NAF Director 101 :   Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Being a NAF Academy Director But Were Afraid to Ask
What are we doing today ? Introductions What is a NAF Academy? Director  Do- ties Team  Build- ing Advisory  Bored- s Student Recruitment Fun- ding
Who’s in the Room ? 5 minutes  – Get to know each other at your table.  Amongst yourselves, pick one person to be the presenter.  Pick one surprising fact about someone at the table. Personal NAF-related (what is your role w/in the academy?) Director-related (What do you think your role or the role of the director is?) Embarrassing moment!
Introductions 1 minute  – Presenter at each table is going to speak about one person at the table and the rest of the tables have to identify “who” the mystery person is.
What is a NAF Academy:  So you want to direct –  What ???   A NAF Academy  is . . . Part of a non-profit organization One of over 500+ in 41 states Supported by, but  not run  by NAF Guided by a Membership Agreement A model for school-wide reform Organized around the Six Core Principles
NAF’s Six Core Principles
NAF’s Three Pillars   of Strength Curriculum Online at  www.naf.org   after login 3 new courses in each theme Sessions at Institute Advisory Boards Online tools and materials on Academy Development webpage Sessions at Institute Internships Online toolkit for students, directors, employers
 
 
 
 
Attend a Curriculum Workshop!
 
 
 
Look for Workshops on Advisory Board Development/ Internships!
Director  Do- ties:   What does a NAF director do ? A “Suggested” Guide to Planning Your Year Handout NAF Login page Link to Academy Development Director’s Page
 
 
Need some “ friend -ly” advice? Suggested Guide to Planning Your Year You’ve got friends in  “hi”  places! Reach out and touch someone—in the NAF  network !
"Hi"
Team  Build -ing:  Going it alone?  Think again! Build it right!  Who should be on the team? Recruit!  How do you get “buy-in”? Share the vision!  Visioning exercises? Share the responsibility!  Delegate! Have fun!  Make time to  celebrate your successes !
 
Advisory  Bored- s:   How do you keep ‘em? Avoid the blahs--get engaged!
Student Recruitment  Guide To the NAF website!
Getting the word out?
Fun- ding:   Show you the  MONEY Charity begins at ( NAF )  home ! Grant  a wish! School-based grants Community grants Government grants (www.grants.gov) National business & foundation grants Are we having  fun(d )  yet?

Naf director 101 ppt

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    NAF Director 101: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Being a NAF Academy Director But Were Afraid to Ask
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    What are wedoing today ? Introductions What is a NAF Academy? Director Do- ties Team Build- ing Advisory Bored- s Student Recruitment Fun- ding
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    Who’s in theRoom ? 5 minutes – Get to know each other at your table. Amongst yourselves, pick one person to be the presenter. Pick one surprising fact about someone at the table. Personal NAF-related (what is your role w/in the academy?) Director-related (What do you think your role or the role of the director is?) Embarrassing moment!
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    Introductions 1 minute – Presenter at each table is going to speak about one person at the table and the rest of the tables have to identify “who” the mystery person is.
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    What is aNAF Academy: So you want to direct – What ??? A NAF Academy is . . . Part of a non-profit organization One of over 500+ in 41 states Supported by, but not run by NAF Guided by a Membership Agreement A model for school-wide reform Organized around the Six Core Principles
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    NAF’s Six CorePrinciples
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    NAF’s Three Pillars of Strength Curriculum Online at www.naf.org after login 3 new courses in each theme Sessions at Institute Advisory Boards Online tools and materials on Academy Development webpage Sessions at Institute Internships Online toolkit for students, directors, employers
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    Look for Workshopson Advisory Board Development/ Internships!
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    Director Do-ties: What does a NAF director do ? A “Suggested” Guide to Planning Your Year Handout NAF Login page Link to Academy Development Director’s Page
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    Need some “friend -ly” advice? Suggested Guide to Planning Your Year You’ve got friends in “hi” places! Reach out and touch someone—in the NAF network !
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    Team Build-ing: Going it alone? Think again! Build it right! Who should be on the team? Recruit! How do you get “buy-in”? Share the vision! Visioning exercises? Share the responsibility! Delegate! Have fun! Make time to celebrate your successes !
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    Advisory Bored-s: How do you keep ‘em? Avoid the blahs--get engaged!
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    Student Recruitment Guide To the NAF website!
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    Fun- ding: Show you the MONEY Charity begins at ( NAF ) home ! Grant a wish! School-based grants Community grants Government grants (www.grants.gov) National business & foundation grants Are we having fun(d ) yet?

Editor's Notes

  • #2 Intro slide—have displayed as attendees are filing in.
  • #3 Emphasize that we are going to do more directing to find answers than providing answers.
  • #4 Segue—just so we don’t get “bored” right out of the start, let’s try a fun exercise and get to know each other.
  • #6 Start with a little background about what NAF is.
  • #8 Curriculum – how to locate on site? 3 new courses released at Institute; point out sessions in program book Advisory boards—will show in following slides where to locate; point out sessions in program book Internships – point out online toolkit
  • #9 First of screen shots to show where to find curriculum, advisory board, and internship materials.
  • #11 The courses showing are the OLD NAF courses. To get to the new courses, you have to click on the banner at the top of the page.
  • #12 Call attention to the NAF Learning Handbook—great teaching methods.
  • #13 Point out that their program book is organized into three “frames”, one of which is Teaching and Learning—there they will find sessions on curriculum. The other two frames are Academy Development and Advisory Board Development/Internships
  • #14 Point out link to Academy Development collaborative page.
  • #15 Advisory board materials can be found on Collaborative page.
  • #16 Internship Toolkit available here!
  • #17 Another one of the frames in the program book is on Advisory Board Development and Internships.
  • #18 Handout. YOPs got one specific to YOP in their orientation in the morning. Time to review in detail and ask for audience input? How do we get them to USE it?
  • #19 Back to the Academy Development collaborative page for another link!
  • #20 Directors page—one-stop shopping!
  • #21 Stress importance of reaching out for help. Regional Directors, Guide, network
  • #22 How to find Regional Directors
  • #23 Stress importance of building a strong academy team! Emphasize importance of recruiting team, using TPM to build it right, do some visioning exercises to strengthen team, delegate, and celebrate!
  • #24 Team Performance Model—explain how it works.
  • #25 Discussion on how to keep business partners engaged
  • #26 New NAF Student Recruitment Guide will appear on website soon.
  • #27 Discussion on recruiting students
  • #28 Start with the NAF website—find the grants listing Emphasize the importance of providing data to NAF! Look for grants at school, in the community, from foundations and national corporations, on the internet Fundraising—either discuss as a group or do breakouts