Naviance-Family Connection9th-12th Grade

Tony Lombardo, LPCSchool Counselor

Sparta High School

Kacey Konwiser, LPCDirector of GuidanceSparta High School

The Goal of Tonight’s Presentation

Familiarize parents/guardians with Naviance - Family Connection and how it is used by students throughout their high school career

OverviewNaviance - Family Connection and what that means for our students and families throughout the four years of high school.

Naviance and Its Uses

● Self-exploration● Career planning ● College planning● Managing the college application process

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Freshman Year: 9th grade

Assignment 1: Strengths Explorer

● This assessment will help students identify their personal strengths, and explore careers that are matched to students personalities.

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Sophomore Year: 10th grade

Assignment 1: Career Interest Profiler

● CIP is a series of 180 questions that will help students discover work activities and careers that match their interests.

Name: __________________________________________ Date: _________________

Sophomore Orientation to Navianceand Career Planning

1. Login to Naviance Family Connection on the school’s website at shs.sparta.org

Username (your email address): ___________________________________

Password: _______________________________

2. In the CAREERS tab, complete the Career Interest Profiler.

3. What is your strongest interest? (marked in green) _________________________________

4. Find the definition of your strongest interest. What activities would be involved in this type of

occupation? _______________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 5. Click View Matching Occupation List. Click on one of the occupations that may be of interest to you. Career Choice #1: ___________________________________________ Job Description: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. What is a typical task for this occupation? _____________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ 7. What is the average salary in the state of New Jersey for this occupation?$_____________________8. Click “add to my list” for your career of interest. 9. Repeat steps 5-8 for one additional career choice (record your answers on the back of this paper).

Should number 10 on page one come at the bottom of page 2?We should discuss the conversation to be had with the students before they attempt the profiler. Mind set about the task is critical.Agreed

Sophomore Year: 10th gradeAssignment 2: Career Clusters

● Career Clusters are based on the information obtained by the Career Interest Profiler (CIP). Students are to choose at least one Career Cluster or Pathway and save that information in Favorite Careers.

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Assignment 3: Game Plan

● Game plan is a series of questions that will help students and their counselors develop a game plan to achieve goals set for after graduations that are best suited for the individual student.

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Junior Year: 11th grade

Assignment 1: Junior College Search

● Students are to complete a college search prior to meeting with their counselors for their individual college planning session.

Assignment 2: Initial Junior College Planning Session

● Students are to make an appointment with their counselors in the spring for their initial college planning session.

Junior Year: 11th grade continued

Assignment 3: Brag Sheet

● The Brag Sheet allows for the students to have involvement in the letters of recommendations that the counselors will write by completing a brag sheet survey, which is found in Family Connection under the About Me section.

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Senior Year: 12th gradeAssignment 1: Final College Search

● One final college search should be completed before meeting with the student's counselor senior year.

Assignment 2: Senior Meeting with Counselor

● Counselors will set up appointments with students to finalize a comprehensive list of colleges to which they intend to apply.

Senior Year: 12th grade continuedAssignment 3: FERPA Waiver● A completed FERPA Waiver and the students Common Application

information must be provided in order to send out electronic documents to colleges/universities.

Assignment 4: Graduation Survey● Students are to complete the Graduation Survey located under the About

Me Tab ASAP.

Overview Timeline

Strengths Explorer

Sophomore

Career Interest Profiler, Explore Careers and Clusters, Game Plan

Junior

Initial Junior College Planning Session, Junior College Search, Brag Sheet

Senior

Senior College Search, Senior Meeting with Counselor, FERPA Waiver, Graduation Survey

Freshman