Using NAVIANCE Family Connection 8th Grade DMMS Ms. Shanks, School Counselor

Overview What is Naviance? How do I access it? How will I utilize Family Connection? How will Family Connection assist with my future planning?

What is Family Connection? Web-based resource that supports course, career and college planning Specific to our school and district Any career searches on Naviance will travel with you to West High School

What can I do? Explore Colleges and Careers Complete surveys Set goals for yourself Monitor to do lists Plan Courses (High School) College Planning Tools (High School) Request and track transcripts (High School) Connect with your counselor –Ms. Shanks

8th Grade Family Connection Activities Introduction to Family Connection September Career Cluster Finder 1st semester in FACS Career Activity 1st Semester in FACS EXPLORE Survey Activity To be determined (when we receive EXPLORE results) High School Transition Survey Spring

How is it accessed? Access Family Connection at: http://connection.naviance.com/dakotamjh This is also located as a link on the DMMS home page Log in! First time? Enter your user code given to you Registered use your Google e-mail and password

Log in to Family Connection

VERY IMPORTANT! USE YOUR ISD 77 GOOGLE EMAIL AND PASSWORD Example username: lshank1@isd77.k12.mn.us Remember this is the entire e-mail address! Password is your Google password ASK MS. SHANKS IF YOU NEED YOUR USERNAME AND PASSWORD

Family Connection Home Page

Career Cluster Finder

CAREER CLUSTERS Career clusters are a grouping of occupations and broad industries into 16 clusters that are based on common knowledge and skills Career clusters include hundreds of occupations grouped into pathways around which educational programs of study can be built

CAREER PATHWAYS Career pathways represent an organization of related occupational areas within a specific career cluster Each of these pathways has identified knowledge and skills based on industry from which programs and programs of study are developed.

From Cluster to Career CAREER CLUSTER CAREER PATHWAY SPECIFIC CAREER eg. Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources CAREER PATHWAY eg. Power, Structural, and Technical Systems SPECIFIC CAREER e.g. Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians

MN Career Clusters & Pathways

Career Cluster Finder Once you have your results: Identify your top 2-4 career clusters Identify a pathway in each cluster Add these to your Naviance favorites list by clicking: add to my list Then look up specific careers in these pathways and complete the Naviance worksheet. You can save specific careers to your favorites list.

Explore Colleges & Careers: Career Profiles

Search for Colleges & Careers: College Profile

How does it help? Shared resource linking home to school On-line tool for collaboration among counselors, students, and parents Accurate, complete records about student choices from our school Reliable career assessments Comprehensive storage of student course, career and college data

Questions For more information, please contact: Ms. Shanks, School Counselor at DMMS lshank1@isd77.k12.mn.us