NAF Advisory Board January News

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We are excited for 2024! NAF is proud to have supported over half a million students in NAF academies over the last 40+ years, and your help and guidance have played a critical role.

Read on for more information about our plans for 2024 including, work-based learning data, training for advisory board members, and NAF news!

Plus, check out our network accomplishments in our new 2022-23 Impact Report!

Work-Based Learning

Outcomes-driven work-based learning (WBL) plays a powerful role in helping students define their career aspirations, gain the skills they need for success, and connect with industry professionals who can support their path forward. NAF released a WBL Participation Tracker to make it easier to capture each activity’s student impact.

Since the beginning of the 2023-24 school year, over 25,000 students have completed a WBL activity.

Each month, we send a monthly summary with key metrics collected from the WBL Participation Tracker to academy and district leaders. Educators and academy leads across the NAF Network are sharing positive feedback about how the expanded data available through the WBL Tracker is enabling them to see the impact of WBL activities, assess equity, and make adjustments.

“I go into the Tracker and input events and actually track this not only in the moment but also at the end, I was able to look through the data and see how effective my events were, what the students got out of it, and also, most importantly, to make sure I’m not repeating the same students in these same events.”

- Angela Morello, MBA - Business Education Teacher and NAF Academy of Finance Lead Teacher, Miami Killian Senior High School

Feel free to connect with your academy about the data, and take a look at this short video to explore how you can use the WBL Participation Tracker data to impact students.

Network Opportunities

REMINDER: WBL Impact Program - Now Accepting Submissions!

To incentivize and recognize Outcomes-Driven Work-Based Learning at our academies, NAF is excited to announce the launch of the WBL Impact Program, with support from American Express.

Through this program, our academies will have multiple opportunities to be recognized for WBL activities and have the chance to win gift cards and all-expenses-paid trips to NAF Next in Florida (July 8-11, 2024)!

Learn more

Advisory Board Convenings

Last year, NAF staff members spearheaded a new advisory board training model; the inaugural session was held in Detroit in the fall. There will be several opportunities for advisory board members to learn and network with peers in 2024. These regional events will cover practical topics that will improve board effectiveness and give board members the tools to better impact students.

More information will be forthcoming. If you are interested in a sponsorship or leadership role, please contact Darrell Kain, Director, Advisory Board Activation

International Day of Education

The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed January 24 the International Day of Education. The NAF experience helps students become prepared for a global workforce and effectively engage with people from diverse backgrounds. If you are participating in or sponsoring events related to the International Day of Education, please share it with us. Email dkain@naf.org.

Network Highlights

17th Annual HSEP Breakfast Fundraiser

The Advisory Council hosted its fundraising breakfast last month to benefit students in the Scotlandville Magnet High School Academy of Engineering in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

This is an annual event, where business partners and community leaders come together to hear from students who participated in internships, interact with the students at the breakfast, and also contribute financially to help with internships and support of the program each year.