This document provides an overview of the curriculum structure for courses offered through the National Academy Foundation (NAF). It outlines that NAF courses are designed to be completed in one semester, meet for 50 minute class periods, and are accessible to most high school students. Each course is correlated to Common Core standards and includes lessons on related careers and a culminating project. Advisory boards are also involved in course development. Individual lessons within the courses follow a consistent structure, beginning with an engaging activity and including instructional strategies, literacy activities, and assessments.
1. Overview of the NAF AOF Curriculum
Dr. Daniel A. Wallace
Instructional Manager of the Southeast & Central Regions
2. Who is in the room?
Turn to your neighbor and take 2 min. each to:
Introduce yourself
Subject area and number of years teaching
What interests and hobbies outside work
Find one thing you have in common
Why are you in this session and what would you like
to takeaway?
3. Driving Question
Course: Business in a Global Economy
“How can we, as corporate strategists, best
develop a plan to enter a new international
market and structure our operations abroad to
effectively compete in the global economy?”
4. Culminating Project
“ How can we, as corporate strategists, best
develop a plan to enter a new international market
and structure our operations abroad to effectively
compete in the global economy?”
5. AOF AOHT AOIT
Principles of Finance Principles of Hospitality & Principles of Information
Courses Offered Tourism Technology**
Applied Finance Customer Service* Computer Networking*
Business Economics Geography for Tourism Computer Systems*
Business in a Global Hospitality Marketing Database Design
Economy
Entrepreneurship Sports, Entertainment, and Digital Video Production
Event Planning
Ethics in Business Sustainable Tourism Graphic Design
Financial Planning Introduction to Programming
Financial Services AOHS Web Design*
Insurance Health Careers Exploration
Managerial Accounting Global Health
Principles of Accounting
6. Structure of a NAF course
1 semester (75 – 80 class periods)
Class periods are 50 minutes long
Designed to be accessible to most students
Correlated to the Common Core standards
Includes a lesson on industry-related careers
Includes a culminating project
Advisory board is involved in every course
7. Structure of a NAF lesson
Each lesson includes three main components +
the PowerPoint:
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8. Structure of a NAF Lesson
Documents are in Word format to be edited as needed
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9. A Look at NAF Lesson Design
Read, Group, Share:
Which elements of this lesson are familiar to
you?
What seems new and interesting to you?
How would you characterize the instructional
arc/flow/sequencing of this lesson?
25. Student Certification
Assessment System
• Culminating
Course Project Assessment
Based
Assessments • End of Course
Exam
Culminating • Supervisor
Work Based Assessment of
Learning College and Career
Experience Readiness
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26. Enroll in free professional development
In addition to webinars and regional PDs, you can
increase your skills by taking NAF eCollege online
courses:
Basics of the NAF Curriculum (short module)
Teaching the NAF Curriculum (immersion course)
Address CCRDeveloped by a team of instructional designers, writers, editors, industry experts, & NAF teachersPiloted in the NAF classroom and is revised based on teachers feedback to be taught by the networkEach course is updated annuallyAccess to all courses and use of Cross-theme courses
Lesson Plan, Student Resource, Teacher Resource; also includes PowerPoints, videos, and other file types and assessment productEvery lesson includes a literacy activity
Read 10 minDiscuss 5 min Share out 5 minutes
Every lesson includes a literacy activitySQ3R,Survey, QuestionRead,Recite,Review
Hand out instructions for downloading lessons
Academy sign up begins immediately. Look for detailed information and instructions from Michael Strait, Director of Student Certification & Assessment. Instructional Managers will assist.
Critical to understand that the culminating project assessment and end of course exam based on NAF course content and culminating project, and that a qualifying culminating work based learning experience is defined by NAF’s Gold Standards for High School Internships.