1. College & Career Planning with Naviance/Family Connection
Shannon Roberts, M.Ed
Steele Canyon High School
Naviance Administrator

2. 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

3. 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)

4. 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)

5. 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

6. 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
Students/Parents, Set Reminders, Create Surveys
Create Groups to send targeted s to students and/or parents
Courses - Course Catalog, Plans of Study
Planner – Tasks & Programs
Scholarships
Colleges

7. 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 $$$

8. 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

9. Q & A