INTRODUCTION TO NAVIANCE 1 Presented by: Robyn Britt, Counselor, TOHS Lesley Drossin, Counselor, NPHS Melissa J. Kukta, Counselor, WHS

WHAT IS NAVIANCE?  An on-line resource for students and parents to support college and career planning  Linked with each high school  Counselor’s Office, a service that your Counselor uses to send electronic documents and view student information 2

WHAT CAN STUDENTS AND PARENTS DO USING FAMILY CONNECTION? 3  Receive important s from the Counseling Office/College and Career Center  Create a résumé  View upcoming college visits  Complete a college search  Develop a prospective college list  Provide access to scholarship lists/enrichment programs  Take personality and career inventories  Complete surveys  Compare colleges  Links to Common Application  Track deadlines  Produce scattergrams  And much more!

HOW IS IT ACCESSED?  Naviance is accessible via your school website  Student log-in information is distributed to students during the 9 th grade year  Registration: student id and an address  Parent accounts available at NPHS 4

NAVIANCE SCREENSHOTS 5 Using Naviance, you will meet the NaviGator in case you need help!

SIGN-IN PAGE 6 First time registration, click “I need to register.” The next time you log in, use user name and password

AFTER YOU SIGN IN 7 Messages and documents from your school Updates from the Counseling Office Click on the Tabs

RESUME BUILDER 8

9 About Me: Resume and Surveys Use the About me tab to fill out important surveys, create your resume and review your progress

10 Personality Profile About Me: Personality/Career Surveys

11 The “Colleges” Tab View College visits and perform college research here!

COLLEGE PROFILE 12 Read about admissions requirements and add to prospective list…

13 SuperMatch!

COLLEGE MAPS 14

Denied SCATTERGRAM 15 THIS IS YOU! Accepted School Averages

COLLEGE COMPARE 16 Green means your stats are better than the average accepted student from your school Red means your stats are below the average accepted student from your school Black means your stats are equal to the average student accepted from your school Indicates percent of students from your school WHO APPLIED TO THAT SCHOOL that were accepted

EDOCS 17

SCHOLARSHIPS 18

HAVE FUN EXPLORING! Parents: Even at schools where you do not have your own account, we encourage you to spend time with your student exploring the site together. Students: Visit often! Naviance is a useful, free tool to help you plan for life after high school! The best way to get to know Naviance is to log-on and see it for yourself! Have fun!

Questions? 20