1. Family Connection by Naviance
Junior Presentation
NASH School Counseling Department

2. Welcome to Naviance
Naviance is a web-based resource for students and parents that encourages and supports post high school college and career planning
Family Connection is specific to our school
IPhone & IPad App

3. How Can I Use It? College Planning Career Planning Success Planning
College Search, SuperMatch, Application Process, College Major Exploration, Scholarship/Financial Aid Resources
Career Planning
Learning Style Inventory, Interest Inventory, Personality Inventory, Career Clusters, Resume Building
Success Planning
Personalized Goals and Tasks, Journal Entries, Student Planner

4. Family Connection Game Plan
Wednesday, June 1
Log in to your Family Connection account
Introduction to various college and career search features
Prepare for this summer and next fall
Thursday, June 2
Work on assigned tasks in Family Connection with your counselor.
Mrs. Rosato (A-Ew), Library MPR
Mrs. Bielawski (Ex-Kt), Round tables in the library
Mr. Hambrick (Ku-Rd), Main Library Computers
Mr. Thompson (Re-S), Library MPR
Mrs. Buettner (T-Z), The Place

5. Log-in ENTER LOG IN INFORMATION HERE
Username: Student number
Password: Date of birth MM/DD/YYYY

6. Student number
Date of birth MM/DD/YYYY (include slashes)

7. Family Connection Homepage: Students and parents can explore the tabs, pages, links, and updates.

8. Click here to make an appointment w/ your counselor.
Click here to access the counselor letter of recommendation form.

9. Click on SuperMatch

10. Click on each tab to find colleges that match your criteria.

11. Click to compare pinned schools.
Click to “pin” schools.

12. Add a school to your “Colleges I’m Thinking About” list.

13. Save your search. Return to the Colleges Tab to view “Colleges I’m Thinking About”

14. Add colleges to create your list of potential schools.
Here you can keep track of colleges you are interested in, rate your level of interest, view upcoming application deadlines, and transfer schools from Colleges I’m Thinking About, to Colleges I’m Applying to.

15. Explore the various links in the Colleges Tab to explore colleges.
View upcoming college rep visits
Scattergrams: Compare yourself to other NA students who applied to the same college.
Click “college lookup”

16. Search for a college that interests you.

17. Add to “Colleges I’m Thinking About”
Click “Admissions” to view qualifications for acceptance.

18. Click on the Careers Tab.
Take the Cluster Finder and Career Interest Profiler to explore careers, majors, and possible courses of study.
View your saved favorite careers here.
**If you would like to retake the Career Interest Profiler, your school counselor will need to reset it for you.

19. Cluster Finder Results: Add Clusters to your list of favorites to begin exploring.

20. After reviewing your Career Interest Profiler, Click Here to explore matching occupations

21. Read job descriptions, learn necessary skills, view activities, compare potential salaries, and search colleges with potential majors

22. In the Careers Tab, click “explore careers & clusters.”

23. Search by keyword, your Holland Code, or by career cluster.

24. Click on the tabs to view specific information about your career and explore related occupations.
Add the career to your favorites list.

25. Review colleges offering majors related to career matches
Review colleges offering majors related to career matches. Click on schools that interest you.

26. Here you can watch videos, review admission information, link to the school’s website, and even begin the application!
If you are interested in a school, Click Here to add it to your Colleges I’m Thinking About list.

27. Click on About Me to access other important inventories and surveys.
Myer’s Briggs: find your personality type.
Multiple Intelligences: find out your inherent strengths & abilities.

28. Click the about me tab & resume to access the resume builder.

29. What now?
Summer 2016
Explore your Family Connections Account
Take Career & Interest Inventories
Add colleges to your “Colleges I’m Thinking About” list (this will inform you of college visits)
Fill out the Counselor Letter of Recommendation Form
August – Begin working on your college applications (Common App and others)
We will NOT be using the Coalition Application
Fall 2016
Log into your account weekly!
Classroom presentation (College applications & eDocs) during the week of Sept. 12
Link your Common Application to your Family Connection account
Add colleges to your “Colleges I’m Applying To” list
Add teachers to your Family Connection account (Sept.)
Request Transcripts (Oct. 1)

30. Tomorrow’s Assignment
Thursday, June 2
Work on assigned tasks in Family Connection with your counselor.
Mrs. Rosato (A-Ew), Library MPR
Mrs. Bielawski (Ex-Kt), Round tables in the library
Mr. Hambrick (Ku-Rd), Main Library Computers
Mr. Thompson (Re-S), Library MPR
Mrs. Buettner (T-Z), The Place

31. Assigned Tasks
View your assigned tasks in the blue box on your home screen.
You can also view taks in the “my planner” tab under “tasks assigned to me”