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Academy Site Leader (M-DCPS Lead Teacher/NAF Site

Coordinator) Duties

Organizational Title: Academy Site Leader: Site Coordinator/Lead Teacher

Rationale: The Academy is designed to prepare ALL students for college,careers, and active civic participation.

Duties: The duties of the Academy Site Leader includes, but is not limitedto

the following:

Academy Development

Implement career academy model using, CASN Ten National Standards of

Practice, Six Core Principles, and NAF Membership Agreement (Model)

Build and manage NAF Academy design team of stakeholder representatives(Teaming)

o District staff

o Site-based administrator

o Academy Site leader (Lead Teacher/Site Coordinator)

o Academy teachers

o Core-subject teachers (integration)

o Guidance staff member

o Parents and/or students

Facilitate strategic planning with NAF Academy design team and calendaring

(Planning)

Complete NAF Self-Assessment with Academy design team and submit to

district staff and NAF Regional Director two weeks before Regional Director

visit or not later than deadline (December 15)

Create and manage Academy budget with administrative guidance (Budget)

Facilitate communications with team, administrators, district staff, Regional

Director (Communications)

Collect and submit required data into NAF Data Center by deadline and

update regularly (Data)

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Collaborate with site-based and district staff (Support)

Facilitate recruitment of students, staff, and partners (Recruitment)

Participate in district and national professional development activities on

regular basis, including required attendance at the NAF Institute for Staff

Development (Professional Development)

Manage student Career and Technical Student Organizations (CTSO) (DECA,

FBLA, etc.) (Co-curricular Activities)

Create and manage classroom and curricular enhancements (field trips,

speakers, projects, dual enrollment, mentoring, etc.) (Academy

Enhancements)

Internships

Prepare students to assure a successful experience for both student andemployer (Internship Passport) (Preparation)

Communicate guidelines and expectations with parents and employers

(Guidelines)

Prepare and collect required preparatory and assessment materials

(Documentation)

Collect and manage internship data and enter into NAF Data Center by

deadline (Data)

Assist in securing internship positions (Recruitment)

Advisory Boards

Attend all meetings as liaison or send designated replacement (Liaison)

Prepare site reports and submit to district staff one week prior to all meetings

(Reporting)

Assist in recruitment of new members (Recruitment)

Communicate with partners when appropriate (Communication)

Participate in industry-specific activities and trainings (student/industry

conference, job shadow day, teacher training day) (Professional

Development)

Curriculum

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Make sure four (4) NAF courses are offered during Academy experience

(Management)

Make sure NAF curriculum is being taught according to guidelines

(sequencing, pairing, projects, scaffolding, etc.) (Management)

Make sure that all Academy teachers have access to online curriculum

(Management)

Recruit core-subject teachers to NAF Academy design team (Recruitment)

Work with master scheduler to create cohorts of Academy students

(Scheduling and Cohorts)