Advisory board members

collaborate with educators to inform curricula, help organize work-based learning

activities, and are academy advocates and the faces of NAF in the community.

Through advisory boards, students have the opportunity to build relationships with

mentors early and learn from successful adults. Advisory Boards will help support

Work Based Learning.

There are three NAF Miami-Dade advisory boards –

• STEM for Engineering, Health Sciences, IT

• Finance

• Hospitality & Tourism

• Note: there is a TEAM LEADER training after each board meeting.

Meet every other month, you will receive a schedule from your NAF Director

NAF Educational Design

Work-Based Learning

NAF's approach to work-based learning is structured as a continuum of experiences that

brings together the education and the workplace to prepare young people for the careers

of tomorrow.

Through high-quality partnerships with employers and community leaders, NAF students

participate in three phases of work-based learning: career awareness, career exploration,

and career preparation.

Work Based Learning for NAF Academies to be considered quality academy:

• Guest Speakers

• Job Shadow Day – Feb.

• Annual Student Industry Conference April 2019

• Various field trips, college tours

• Some activities are organized by district staff, but schools should organize guest speakers, field

trips, career days at school, mock interviews etc. (working with Advisory Board members.)

Dates, more details and training from ANN FIELDS and from your director

NAF Educational Design

Academy Development & Structure

Advisory Board

Curriculum & Instruction

Work-Based Learning

These 4 elements of the NAF Educational Design are what makes a NAF academy – a NAF academy.

There is a lot of freedom and flexibility within these 4 elements, and it’s all built with the goal of improving schools,

improving communities, and providing life-changing opportunities for our students.

NAFTrack Certification

Course Sequence

Successfully complete:

• At least 4 NAF semester courses or NTC approved course equivalents

• At least one performance-based assessment (PBA)

Internship

Successfully complete:• 120 hours

• Internship Assessment (IA)

Paid - No less than the federal sub-minimum training wage or if higher, local minimum wage

Graduation

Successfully meet:• Requirements for

high school

graduation

NAFTrack Certification

Student Benefits

• NAF Experience

• WBL Opportunities

• Jobs & Internships

• Alumni Experience

Educator Benefits

What’s in it for me?

• Resources

• Support

• Network

• Community

NAF Technology

ASH

• Academy Data

– Data Center, Academy Assessment

– Resources

– Data Center is due Oct. 18

NAFTrack

• Student Data

– Courses, Internships, Graduation

myNAFTrack

• Student Profile

– Resume, WBL, work experience, etc.

Questions?

Questions

Email us:

naftracksupport@naf.org

Don’t forget

• students.naftrack.org

• naf.helpdocs.com

• Email your portfolio manager

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Today ---

We are going to guide you through logging into NAF.org and

• Updating Data Center information

• Manage Students

• Create Classes

• Run Reports