College & Career Planning with Naviance/Family Connection Shannon Roberts, M.Ed (sroberts@schscougars.org) Steele Canyon High School Naviance Administrator

Workshop Agenda How to Incorporate Family Connection into a 4-Yr College/Career Readiness Plan Administering a College/Career Readiness program w/Naviance Getting started Its’ a Communication tool College Admissions process Collecting & Reporting Data Alumni Tracking

How to Incorporate Family Connection into a 4-Yr College/Career Readiness Plan 9th & 10th Grade Career Assessments (About Me) – Interests, Strengths, Learning Styles, Personality Search Any Career & Roadtrip Nation (Careers) Connect Careers & College Majors 4-Yr, 2-Yr & Vocational Course Plans (Courses) Tasks to Complete for Graduation & College (My Planner)

How to Incorporate Family Connection into a 4-Yr College/Career Readiness Plan 11th Grade Start Researching Colleges & Majors (Colleges) College Research – SuperMatch Scattergrams College Visits Colleges List Scholarships Review and update 4-yr course plan (Courses) Revisit Task List (My Planner)

How to Incorporate Family Connection into a 4-Yr College/Career Readiness Plan 12th Grade Finish Researching Colleges & Start Applying (Colleges) Colleges I’m Thinking About – Colleges I’m Applying to Request Transcripts Request Letters of Rec – Rec Letter Survey Connect to Common App Acct Report where Admitted/Denied, and where attending

Administering a College/Career Readiness Program with Naviance Getting Started Set up – User Admin, Preferences, Assign Counselors, Import Teacher List, Import Student/Parent Data Connections as a Communication tool Set up what you want Parents/Students to see in Family Connection view Email Students/Parents, Set Email Reminders, Create Surveys Create Groups to send targeted emails to students and/or parents Courses - Course Catalog, Plans of Study Planner – Tasks & Programs Scholarships Colleges

Using Naviance for College Admissions Mass import all transcripts Recommendation letters uploaded, stored, and sent here Common App – Initial, Mid-year, Final reports completed, sent here Track students application status Send majority of our transcripts electronically – saves $$$

How Can Naviance/Family Connection Help with Data? College & Career Readiness Data Grants, ELCAP, WASC, SARC all need college and career data Want to see increases in college and career preparation Reports Class Profile – Are GPA’s & SAT scores going up? Scholarships – Scholarship survey results provide this data Scores – Test ranges and averages Alumni Tracker

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