Required Internship/Work Experience Overview

All NAF students must complete a work experience or internship to earn NAFTrack Certification.

Eligibility Timeline
• Suggested to begin after completing 9th grade
• Must be completed by spring break of senior year

Hour Requirement
• 80 total hours
• Paid or unpaid experiences are accepted
• NAF hours do NOT count toward BUSD Service Hours, and  BUSD Service Hours do NOT count toward NAF hours

Before You Start
• Review the Student Future Ready Skills rubric and complete the pre‑reflection
• Review digital portfolio requirements and a sample portfolio
• Set up a method for tracking hours

While You Are Working
• Track your hours carefully
• Actively work to improve your Future Ready Skills
• Collect evidence of your experience, such as:
– Photos of you at work (with supervisor approval)
– Documents, spreadsheets, slides, or other work samples you helped create

After Completing 80 Hours

• Fill out the  NAF Internship Data Form
• Your supervisor will complete the NAF Supervisor Assessment digitally. The Digital Assessment will be emailed to your Supervisor by NAF.
  • Link to Detailed Instructions
  • The email will come from: NAF_Administration@naftrack.org
• Complete the post Future Ready Skills self‑reflection
• Write the Work Experience/Internship Reflection in complete paragraphs
• Upload all required materials to your digital portfolio