National Academy Foundation Collaboration Network

• NAF Literacy Strategies

• Andy Rothstein

• National Academy Foundation

• Sr. Director Curriculum & Academics

In this presentation, Dr. Andrew Rothstein discusses the importance of Literacy in the classroom and describes ways in which the NAF Curriculum has been designed to support reading comprehension, writing, vocabulary and oral presentation skills. Listen as Dr. Rothstein describes specific teaching methodologies that support the teaching of Literacy and help students develop critical language and communication skills and learn how to learn.

• Project-based Learning

• John Larmer

• Buck Institute for Education

• NAF Consultant

In this presentation, John Larmer, a NAF consultant from the Buck Institute for Education, a leading non-profit research and development organization focused on the use and benefits of problem and project based learning, discusses the principles of PBL as a key instructional strategy in the new NAF Curriculum. Listen to John Larmer talk about the defining characteristics of this teaching methodology as you consider project based activities for your own classes.

• Integrated Curriculum: Making Connections Between Academic and Technical Instruction

• Pier Sun Ho

• ConnectEd: The California Center for College and Career

• Integrated Curriculum Designer

In this presentation, Pier Sun Ho of ConnectEd explains what integrated curriculum is and why it is so important to NAF Academies. She describes the varying levels of integration, which culminate in teams of teachers designing conceptually integrated units. Pier outlines the tools teachers use and the steps they take to achieve this level of integration. Throughout the discussion, Pier provides examples of this powerful, effective method of teaching and learning.

• Workplace Connections: Involving Employer Partners in Teaching and Learning

• Theron Cosgrave

• Swanson & Cosgrave

• NAF Consultant

In this presentation, Theron Cosgrave of Swanson and Cosgrave walks viewers through beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels of business partner engagement with an academy. Learn different methods and activities to bring your Advisory Board members into the classroom to maximize this valuable relationship. Theron also presents suggestions for sustaining and growing these connections once they have been established.