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Ford NGL U
Ford NGL U

Want to transform the experience of students in your community?

We'll help you transform the teaching and learning, the culture, systems, and structures of schools, and partnerships between the schools and communities.

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The Ford NGL Framework

A Community-Connected Transformation Model for Students

THE FORD NGL U JOURNEY

Here at Ford NGL U, we use the Ford Next Generation Learning Framework to guide us and you. We’ve learned a lot over the past 30+ years and we want to pass that learning over to you.

  • Free
    2 Lessons

     What is an industry council and why should every community have one?

      What’s the power behind having industry councils? Is it really a way to maximize business and industry participation in and with career academies (pathways)? This is particularly important in larger communities where you may have the same or similar academies in multiple high schools, so that you can best utilize business and community effectively to equitably support academies across the district that fall within one industry sector.
  • Free
    2 Lessons

    Culture Shift via the Career Academy Model: Data, Team Buy-In & Ownership

    Join our expert panelists for this on-demand Ford NGL U Chomp & Chat as they unpack Ford NGL’s approach to the Career Academy model. Our panelists share the power of data, tips on implementing distributed leadership, and discuss the benefits of establishing a culture that supports transformed teaching and learning.

  • Free
    23 Lessons

    Foundations of Powerful Partnership Teams

    A Powerful Partnership Team is a pathway/academy teacher team (which typically includes core academic teachers, CTE teachers and, often, special education teachers and pathway/academy counselor) AND their high-impact business partners.

    This course is about how to best support employer organizations and teachers in building sustainable powerful partnership teams. You’ll get the foundational elements using the Ford NGL Blueprint for Powerful Partnerships.

  • Free
    18 Lessons

    Getting ‘On Board’ with Onboarding Key Community Roles

    This course is designed to provide Ford NGL communities with solid practices and resources for designing their own "unique to our community" education, training, and support (ETS) program to onboard people new to their community-connected transformation roles.
  • Free
    2 Lessons

     What is an industry council and why should every community have one?

      What’s the power behind having industry councils? Is it really a way to maximize business and industry participation in and with career academies (pathways)? This is particularly important in larger communities where you may have the same or similar academies in multiple high schools, so that you can best utilize business and community effectively to equitably support academies across the district that fall within one industry sector.
  • Free
    2 Lessons

    Culture Shift via the Career Academy Model: Data, Team Buy-In & Ownership

    Join our expert panelists for this on-demand Ford NGL U Chomp & Chat as they unpack Ford NGL’s approach to the Career Academy model. Our panelists share the power of data, tips on implementing distributed leadership, and discuss the benefits of establishing a culture that supports transformed teaching and learning.

  • Free
    23 Lessons

    Foundations of Powerful Partnership Teams

    A Powerful Partnership Team is a pathway/academy teacher team (which typically includes core academic teachers, CTE teachers and, often, special education teachers and pathway/academy counselor) AND their high-impact business partners.

    This course is about how to best support employer organizations and teachers in building sustainable powerful partnership teams. You’ll get the foundational elements using the Ford NGL Blueprint for Powerful Partnerships.

  • Free
    18 Lessons

    Getting ‘On Board’ with Onboarding Key Community Roles

    This course is designed to provide Ford NGL communities with solid practices and resources for designing their own "unique to our community" education, training, and support (ETS) program to onboard people new to their community-connected transformation roles.

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Learn with your peers in role-alike experiences. Collaborate within a network and apply new skills to your day-to-day work to increase your impact.

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Learn anytime, anywhere.   Boost your skills with flexible, OnDemand courses, toolkits, and resources designed to fit your just-in-time needs.

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