1. Using Family Connection Online Resource for Planning & Advising Overview for Parents

2. 2 Overview What is Family Connection? How do I access it? How do you register? What can I do with it? How does it help career and college planning?

3. 3 What is it? Web-based resource that supports course, career, and college planning Specific to our school Secure program – information is not accessible from the web Widely used by high schools and colleges to facilitate electronic submission of transcripts & recommendation letters

4. 4 How is it accessed? Family Connection is on the Web http://connection.naviance.com/wmtps Link in the Guidance section on the WMHS website. Link also under the Parents tab. Each student has their own account Each parent has an account Each person must have THEIR OWN email address

5. 5 How do you register? Each parent and student receives a code Use code to create a personal account Codes are random and alphanumeric for security reasons Codes can be used only once On your first visit, enter the code in the New User box, then follow on-screen instructions On subsequent visits, sign in using the Returning User box – your email is your user name and you create your own password Password can be reset if forgotten

6. 6 What can it do? Assist and outline college planning Surveys to help assess personality factors, career match, college match Compare colleges Compare self to college criteria based on other applicants from previous years at WMHS. Includes chart and scattergrams. Track application deadlines, materials sent, teacher recs Create a student resume Show upcoming college visits Information on open houses, scholarships, summer programs, SAT & ACT test dates

7. Main Page 7

8. These tabs will direct you to useful information. Colleges, Careers, and About Me will be the most utilized for rising Seniors. Here you will find links to important and relevant sites New information will be highlighted here You can also view shared documents and messages from your counselor

9. Here you will manage the list of colleges that you are considering, and then applying to. You will also register here for college visits in the Fall at SHS. Here are many ways to research colleges and find potential matches. Search national and local scholarship opportunities.

11. College Profile 11

12. 12 College Compare

13. 13 Scattergram

14. View current requests and statuses here. Select up to four teachers at a time and include personal notes to each. You might want to alert them of early deadlines! Don’t forget to click “Update Requests”

15. My Applications 15

16. Click Here to update your Student Brag Sheet. This can be accessed by your teachers and counselors to use when writing personalized letters of recommendation.

17. Explore Careers 17

18. Personality Type 18

19. 19 How does it help? Shared resource linking home to school On-line tool for collaboration among counselors, students, and parents Realistic assessments of your child’s chances of admission at colleges where prior graduates have applied Career exploration “One stop shopping”

20. 20 Questions For more information, please contact your child’s counselor