What is a Career Academy?
Career Academies focus on preparing students for post secondary education while providing the skills and experience necessary to attain entry level jobs. Students in career academies typically take both career themed and academic classes together. These courses are linked to academic and industry standards and encourage high achievement.
What is NAF?
The National Academy Foundation (NAF) is an acclaimed network of career academies focused on preparing young people for college and career success. NAF has refined a proven educational model which includes industry-focused curricula, work based learning experiences and business partner expertise from five themes: Finance, Hospitality & Tourism, Information Technology, Engineering ad Health Sciences.
The NAF model is built around four essential elements of practice:
Career Academies focus on preparing students for post secondary education while providing the skills and experience necessary to attain entry level jobs. Students in career academies typically take both career themed and academic classes together. These courses are linked to academic and industry standards and encourage high achievement.
What is NAF?
The National Academy Foundation (NAF) is an acclaimed network of career academies focused on preparing young people for college and career success. NAF has refined a proven educational model which includes industry-focused curricula, work based learning experiences and business partner expertise from five themes: Finance, Hospitality & Tourism, Information Technology, Engineering ad Health Sciences.
The NAF model is built around four essential elements of practice:
- Academy Development and Structure: The NAF academy structure promotes admission that is open to all students; is designed with small classes; and allows for teacher collaboration across subject areas.
- Advisory Board: Teachers and academy directors rely on advisory boards, made up of local business, higher education, and community leaders, to provide current industry context and to secure funding, volunteers, and internships.
- Curriculum and Instruction: NAF curricula are created in partnership with industry professionals and designed around projects that help students make connections across subject areas, acquire valuable workplace skills, and see their education as a step toward long-term career options.
- Work-based Learning, including Internships: Academy students participate in a series of work-based learning activities, culminating in compensated internships, designed to provide context and career exposure and build their professional experience and networks.