Our Partners

Partnerships are central to the NAF mission and model.

Business Partners provide industry expertise, funding, leadership, and guidance to sustain the NAF Academy Network and local NAF Academies in schools across the country. The community and workplace ties provided by our business partners, corporate sponsors, and thousands of professional volunteers translate into worthwhile opportunities for tens of thousands of young people each year.

Business partners further empower a typically beleagured public educational system. Backed by their business parters and Advisory Boards, NAF Academies can more freely tap into the strengths and ambitions of students, and usher these youth forward into academic, personal, and professional success.

School Partners commit to the integrated teaching and learning that distinguish NAF Academies, NAF Curriculum, and NAF Academy graduates. NAF Academy teachers bring cutting-edge teaching methodologies and their own industry backgrounds to bear as they continually work to enrich the educational experience students’ can expect—both inside and outside the classroom.

NAF Academy teachers, administrators, and other school staff demonstrate a clear commitment to nurture students’ success in their personal lives, as members of a community, and as financially independent adults. Their belief in the NAF Academy model and in students’ capacity to learn and achieve boost students’ confidence for challenges ahead.

Government Partners fuel the success of Career Academies and answer the nationwide call for public education reform. Our government partners share NAF’s commitment to provide education with real-world application. Their endorsement and funding for Career Academies across the country assures that schools, communities, and businesses can together attend to the needs of young people as they enter adulthood.

Association Partners, such as colleges and universities, offer viable pathways for NAF Academy graduates to pursue post-secondary education and earn their degrees. Community colleges and top-tier universities alike recognize the value of career-themed education and 21st Century Skills. More than 60 institutions have agreed to partner with NAF to establish Articulation Agreements offering consideration to NAF Academy graduates who apply for admission and advanced placement credit.