1. 1 I am the Naviance Navigator and I will be your host!

2. 2 We are pleased to introduce Family Connection from Naviance, a web based service designed especially for students and parents. Family Connection is a comprehensive website that you and your child can use to help in making decisions about courses, colleges, and careers. An On-line Resource for Students and Parents for Post High School Planning Family Connection

3. Overview  What is Family Connection?  What Can Students And Parents Do Using Family Connection?  How do you access it?  How do you register?  How does it help with career and college planning? 3

4. 4  Create a résumé  Complete a college search  Develop a prospective college list  Provide access to scholarship search engines; over a hundred national scholarships are available  Compare colleges  Links to selected third party resources (i.e. College Board, Financial Aid, NCAA, Careers, College searches, etc.)  Track deadlines  View scattergrams WHAT CAN STUDENTS AND PARENTS DO USING FAMILY CONNECTION?

5. How do you access & register?  Login is located on our main page of the high school website!  Students will receive a user name and password  Parents will receive a separate registration code  Registration codes are used to create accounts  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 to create a user name and password (see slide #9) 5

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

7. New User Registration Page 7 Enter Registration Code

8. 8 Complete the Registration

9. After You Sign in 9 Important Messages Updates from the Guidance Office Click on the Tabs

10. Colleges Page Use these links to do a college search

11. College Profile 11 Visit College Website

12. Denied Scattergram 12 THIS IS YOU! Accepted School Averages

13. About Me – Resume and Surveys Click here to fill out important surveys, tell us your Game Plan and create your resume

14. 14 Search for and Explore Careers

15. Careers 15 There are hundreds of careers in Naviance

16. 16 Shared resource linking home to school On-line tool for collaboration among counselors, students, and parents Accurate, complete records about student choices from our school Realistic assessments of your child’s chances of admission at colleges where prior graduates have applied Career exploration How does Naviance help?

17. 17 It is time for Q and A