Family Connection POWERED BY NAVIANCE We are pleased to introduce Family Connection, a web based service designed especially for students and parents. Family Connection is a comprehensive website that you and your child can use to help in making decisions about colleges and careers. Family Connection is linked with Naviance Succeed, a service that we will use in our office to track and analyze data about college and career plans, so it provides up-to- date information that is specific to our school. The following slides provide an overview of Family Connection.

What can student and parents do using Family Connection? Get organized and informed all in one place Create a résumé View college visits and sign up Complete a college search Develop a prospective college list Search for scholarships; over a hundred national scholarships are available Maintain journal entries Take many surveys available for Career Searches, Learning Styles, etc… Compare colleges, visit college websites Links to selected third party resources (i.e. College Board, Financial Aid, NCAA, Careers, College searches, etc.) Track deadlines View career and social guidance videos: Roadtrip Nation

How is it accessed? Family Connection is web-based Parents/Guardians provided login information April 2017, via email Students provided guidance February 2017,can access via My Katy Cloud. http://www.katyisd.org/mykaty/Pages/default.aspx Login using your Katy ISD login and password. Type Naviance into the search area (magnify glass) Click on Naviance tile and log-in using Katy ISD log-in and password.

After You Sign in Updates from the Guidance Office Click on the Tabs Important Messages Updates from the Guidance Office

Colleges Page Use these links to do a college search

See what College visits are scheduled and sign up to attend! Colleges Page

Colleges Page Click Here to add colleges to your prospective college list

Colleges Page Visit College Website

About Me Click here to fill out important surveys, tell us your Game Plan and create your resume

Search for and Explore Careers

Example of a Chosen Career

Take an Assessment A great place to get started… Several assessments available for career choices

Watch a video listen to leaders experiences…

FAMILY CONNECTION POWERD BY NAVIANCE Start exploring!!! COLLEGES CAREERS ABOUT ME PLANNING FAMILY CONNECTION POWERD BY NAVIANCE