The NAF Academies of Miami-Dade County Public Schools

Miami Lakes NAF Teachers Lead Capstone Workshop at NAF Conference

Miami Lakes Educational Center NAF Lead Teachers, Mr. Marlon Vernon, AOIT and Ms. Glenda Algaze, AOHS led a workshop sharing our best practices and how to organize Capstone Projects with colleagues from across the nation at the 2018 NAFNext Conference, July 10 in Washington, DC.

NAF President’s Award

Hialeah Gardens Senior High School won the prestigious President's Award for their outstanding work in achieving "Distinguished" status in all five career themed programs! Also a big thanks to the speaker Dr. Louis Algaze for giving a great speech.  

By | July 10th, 2018|Uncategorized|

Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship’s Regional Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge

The NFTE is a nonprofit that aims to encourage young people to have an entrepreneurial mind-set, which includes innovation, self-reliance, risk taking, communication, and problem-solving skills, to prepare them for success. The South Florida competition included students that completed the NFTE’s entrepreneurship class. The NFTE held a South Florida Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship’s Regional Youth Entrepreneurship Competition. Richard [...]

By | July 9th, 2018|Uncategorized|

2018 NAF Mega Student Industry Conference

The 2018 NAF Mega Student Industry Conference was a hit! Miami-Dade County Superintendent Alberto Carvalho attended the conference, and with the help of many keynote speakers, they really demonstrated how motivation is a great way to succeed in future careers. The conference had more than 20 schools attending with over 1,500 students. Each student had the opportunity [...]