Participants will…

1. Understand the purpose and composition of a YOP Design Team.

2. Determine recruitment plan for stakeholders not yet represented

on their Design Team.

3. Consider Design Team operations in order to create a distributed

leadership model.

4. Become familiar with the YOP process, including the YOP

Guidebook, NAF deadlines, and what professional development

and resources you can expect from NAF.

Welcome

&

Objectives

Who should be on

your Design Team?

YOP Guidebook p. 5

Who do you still need to recruit?

How will you recruit them?

http://www.youtube.com/user/NAFNYC

Design Team:Mostly school

personnel with some

external partnerships

represented Advisory Board:Group of external

partners with one or

two academy staff

representatives

How will your Design Team operate in order to “do it all”?

If your Design Team is more numerous, form

sub-committees within your Design Team

If your Design Team is smaller, form sub-

committees where a Design Team member leads

a committee of people not serving on the

official Design Team

Examples:

• Student recruitment

• Advisory Board member recruitment

• Advocacy & public relations

• Work-based learning

• Curriculum

• Staff Development

Standards-Based

Not Time-Based

Guiding Questions

p. 7

p. 8

p. 11

p. 8

p. 9

Phase 1 YOP Deliverables for Evidence Binder

List of community members already involved in school

Design Team roster w/ roles & responsibilities

Design Team photograph

Design Team meeting agendas / minutes

Evidence of support and advocacy from district and

school administrators, including hierarchal

organizational academy leadership chart

1.4 Academy Leadership YOP Deliverables for

Evidence Binder

Academy vision and mission statement

Staff/Design Team recruitment plan

Academy Director schedule

Evidence Binderp. 6

Next Steps

Recruit remaining members for your Design Team, determine roles

Create a YOP Evidence Binder (hardcopy or livebinders.com)

Start working toward your initial YOP deliverables

Phase 1: Team Building

1.4 Academy Leadership

Schedule & complete YOP Fall Site Visit with Sarah

Meeting will consist of tour of school, facilitated YOP Snapshot

activity with your Design Team, begin Action Plan

p. 23

Questions?

Sarah Hickert, Academy Development Manager

shickert@naf.org

Jen Geisler, Network Liaison

jgeisler@naf.org

Laura Fidler, Instructional Manger

lfidler@naf.org