overview of aof curriculum
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Driving Question for Principles of Finance:
“How can we as Academy of Finance students educate our families and fellow students about issues critical to a person’s financial literacy?”
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What skills and types of knowledge would students need to produce a presentation like this?
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Who is in the room?
Turn to your neighbor and introduce yourself. Share how long you’ve been a career academy teacher and what Finance courses you’ve taught.
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Courses Offered
AOF AOHT AOITPrinciples of Finance Principles of Hospitality &
TourismPrinciples of Information
Technology**
Applied Finance Customer Service* Computer Networking*
Business Economics Geography for Tourism Computer Systems*
Business in a Global Economy
Hospitality Marketing Database Design
Entrepreneurship Sports, Entertainment, and Event Planning
Digital Video Production
Ethics in Business Sustainable Tourism Graphic Design
Financial Planning Introduction to Programming
Financial Services Web Design*
Insurance
Managerial Accounting
Principles of Accounting
Structure of a NAF course
1 semester (70 – 80 class periods) Class periods are 50 minutes long A NAF course is “one size fits most” Includes a lesson on industry-related
careers Includes a culminating project Advisory board is involved in every
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Structure of a NAF lesson
Each includes three main components: Lesson Plan, Student Resource, Teacher Resource; also includes PowerPoints, videos, and other file types
Each lesson includes an assessment product
Docs are in Word format to be edited as needed
Every lesson includes a literacy activity
Extensions and cross-curricular activities are provided at the end of each lesson
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A Look at Lesson Design
Read, Group, Share: Which elements of this lesson are familiar to
you? What seems new and interesting to you? How would you characterize the instructional
arc/flow/sequencing of this lesson?
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A Look at Instructional Practices Working with a partner, find these practices
in the lesson and complete the Instructional Practices Graphic Organizer
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Where are the courses?
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NAF updates
Student Assessment and Certification
Teacher Resources and revamp of Naf.org
Career academies in the news
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Enroll in free professional development
Gain greater familiarity with the curriculum and increase your skills by taking NAF eCollege online courses: Basics of the NAF Curriculum (short
module) Teaching the NAF Curriculum (immersion
course)
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Thank You!
Any Questions?
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