1. Northern High School Naviance Parent Guide September 2015
“Intellectually Prepared, Civically Engaged, Personally Responsible”

2. HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELORS
Mr. Dale Reeder
Class of 2016
, ext 2007
Mrs. Stephanie DePalmer
Class of 2017
Class of 2019, L-Z
, ext 2006
Mrs. Amber Gunning
Class of 2018
Class of 2019, A-K
, ext 2008
HIGH
SCHOOL COUNSELORS

3. Overview Introduction to Naviance – What is it?
Getting Parent Accounts Activated
Tour of Naviance

4. What is Naviance?
Naviance is a college and career readiness platform that helps students connect academic achievement to post- secondary goals and success.
It is a secure web-based career and college research and planning tool for students, parents, and school counselors.
Manages individual students through the entire college & career planning, application, and decision process.
Students can search for scholarships, explore careers, review academic and admission data for colleges across the United States and also gauge their chances of acceptance by comparing personal GPA/ACT/SAT statistics with those of recent (Northern) High School successful applicants.

5. How will students use Naviance?
Career Planning
College Planning
Success Planning

6. How will parents use Naviance?
Parent access to Family Connection allows parents/guardians to view select information in their child’s online portfolio, including
Career Interests
Potential colleges of interest
Status of college applications
College Scattergrams (in the future)
Results of certain assessments/surveys
Resume, goals, and tasks

7. Parent Log In

8. Getting Started
Have your personal registration code available for first time login. If you don’t have this information, contact your student’s school counselor.
Go to the Northern High School webpage, under quick links click on “Naviance”

9. “Welcome to Family Connection”
Click on the “I need to register” link

10. Getting Registered
Enter the Registration Code from your letter & click on the yellow “Register” button

11. Be sure to put in your personal information
Be sure to put in your personal information. Your student will have their own account access.
Use an that you check regularly & a password that you will remember
Accept the terms & click “Complete Registration”

12. keep this private information for your own records:
Log In Information
keep this private information for your own records:
Login:
________________________________
Password: _____________________________
Click here if you ever forget your password

13. Each time you log in, enter your email & password here

14. Naviance Features

15. These tabs will direct you to useful information
These tabs will direct you to useful information. Colleges, Careers, and About Me will link students to various assessments, information, and exploration activities.
You can view shared documents and messages from your counselor
Students can view and register for upcoming college visits to NHS!

16. Careers Tab

17. These career assessments provide students with insight into their career interests and strengths

18. Personality Type
“Do What You Are”

19. Students are given situations/scenarios & asked to select which more closely aligns with what they would do/who they are.

20. Results of the “Do What You Are” assessment provide students with the following:
Myers Briggs Personality Indicator Code
Brief personality profile
Strenghts/ ”Blindspots”
Preferred learning styles
Potential careers to consider (as well as fields of study/majors)

21. If a student finds they are interested in a selected career, they can save it to a career interest list by clicking on the “+add to my list” link
When students click on the a career of interest, a wealth of information is available including a description, knowledge & skills required to do the job successfully, tasks & activities that will be expected, as well as average income broken down by state. Students will also have the opportunity to explore related occupations & related college majors.

22. Student Reflections
I was pleasantly surprised with my results. Basically everything in the "understanding ****" paragraphs were spot on. Also, I enjoyed reading my "blind spots" and seeing what I really do need to work on.
The personality test was very easy to take and pretty much described me perfectly. It went through and described all of my strengths and weaknesses which were all very accurate. It described me as very logical and likes to think things through before i do them. The test pretty much hit the nail on the head for me.
I find this test pretty accurate. Its like it knows me...in a good way. Hopefully this will help me make my future easier to see.
This is strangely extremely accurate! It even mentioned how I hate to sit still! I love being outside and I love being around animals. I definitely stick up for my personal values, if something means a lot to me, someone will find out! I think this survey was a lot of reading, but it was really accurate.

23. Career Interest Profiler
Students are asked to indicate their preference about completing various tasks.

24. Profiler Results
Results of this assessment provide students with career categories that fit best for them, as well as careers that might interest them. In this assessment careers of interest are broken down by amount of preparation/education needed.

25. Cluster Finder

26. Cluster Finder Results

27. Searching for Careers
If a student has a career in mind, [s]he can search for that career using the navigation bar on the “Careers” home screen

28. “Favorited” Careers
As students explore, they are building a list of careers that are grabbing their interest. This list is then used later as they begin to narrow down career choices.
*This list is found under the “Careers” tab, click on “favorite careers & clusters”

29. Colleges Tab

30. Students can keep an updated list of colleges they are considering
Students can keep an updated list of colleges they are considering. Once a student has sent an application, they can track application statuses under “colleges I’m applying to”
Quick Reference for upcoming College Visits
Using “SuperMatch”, students can set preferences for higher education & select schools that best fit their individual needs

31. College SuperMatch
Students can save multiple searches & find them under “My Searches”
Students can search for schools of interest
Using the orange tabs, students will be able to set preferences for colleges & then search through their matches

32. SuperMatch results
Students will be able to view all the schools that match the preferences they set.
If the match is less then 100%, the student will be able to explore why.
If a student likes a school & wants to consider it further, they can click on “Add to list” & the college will appear on “colleges I’m thinking about”

33. “Colleges I’m Thinking About”
Click on “lookup” to search for schools of interest
After selecting the ones you want, click “Add Colleges”

34. Students can indicate interest levels for each school
Application Deadlines are available for easy tracking of dates
If you click on the link for a school a wealth of information is available (see next slide)

35. These tabs will guide you through pertinent information for each school including admission criteria, financial aid information, and activities available.

36. “Colleges I’m Applying to”
Students request transcripts through Naviance & can check if the Guidance office has submitted the documentaiton
Student indicates if they have submitted an applciation

37. Scholarships
Found under the “Colleges” tab, students can search for local and national scholarships. Materials needed to complete the scholarship will be available through links on this site.

38. Questions? Contact your school counselor.