Academy Practices

Just-in-time resources to equip you with how-to's, guides and supports to manage and grow your academy.

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The Academy Quality Process is open and we have a video to answer your questions!

On September 15th, our Quality Level Process opened for the 22/23 school year. We created a video walkthrough to help answer your questions.

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Next Up: By popular demand! Here are the 2022-2023 Academy Quality Process Key Dates

By popular demand! Here are the 2022-2023 Academy Quality Process Key Dates

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Next Up: How to send in a ticket that gets your problem solved TWICE as fast!

How to send in a ticket that gets your problem solved TWICE as fast!

Are you tired of waiting on a solution to the ticket you submitted? Check this out!

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Next Up: How to create a NAF account

How to create a NAF account

In order to access your academy's data, student data, and see personalized options designed to help you do your work, you must be added to ASH AND have a NAF account. Do this FIRST!

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Next Up: How to assign roles to educators in User Management

How to assign roles to educators in User Management

Our new User Management takes an approach called “Role Based Access”.

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Next Up: The Academy Quality Process is open and we have a video to answer your questions!

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Title	Description	Link	Filters
By popular demand! Here are the 2022-2023 Academy Quality Process Key Dates		View	Quality Center
Pssst! Looking for your CEUs from NAF Next 2022?	Download your 2022 NAF Next CEUs	View
How to create a NAF account	In order to access your academy's data, student data, and see personalized options designed to help you do your work, you must be added to ASH AND...	View
Create New Internship	Learn how to create a new internship for an academy in NAFTrack	View	Internship Management\|NAFTrack
The Academy Support Hub is here!	The Academy Support Hub (ASH) is brand new! We are excited to share a short video highlighting the intuitive navigation and a more...	View
How to assign roles to educators in User Management	Our new User Management takes an approach called “Role Based Access”.	View	User Management
What do the different roles in User Management really mean?	Learn about the different roles and permission in User Management, and what they mean for accessibility in NAF platforms.	View	User Management
How to change academy and district leadership roles in ASH	If you want to make changes to Academy Leadership roles (lead and admin), please go to the Academy Information form in the Quality Center.	View	User Management
How to send in a ticket that gets your problem solved TWICE as fast!	Are you tired of waiting on a solution to the ticket you submitted? Check this out!	View
Teacher Reset of Student Password	Learn how to reset a student's NAFTrack account password	View
Adding Students to a Class	Steps to add students to classes that have been created	View	Class Management\|NAFTrack\|Student Management
Accessing Quality Level Certificates	Step-by-step directions for finding and downloading quality level certificates for your academy.	View	Quality Center
Submitting Dual Enrollment Course for Approval	The process for submitting dual enrollment courses for approval by NAF is an automated process in the NAFTrack Certification. Just follow these...	View
COVID-19 Updated Options for Meeting NAFTrack Certification Internship Requirements	Due to COVID-19, we temporarily changed the NAFTrack Internship Requirements	View
Edit Employers	Learn how to make changed to internship employer information including employer name, phone number, address, parent corporation and active status	View
Editing a Student's Profile Information	Students can change information such as their date of birth, email, and password	View
Editing Students	Learn how to edit student information including name, date of birth, gender, email, and more	View	Student Management
Creating a Student Account & Logging Into NAFTrack	How students establish their NAFTrack accounts and log in to the NAFTrack portal	View	Student Management\|NAFTrack
How long does it take for information to come from NAFTrack Certification into ASH?		View
Student Graduation	How to approve and graduate students in NAFTrack	View
NAFTrack Certification Overview	Here you'll find info on the benefits of getting NAFTrack Certified and the required criteria to do so	View	NAFTrack
Student Request for Course Recognition		View
Student Requesting Forgotten Password	If a student forgets their password they can reset it themselves	View	Student Management
Student Upload - Excel	Learn how to upload multiple students into NAFTrack simultaneously using an excel spreadsheet	View	Student Management\|NAFTrack
Uploading an Individual Student	Learn how to add individual students into NAFTrack manually - this is usually done when adding a student to an additional academy	View	Student Management\|NAFTrack
Submitting a Request for Course Recognition for Dual Enrollment	Students can request course recognition for an approved dual-enrollment course	View
System Technical Specifications and Supported Platforms	Details on operating system and web browser requirements for NAFTrack compatibility	View
Upload of Culminating Project No Longer Required (as of August 2021)	FAQ and information regarding NAF no longer requiring upload of the culminating project	View	Class Management\|NAFTrack
View Completed Internships	Learn how to view details of completed internships and their assessments	View
View Internship Details	Learn how to view and edit different internship details for an academy	View
View Student Progress Toward NAFTrack Certification	Learn how to view a student's progress report toward NAFTrack Certification	View
Create a Class	Instructions on how to create a class in NAFTrack	View	Class Management\|NAFTrack
Internship Assessment Upload	Learn how to properly upload internship assessments into NAFTrack	View	Internship Management\|NAFTrack
Setting Up a Class	Simple directions for setting up a class in NAFTrack	View
Upload Grades/Scores for Courses	Simple directions for uploading student course grades and scores	View	Class Management\|NAFTrack
Monitoring Classes	Monitoring the status of your classes	View	Class Management\|NAFTrack
Entering Grades/Scores for Courses	Simple directions for entering students grades and scores for courses	View	Class Management\|NAFTrack
Managing Course Recognition Requests from Students	Once a student submits a request, it needs to be approved by a teacher.	View	NAFTrack
Editing Class Details	Quick and easy directions to edit class details	View
Unlock EOC for NAF Courses	How to unlock EOC exams for NAF Courses in NAFTrack Certification	View	NAFTrack\|Class Management
Managing Course Recognition Requests (School Leads)	Once a student submits a course recognition request, it will need to be approved the academy lead.	View	NAFTrack\|Class Management
How to add a Teacher to ASH	Teachers who don't exist in ASH must be added in by academy or district leadership so they can access NAFTrack and ASH pages	View	Quality Center
Upload Internships (Excel file)	An alternate method of creating new internships by uploading an Excel spreadsheet with the internship information	View	Internship Management\|NAFTrack
NAF Next 22 Tech Training	If you are attending NAF Next 2022 in Dallas, please read this article about how to submit a ticket to get you started in the Tech Support section...	View
Internship Assessment Form	NAFTrack Internship Assessment form for supervisors	View
Youth PAR (Participatory Action Research) Tools - Now in ASH!	NAF’s Youth Engagement and PAR Toolkit and resources can be accessed in the ASH Learning Center under Academy Practices.	View	Youth Engagement and Voice\|Participatory Action Research (PAR)
How to RESET your NAF account password	For educators, getting locked out of your account can be a huge barrier to getting work done. Luckily, you can reset your password on your own!	View	User Management