12 th Grade College Lesson #2 Naviance Family Connection – A College and Career Planning Resource

Goals Today: 1. All seniors have added their and parent/guardians’ to Naviance. 2. All seniors complete the OPS Beginning of the year Survey 3. All seniors understand how to sign up for college visits 4. All seniors add 3 or more colleges to their “colleges I am thinking about” page

Using Naviance  To get to Naviance… Go to Naviance button User Name = student number Password = birthday (Mo/Day/Year)

Step 1: Adding s  IMPORTANT: Add your and your parent/guardians’ s to your Naviance Account  Click Manage my account (upper right corner)  Click Manage my profile  Add your (under personal profile heading)  Add your parent/guardians’ (click add new parent) under Parents heading

Step 2: OPS Beginning of the Year Senior Survey  Click on About Me tab  Click on ops beginning-of-year senior survey (left side of screen)  Click update frequently to save your answers. Please answer *required questions first.  Feel free to be brief on short answer questions.

Step 3: The College Tab  “my colleges”—click on upcoming college visits  YOU MUST PRINT THE CONFIRMATION PAGE WITH GREEN CONFIRMATION MESSAGE—THIS WILL SERVE AS YOUR PASS OUT OF CLASS FOR THE VISIT  “my colleges”—click on colleges I’m thinking about  Explore different schools and add AT LEAST 3 to this list  “college research”—click on college search to help you narrow your focus to schools of interest (if you can’t initially think of 3 schools you like)  “scholarship list”—click on scholarship list at bottom of College tab. Look around for scholarships that fit your profile. Sort by due date to see which ones deadlines are coming up soonest. This list is updated often.

Optional Tasks  See bottom of the handout for optional tasks that may help in your college and scholarship research.  Prep Me—an awesome resource for ACT prep. See back of your handout.  Education Quest handout—lots of good information about how to pay for college and the financial aid process. Questions? Counselors will be meeting with you one on one in the coming weeks to talk about your post-secondary plans.