1. Chris Pfautz, PhD Director of Student Support Technologies Virginia’s Community Colleges Erika Poindexter Coordinator of Student Support Technologies Virginia’s Community Colleges

2. THE VIRGINIA EDUCATION WIZARD

3. A STUDENT CAN: Complete interests, skills and values assessments Explore careers matching interests, skills and values Learn about what careers pay in the local market Search colleges Estimate and compare college costs Find and apply for financial aid and scholarships Plan their transfer from a community college to a four-year institution Create and share a planner based on career interests

4. CAREER EXPLORATION

5. INTEREST ASSESSMENT

6. VALUES ASSESSMENT

7. SKILLS ASSESSMENT

8. ASSESSMENT RESULTS

9. COLLEGE TRANSFER

10. COLLEGE SEARCH

11. JAMES MADISON

12. PAYING FOR COLLEGE

13. COMPARING COSTS

14. AWARD ESTIMATOR

15. ESTIMATED ELIGIBILITY

16. FINANCIAL AID VIDEO

17. CAREER AND COURSE PLANNER

19. CCP & ACP

20. SET UP

29. CAREER AND COURSE PLANNER

32. E XPOSURE ACROSS THE C OMMONWEALTH Since the Wizard was launched in March 2009, the site has experienced: 1,537,755 Unique visitors 2,162,618 Visits 23,867,595Page Views 659,969Accounts created 258,128K-12 accounts created since August, 2010 143TCC Student CCPs

33. COMING SOON…

34. Chris Pfautz, PhD cpfautz@vccs.edu Erika Poindexter epoindexter@vccs.edu