Introducing Naviance Family Connection

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1 Introducing Naviance Family Connection A Guide for Students and Parents Presented by: The Commack High School Counseling Center Prepared by: Christine Natali, School Counselor February 2015

2 What is Naviance Family Connection? Planning and research tool Individual accounts for students and parents Explore college and career options Assess strengths and interests Track and organize key information

3 How Do I Access It? Go to: First time users set up account with registration code provided by Counseling Center Returning users login with e mail address and password Click I forgot my password to reset

4 Home Page Welcome & Notices Messages Counseling Center Documents Contact us to e mail your counselor Menu Tabs Colleges Careers About Me My Planner

5 Colleges My Colleges College Research Scholarships & Money

6 My Colleges: Colleges I m Thinking About List schools of interest Add and delete colleges based on research Identify colleges who use Common App or other electronic document delivery See who added colleges student, parent, or counselor Track level of interest and application deadlines E Mail college admissions offices See graph of CHS acceptance history Visit college s website

7 My Colleges: Colleges I m Applying To Track applications Type Regular (RD) Early Action (EA) Early Decision (ED) Common App or Other Deadlines Office Status Pending Credentials not yet sent Initial Materials Submitted Credentials sent Track teacher recommendations Names appear under Teacher Recommendations when letter is uploaded

8 My Colleges: College Profiles Click the college name to view their profile Videos How you compare to recently accepted CHS students Overlaps School stats and graph Tabs for additional information Admissions, Financial Aid, Majors and Degrees, and Student Life

9 My Colleges: Compare Me See how your average and test scores compare to those of CHS students recently accepted to the colleges on your list

10 College Research: College Search Search for colleges that match all preferences Type Location Students Admission Athletics Majors Costs Special Program

11 College Research: Super Match College Search Select from a list of factors Rank their importance Results include college that match all or some criteria Pin, compare, and save favorites

12 College Research: College Lookup Find specific colleges by name, by alphabet, by state or by country

13 College Research: College Compare Choose colleges Compare scores and GPA to recently accepted CHS students

14 College Research: College Resources Links to web based information College and Careers Financial Aid Test Prep College Athletics Military

15 College Research: College Maps Displays Map Quest and Google Earth Maps of colleges in various groups like: Colleges That Accepted Our Students Colleges Where Our Students Are Attending Top 20 Most Popular Colleges Where Our Students Applied And More

16 College Research: College Match Find: Colleges interested in receiving applications from students with comparable GPA and test scores Colleges where students who apply to colleges on your list also apply Colleges that have accepted CHS students with comparable GPA and test scores

17 College Research: Scattergrams Graph visually displays data comparing student to recent CHS students who applied to and received results from the same college Note: The Scattergram may not show results for colleges with minimal or no recent CHS applicants.

18 College Research: Acceptance History Colleges where CHS students were recently accepted and enrolled

19 Scholarships & Money: National Scholarship Search Search SallieMae database of over three million scholarships

20 Careers Explore Careers What Are My Interests?

21 Careers: Explore Careers & Clusters Search for careers by keyword or browse by name or cluster Search by Holland Code that matches careers to personality type Realistic Investigative Artistic Social Enterprising Conventional Save careers of interest Learn more about career clusters Overview, required credentials, related careers, related majors, and plan of study

22 Careers: Cluster Finder Online questionnaire to find career clusters that are most interesting Upon completion of Cluster Finder, top matching career clusters available for review Students can re take the Cluster Finder at any time

23 Careers: Career Interest Profiler Online career interest assessment of student s likes and dislikes 30 questions for each Holland code (Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional) for a total of 180 questions Score based on the number of activities in each specific area selected as an interest

24 About Me Key data all in one place Account Profile Test scores Resume builder Survey links Career assessment results Favorite colleges Favorite careers Goals and tasks

25 My Planner Overview Goals To Do List Tasks Assigned to Me

26 Goals Keep track of things to work toward and monitor progress

27 To Do Keep track of things to do, upcoming deadlines, and events

28 Tasks Assigned to Me Keep track of things your counselor wants you to do

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30 Naviance Student

31 Tasks and To Do Check

32 Colleges

33 Notifications, Messaging, Reminders

34 Discover Naviance Family Connection Already have an account? Use it! Need an account? It s easy to get one! For help getting started or logging on call the Counseling Center