Post High School Planning: College and Career

Naviance Family Connection Guidance Lesson Results

SampleDeniece Chideme Ruben Escobar

Fall 2010Chideme & Escobar

Classroom Guidance Curriculum

• 12th Grade Students• Post-High School Career & College

Planning on Naviance• November 2010• Government Class• Lesson Content

– Career planning– College exploration– Matching interests to career choices– Navigating the Naviance website

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Reasons for our lesson

Hoover’s A-G completion rates are rising, but they are still below the district rates.Goal: Increase A-G graduation rate, raise awareness of post-high school options

Two-thirds of Hoover seniors are graduating ineligible for

UC/CSU admission

Two-thirds of Hoover seniors are graduating ineligible for

UC/CSU admission

(08-09 most recent year data was available)

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12th grade students who took the SAT

Hoover students are consistently below

district levels in taking the SAT

Hoover students are consistently below

district levels in taking the SAT

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ASCA National Standards

Academic

Standard B: Students will complete school with the academic preparation essential to choose from a wide range of substantial post-secondary options, including college.

• A:B2: Plan to Achieve Goals

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ASCA National Standards (cont’d)

Career

Standard A: Students will acquire the skills to investigate the world of work in relation to knowledge of self and to make informed career decisions.• C:A1.1 Develop skills to locate, evaluate and interpret career

information

Standard B: Students will employ strategies to achieve future career goals with success and satisfaction• C:B1.5 Use research and information sources to obtain

career information

• C.B2.1 Demonstrate awareness of the education and training needed to achieve career goals

Standard C: Students will understand the relationship between personal qualities, education, training and the world of work• C:C1.3 Identify personal preferences and interests

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Research

• Components of Computer Assisted Career Guidance Systems (CACGS) often lead to a decrease in high school dropout rates (Kuder, 2009).

• Noonan (2005) concludes that assisting students in effective academic planning contributes to more successful completion of coursework and results in greater retention and graduation rates.

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City Heights Educational Collaborative

Goals for Hoover HS• 10% increase in the percentage of

students who are eligible for and who apply for college

• 10% increase in the percentage of students who apply for FAFSA

• 70% reduction in the number of seniors who are not on target to graduate from start of year to 2nd term progress reportChideme & Escobar

Can name at least 3 people who can write them a letter of

recommendation

80% of students agreed or strongly agreed that they could think of someone who could write them a letter of recommendation after the lesson.

26% increase in number of students who strongly agree

26% increase in number of students who strongly agree

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I know the difference between a job and a career

41% increase in students who strongly agreed they

knew the difference between a job and

career!

41% increase in students who strongly agreed they

knew the difference between a job and

career!

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Students who believe it is important to research

qualifications for a career

Students who believe their interests can lead them to a career

Pre: 86% Agree/Strongly Agree Post: 89% Agree/Strongly Agree

• Pre: 87% Agree/Strongly Agree• Post: 89% Agree/Strongly Agree

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I can choose my future career based on

16% increase in students who could properly identify ALL aspects that they could use to base future career decision.

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Goals after high school

Approx 60% of students surveyed plan to attend a 4-year university while only 35% graduate A-G eligible

79-82% have goals involving

education after HS

79-82% have goals involving

education after HS

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Results of the Lesson

100% of the students using Naviance during our lesson were able to:• Successfully log in and navigate the system!• Research relevant career and college information

(credentials, related careers & majors, recommended courses / activities) and list the information on the Career Cluster form

• The roll out of this new system was determined successful based on the monitoring of student usage

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Usage• Since lesson delivery, there have

been over 1,900 senior student log-ins in Naviance Family Connection (between Nov 2010 and March 2011)

• 4.3 Average number of log ins per senior (between Nov 2010 and March 2011)

• 86% of seniors have logged onto Naviance 3 or more times (between Nov 2010 and April 2011)

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Post High School “Game Plan”

• Since guidance lesson delivery, 291 seniors have started their game plan (goals after high school)

• 62% (228) of seniors completed their “game plans”

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Collaborative Outcome Goals

Students that applied to a four year university

Students that completed FAFSA

Not all CSU/UC eligible

students are eligible to apply

for FAFSA

Not all CSU/UC eligible

students are eligible to apply

for FAFSA

41%41%

Goal: 10% increase in students eligible for and applying to college, 10% increase in students completing FAFSA.This is baseline data, the numbers from last year were not collected systematically.

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Seniors Not On Target to Graduate

Goal: 70% reduction in number of seniors not on target to graduate from 1st term to 2nd term progress reports

Data Unavailable

Data Unavailable

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Summary• Naviance has been unveiled to the

entire 12th grade• Students were able to research college

and career info and save their “game plans”

• Students are excited to use the personalized features of Naviance

• The direct link to Naviance Family Connection is now located on the Hoover Counseling Department website

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Limitations• Not all students have the same computer

skills; some are faster than others. Be prepared with activities for students who work quickly.

• It takes a long time for students to log in to the computer; many do not remember their usernames and passwords. Distribute log in info prior to lesson.

• Pre- & post-tests could not be administered to all classes due to time limitations

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Lessons Learned:Students Need More

Support!• Based on our survey, approximately

60% of students indicated they had plans to attend a four year university

• However, only 35% of students are graduating UC/CSU eligible

• There is a disconnect between student goals and actual outcomes

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Next Steps

• Continue to use Naviance Family Connection with students.

• Train staff and faculty to use and promote the system.

• Find creative ways to engage the students• Conduct Naviance guidance lessons across

all grade levels (9-12) in conjunction with A-G College Planning lessons

• Follow-up / monitor student use of Naviance

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Next Steps (Cont’d)

• Use Naviance to track the number of students that applied to UC and CSUs.

• Compare this data with the number of students who applied last year to determine if the use of Naviance has produced the desired result of increasing college applications by 10%.

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Thank You!

The school counseling program is contributing in a meaningful way to

the academic achievement of all students

Thank you for your continued support of the

school counseling program

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References

• Kuder. (2009). The value of career education: a brief research summary. Retrieved from http://www.kuder.com/downloads/News/2009_08-14_WP-CareerEducation.pdf.

• Noonan, B. M., Sedlacek, W. E., & Veerasamy, S. (2005). Employing noncognitive variables in admitting and advising community college students. Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 29, 463-469.

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