Alignment Nashville is a Founding Partner of the Academies of Nashville! The Academies of Nashville Sustain A-Team engages a broad range of partners to build long-term buy-in and support for the Academies from every sector of the community. Recent projects have included a reverse job shadow manual and help developing a walkthough rubric to help Academies identify and amplify their stregnths.
Alignment Nashville also houses the Nashville Hub (a Ford Next Generation Learning Hub), which serves as a clearinghouse for resources and expertise Nashville has cultivated on the academy model.
The mission of the Academies of Nashville are to…
ensure high school students will belong to a personalized smaller learning community engaged around interests where relationships are valued. Instruction will be project-based, applied and integrated where meaningful business engagement is evident, post-secondary institutions are involved and the community is supportive. The Academies of Nashville allow students to choose a thematic course of study, such as engineering, health care, or International Baccalaureate, and learn in a relevant, hands-on environment with real-world application. Our students learn math, science, English, and social studies in the context of their Academy theme.
How are the Academies of Nashville different from traditional high schools?
- Academies offer the small, personalized environment of a small school.
- Academies offer applied learning opportunities of themed magnet schools.
- Academies partner with businesses to solve real-world problems for authentic learning.
- Academies focus on the 21st Century Skills students need to succeed in college and life.
- Academies provide a culture of teamwork, critical thinking, communications, collaboration, and creativity.
- Academies provide rigorous interdisciplinary curriculum.
- Academies prepare students for college and career.
All students need to be prepared for success in college and career.
Academies of Nashville Alignment Team
- Amber Plunkett, MNPS
- Bob Kucher, PENCIL
- Carl Carter, MNPS
- Carrie Weir, MNPS
- Courtney Morgan, MNPS
- Denise King, MNPS
- Ellen Crowley, CMT
- Ellen O’Neal, HCA
- Felicia Everson-Tuggle, MNPS
- Gena Shearon. Holiday Inn Vanderbilt
- Heather Chalos, Nashville Hub, Alignment Nashville
- James Witty, MNPS
- Jeff Parker, Brown & Caldwell
- Jennifer McFerron, Nashville Area Chamber
- John Doerge, Deloitte
- Katie Petrole, The Parthenon
- Lanedria Marshall, MNPS
- LaurenBrooks-Gregory, Stansell Electric
- Margaret Steele, Nissan
- Mary York, MNPS
- Matt Nelson, MNPS
- Michael Pratt, MNPS
- Miriam Harrington, MNPS
- Patricia Knight, HCA
- Ray Holloman, F5 Networks
- Robert Rice, Nashville Music City Center
- Robert Robinson, Alignment Nashville
- Sherrie Funk, CSF Travel Consulting
- Shohreh Daraei, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce
- Steve Scheaffer, MNPS