NAF Academy Advisory Boards AB

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NAF Academy Advisory Boards (AB)

• What are they?
• What do they look like?
• How do you build one?
• How do you maintain one?

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Advisory Boards What are they?

• 15-20 local business leaders, primarily (but not
  exclusively) from Academy-theme industry, who
  meet regularly, and provide various resources for
  your Academy
• Resources include (but are not limited to)
• Classroom participation (including presentations,
  coaching, judging competitions, etc.)
• Mentoring, job shadowing
• Paid internships
• Funding (scholarships, field trips, etc.)
• Professional development for educators
• Assistance with student recruitment
• Advocacy
• Academy Director, other school staff/personnel,
  and a student or two, should also sit on AB

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Advisory Boards What do they look like?

• Chair, Vice- (or Co-) Chair, Secretary, Treasurer
• Monthly meetings (following Roberts Rules)
• Written by-laws, standing agenda, written and
  distributed minutes
• Role-call, reports from various members, next
  steps, majority voting
• Chair runs the meetings
• Academy Director reports on current state of
  program/school
• Academy student(s) report on current state of
  class(es)
• Committees, suggested but not limited to the
  following, report out on attainment of goals
  established during strategic planning
• Internships
• Fundraising
• Advocacy, Promotion and Public Relations
• Student Recruitment
• Student Activities
• Board Recruitment

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Advisory Boards How do you build one?

• See AB Development Storymap Steps 1- 4
• Envision, Design, Form, Start
• Create a Vision for your team
• What will your AB look like 2-3 years from now?
• What are the ways in which the AB members will
  offer support and interact with students?
• Recruit your champion
• Local business leader, acts as temporary Chair
• AB takes on personality of Chair, so find a
  spark plug!
• Hold a recruitment event
• Breakfast, luncheon, after-school reception
• Bring students to speak and help recruit

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Advisory Boards How do you build one?

• Call local business leaders and set up meetings
• Bring students with you
• Bring champion or other AB member with you
• Bring WIIFMs with you
• Make a presentation at regular meetings of
• Chamber of Commerce
• Kiwanis, Rotary, Lions, other club meetings
• Professional associations (bankers, CPAs, etc.)
• Ask parents for their involvement and referrals

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Advisory Boards How do you maintain one?

• Hold your first AB meeting
• Elect officers
• Establish By-laws (See NAF Academy By-laws
  template)
• Review roles and responsibilities (See AB Manual)
• Review Academy needs and assign to Committees
• Form Committees and elect Committee Chairs
• Set up regular monthly meeting schedule
• See AB Development Storymap Steps 5-7
• Develop, Grow, Sustain
• Involve AB members with students
• Mentoring, job shadowing, classroom visits,
  luncheons

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Advisory Boards How do you maintain one?

• Keep all AB members engaged with activities and
  Committees everyone involved in something
• Recruit new AB members as needed
• Recognize, reward and renew commitment of AB
  members
• Recognition breakfast or luncheon
• Photo opportunities with students
• Thank you letters from students cc to
  supervisors
• Thank you letters from Principal to company
  supervisors
• Promote their good work and recognize the results
  of their efforts in the local press / media

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NAF Academy Advisory Boards

• Questions??
• Other Resources from NAF
• Partnership Engagement Continuum
• Internship Toolkit
• Contacts
• Regional Manager email / phone number
• Charlie Katz Director of Corporate Engagement
• charlie_at_naf.org, [phone]