2009 Academy Leadership Summit

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NAF Membership Development Model

Stages, Services, and

Support

Objectives

Participants will:

• Understand NAF’s new membership model

• Be familiar with new services, tools and programs

• Be able to share this model with your team

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Session Overview

• Explain NAF’s new Membership Development plan

• Why is NAF making this change?

• Describe NAF support and services

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• “Kudos to NAF for developing a thorough self assessment tool used for everything from YOP planning to annual check-ups in order for the team to build consensus amongst its stakeholders and insure quality programs of study.”

- Ann Fields, Academy Director, Miami-Dade County Public Schools

• “I found this to be easy to use, fair, and eye opening. This evaluation hits all areas with enough "flex" to allow everyone who is doing an above average program to feel good about using and implementing the NAF model.”

- Jerry Hathaway, Academy Director, West Seneca Central Schools

• “Overall, I found the development stages and self assessment to be well thought out, differentiated and designed. They provide for a clear expectation of the levels, outline the investment/return equation, give a great measurement/validation tool and provide for a roadmap for success. As a fairly new representative of NAF, I have a number of questions on various aspects of the program that I can pursue over time. As a strategic partner, who offers grants, scholarships and hopefully externships, we need to understand how those opportunities fit specifically into the NAF services offered to the various Membership stages.”

- Tim G. McAward, VP and Business Unit Leader, Kelly Engineering Resources

Comments from the Network

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Membership Development Plan

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AFFILIATE PROGRAM

MEMBER ACADEMY

LEADER ACADEMY

DISTINGUISHED ACADEMY

ANNUAL SELF-ASSESSMENT

SERVICES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Why Change?• Target resources and support to Academies along the full

continuum

• Improve graduation rates and post secondary options for students

• Provide clear model expectations, and accompanying services, tools and programs

• Gain recognition from universities, businesses and foundations

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Comparison

• Limited clarity on the NAF model

• Incentives– Curriculum– Certifications– Conferences

• 4 Stages – based on elements of the NAF model

• Incentives– Curriculum– Certifications– Conferences– Increasing set of enhanced services– Apply for support programs

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Previous Model New Model

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Comparison

• Academy expectations– $1,000 membership fee– Membership agreement– Data

• NAF tools, programs, and services– Undefined path to access

NAF services

• Academy expectations– $1,000 membership fee– Membership agreement– Data & Self-Assessment

• NAF tools, programs, and services– Tools: What you can do for yourself– Programs: What NAF can do for you– Services: What you can do together

Previous Model New Model

NAF Support Framework• Using data for decision making

– Self-Assessment– Other data sources– Network review

• Tools

• Programs

• Services

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Tools: What you can do for yourself

Self-Guided Tour: Find your own way, at your own pace• Self Assessment Tool• 16 Getting Started Guides (packaged in CD)• Online web content

– Curriculum– Certification– Internship Toolkit– NAF Data Center

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Programs: What NAF Can Do for You

Guided Tour: Enroll in NAF events or year-long programs• National Events– Annual Institute– Leadership Summit

• Year-Long Programs– Year of Planning (YOP)– Academy Redesign Cohort (ARC)– Academy Support for Programs in Reach of Excellence (ASPIRE)

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Services: What you can do together

Group Journey: Team up with other travelers along the career academy highway

• NAF Connect: opportunities for collaboration and sharing with exemplar academies

• Curriculum Fellows and Leaders• Network Leader Work Groups

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So . . . What Next?

• Conduct Academy Self-Assessment

• Determine membership level and services (with NAF Network Staff)

• Seek out appropriate tools, programs, and services

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Other Opportunities to Discuss

• Open Space – July 9, 11:30 – 2:00 (main ballroom, Grand Canyon 1-2)

• Team Time – July 9, 3:45 – 5:00: Consider strategic areas for Academy improvement

• Message Board – Post questions and concerns• Collaboration Network Workgroup on Network

Membership

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Sharing this Model

• Develop a one-sentence description:

• Share with your table• Sharing out

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Term Characteristics

NAF’s Membership Development is a model that

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