NAF Curriculum
NAF Curriculum integrates career-themed subject matter with project-based learning.
For each theme, NAF provides a rigorous, industry-validated curriculum that features:
- Cutting-edge methods of increasing literacy using cross-disciplinary teaching strategies that weave career themes across core subjects such as math, English, and history.
- Current industry standards and practices informed by industry experts, business partners, and local and national Advisory Board members representing each theme.
- An outline of objectives for each course that have been reviewed and validated by industry experts and Curriculum Fellows, an outstanding group of Academy Teachers. Instructors are free to use NAF projects and lessons as is and/or integrate their own material, as long as course objectives are met.
While NAF Academy courses are considered “electives” by a school or district, they are required for students completing an Academy program. Courses are divided into units, units are divided into projects and lessons, and each course typically lasts one semester.
Academy instruction is most effective when Academy teachers work together with teachers of academic subjects to create an interdisciplinary approach.
NAF Curriculum is available through the NAF website. It is password-protected and accessible only to NAF Academies and Academy Teams engaged their Year of Planning activities.
