This session explores the four-year program of study for AOHS, the pedagogy for the NAF curriculum, the role of project-based learning in NAF courses and how to navigate the NAF online curriculum library. This is an introductory session for educators new to AOHS and the NAF curriculum.
4. Driving Question for Global Health
What global health issue is worthy
of being a focus at an
international health summit?
5. What skills and types of knowledge
would students need to produce a
presentation like this?
As You View the Narrated
Presentation
6. AOHS Program of Study
Year 1
• Healthcare Careers Exploration
• Personal Health & Wellness*
Year 2
• Foundations of Anatomy and Physiology I & II
Year 3
• Global Health and/or Specialized courses (Medical
Diagnostics, Medical Therapeutics, Sports
Medicine, etc.)*
Year 4
• Specialized courses* and/or Certification course
*Still to be developed
7. Structure of a NAF course
1 semester (75 – 80 class periods)
Class periods are 50 minutes long
A NAF course is “one size fits most”
Advisory board members have roles in every course
Every course is correlated to the applicable Common
Core State Standards
Includes a culminating project…
8. Project Based Learning
Positive Interdependence (Sink or Swim
Together)
Face-to-Face Interaction (Promote Each Other’s
Success)
Individual & Group Accountability (No Hitchhiking!
No Social Loafing!)
Interpersonal & Small-Group Skills (Being a
Team Player)
Group Processing (A Metacognitive 21st Century
Skill)
9. Structure of a NAF lesson
Each lesson includes three main components: Lesson
Plan, Student Resource, Teacher Resource. Some also
include PowerPoints, videos, and other file types.
Each lesson includes one or two assessment products
Most documents are in Word format to be edited as
needed
Every lesson includes at least one literacy activity
Extensions and cross-curricular activities are provided
at the end of each lesson
10. A Look at NAF Lesson Design
Circle or Label what you
notice in this lesson:
• key elements of structure
• key elements of instruction
• types of content
11. A Look at NAF Lesson Design
Pair, Share:
• Which elements of this lesson are familiar
to you?
• What seems new and interesting to you?
• What do you notice about the sequencing
of the lesson?
1. Positive Interdependence (Sink or Swim Together)
Each group member’s efforts are required and indispensable for group success.
Each group member makes a unique contribution to the joint effort through his or her resources, role, and/or task responsibilities.
2. Face-to-Face Interaction (Promote Each Other’s Success)
Orally explaining how to solve problems
Teaching one’s knowledge to others
Checking for understanding
Discussing concepts being learned
Connecting present with past learning
3. Individual & Group Accountability (No Hitchhiking! No Social Loafing!)
The entire group is collectively accountable for meeting the goals and/or objectives of the assignment, and each student is individually accountable for his or her piece(s) in the project.
You may want to use some of the following techniques to manage individual and group accountability:
o Keep the size of the group small. The smaller the size of the group, the greater the individual accountability may be.
o Give an individual test to each student.
o Randomly examine students by calling on one student to orally present his or her group’s work to you, in the presence of the group.
o Observe each group and record the frequency with which each member contributes to the group’s work.
o Assign one student in each group the role of checker. The checker asks other group members to explain the reasoning and rationale underlying group answers.
o Have students teach what they learned to someone else.
4. Interpersonal & Small-Group Skills (Being a Team Player)
Students explicitly learn and practice:
Leadership
Decision making
Trust building
Communication
Conflict management
5. Group Processing (A Metacognitive 21st Century Skill)
Group members:
Discuss how well they are achieving their goals and maintaining effective working relationships
Describe what member actions are helpful and not helpful
Make decisions about what behaviors to continue or change