This week, our newsletter is focused on supporting students and educators through the rocky first weeks of online learning. We’ve got a great training where you can earn CEUs and learn how to improve your blended teaching; three live events for students on wellness and mental health, managing finances, and going to college; and our new Ask a NAF Expert open office hours where you can get live help from NAF staff any day of the week.

Hang in there, don’t be shy, and reply to this email or give us a call if we can help! And we’d always love a quick note to let us know what you think of these emails. 
Resource of the Week
Build Your Online Facilitation Skills
Our first webinar with Naomi Harm was so popular we’re doing it again! Join us on Wednesday, Sept 16 at 3pm EDT to learn effective blended teaching and learning practices. Build your confidence and make your online learning experiences more engaging for students in this interactive webinar. Even if you can’t attend, you can still register if you want to receive the recording. CEUs available!
REMINDER: There's still time to register for Sharmayne Jenkins' three-part Educational Series on Cultural Consciousness & Competence coming up on Sep 15, 17, and 22.
Here are our favorite projects and activities you can use this week:

Engineering: Check out this working model steam engine project from CTE Online to explore CAD/CAM practices, manufacturing, and machining.

Finance & Business: Try “The Uber Game” to see if you can make it in the gig economy while teaching the basics of financial literacy – it’s one of our favorite games from this list of ten fun ways to teach financial literacy from Edutopia.

Health Sciences: Examine ethical issues related to medical research with this project from CTE Online, which explores potential impacts on civil rights, biotechnology, and the exploitation of vulnerable populations.

Hospitality & Tourism: Guide your students through market research, product innovation, and developing a marketing plan with these lessons from Youth Entrepreneurs Academy, then review these virtual field trips that market hotels from around the world.

Information Technology: Teach your beginning students how to create and design a video game using Scratch, or have your networking and security students earn a skill badge from Cisco with these free self-paced lessons on protecting yourself from cyber attacks.
LIVE EVENTS FOR STUDENTS
College Promise and NAF are co-hosting three upcoming student discussions – please share these links with your students and encourage them to attend! (You’re welcome to join as well.)
HOW WE'RE TEACHING ONLINE
Pear Deck, Nearpod, Kahoot, Flipgrid, Padlet… Have you been hearing all these edtech names and wondering what you should use? Check out this list of essential tech tools for virtual teaching, then try these eight ideas to engage students in online learning.
WHAT WE'RE LEARNING - RACIAL EQUITY IN CTE
Some educators wonder if multicultural and social justice education are still relevant if most of their students are white. The answer is yes! By fostering a culture of acceptance and belonging in schools, NAF academies can build a foundation for students to thrive.
WHEN WORK-BASED LEARNING GOES VIRTUAL
Check out Roadtrip Nation, where students can start determining their roadmap and exploring potential career interests. Then give your students a glimpse into a specific industry with Nebraska's video library of 16 career clusters and teaching resources.
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