NAF is working significantly to increase our impact in the coming years, and has engaged the Bridgespan Group to solicit stakeholder's input and help form its next five-year strategic plan.

1. NAF’s Emerging Strategic Plan 2011 Leadership Summit San Francisco, CA July 16

2. A wide variety of inputs are informing NAF’s strategic plan NAF Board of Directors Funder and expert interviews ‘Deep Dives’ in 7 Districts NAF Leadership Team & Staff NAF’s Strategic Plan Student Focus Groups in 5 Districts 10+ District School Design & CTE Leaders 5 District Superintendents or Deputies Bridgespan Knowledge and Analysis 2011 Leadership Summit NAF Field Survey

3. NAF Academies help all students become college and career ready; we target students at risk of academic failure Career ambition is the hook that keeps many students engaged in high school College & Career Readiness

4. Successful careers require both college readiness and career readiness, which include related but distinct skills CollegeReadiness CareerReadiness and Workplaceknowledge Cognitive skills Contentknowledge College and career readiness Self management and professionalism Applied workplace skills Contextual skills and awareness Academic behaviors Other: social responsibility, etc.

5. For Discussion – College and Career Readiness How does this articulation resonate? What is new/old? Clear/unclear? How does it help/hurt messaging to stakeholders (students, parents, faculty, districts, advisory boards, etc.)? What does this mean for your academy/district? What are the challenges to ensuring students achieve both college and career readiness? What can NAF do better to ensure we all: Achieve and improve these outcomes? Communicate our goals and model with others?

6. High-Quality Academies NAF will become a national gold standard Deep District Engagement National awareness Gold standard 3rd party validators

7. For Discussion – District-Focused Growth How does this growth strategy resonate? What does this mean for your academy/district? What are the challenges to further integration with districts? What can NAF National do to better support district integration? What can NAF Local do to better foster district integration?

8. For Discussion – Achieving a Gold Standard What excites you about NAF becoming more visible? What does the importance of high quality mean for your academy/district? What are the challenges to becoming widely recognized as a gold standard? How should NAF increase its visibility? Who are key stakeholder/influencer groups? What can NAF Local do to achieve better recognition and visibility?