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SUSQUEHANNOCK HIGH SCHOOL�NAVIANCE PARENT GUIDE�FALL 2017

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HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELORS

  • Mrs. Kate Miklos
    • Last Names A-D
    • kate.miklos@sycsd.org
    • (717) 235-4811, ext 4242

  • Ms. Erin O’Connor
    • Last Names E-K
    • erin.oconnor@sycsd.org
    • (717) 235-4811, ext 4273

  • Mr. Matthew Shervington
    • Last Names L-R
    • matthew.shervington@sycsd.org
    • (717) 235-4811, ext 4246

  • Mrs. Courtney Hinkle
    • Last Names S-Z
    • courtney.hinkle@sycsd.org
    • (717) 235-4811, ext 4241

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Overview

  • Introduction to Naviance – What is it?
  • Locating and Logging Into SHS’ Naviance Site
  • Tour of Naviance

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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 former Susquehannock High School applicants.

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How will students use Naviance?

  • Graduation Project Completion
  • Career Planning
  • College Planning
  • Success Planning

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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
    • Results of certain assessments/surveys
    • Resume, goals, and tasks

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Parent Login

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Getting Started

  • The SHS Counseling Office has already taken care of registration for all parents. Your assigned login will be the e-mail address on record with the district. Your assigned password was e-mailed to you to start the school year.
    • If, for some reason you have trouble locating this information please contact your student’s school counselor.

  • Go to the Southern York County School District webpage, and click on student portal. From here, click on “Naviance.”

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Welcome to Family Connection

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

Click here if you ever forget your password

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Login Information

https://connection.naviance.com/susquehannock

You can write down your private login information on this slide

Login:

  • Email: _____________________________

  • Password: _____________________________

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Naviance Features

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These tabs will direct you to useful information. Colleges, Careers, and About Me will link students to various assessments, information, and exploration activities.

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Careers Tab

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

* These assessment should be completed in Career Seminar

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Personality Type�“Do What You Are”

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

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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)

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When students click on 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.

If a student is interested in a selected career, they can save it to a career interest list by clicking on the “+add to my list” link

Parents can also add careers of interest for their students.

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Student Reflections

Naviance and Career Seminar gave me useful information.”

- Ben S. (’18)

“The Inventory Reflections gave me a better idea of what career paths I could take.”

- Emily S. (’19)

“Naviance makes career choices and things I need to know easy to access.”

- Julia K. (’19)

“Naviance makes career choices and things I need to know easy to access.”

- Charez B. (’19)

“Naviance has helped in Career Seminar. It helps me with myself, career, and college options.”

- Mia K. (’19)

“It confirmed having sociable work after college.

- Ethan H. (’19)

The Career Profiler helped confirm what I want to do in the future.”

- Barbara B. (’19)

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Career Interest Profiler

Students are asked to indicate their preference about completing various tasks.

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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.

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Cluster Finder

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Cluster Finder Results

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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. If not looking for a specific career but just for more in-depth information they can do so by going to the explore area.

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Favored 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”

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Colleges Tab

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Quick Reference for upcoming College Rep & Career Speaker Visits

Using “SuperMatch”, students can set preferences for higher education & select schools that best fit their individual needs

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”

These items are good representations of the success of past SHS students in applying to certain schools

Students can customize search parameters to find the “perfect school based on size, distance, major, makeup, etc….

Colleges can be searched for directly by name.

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College Searching & SuperMatchTM

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

This can all be done on the “College Search” tab as well with a few different criteria for searching.

Any school found via searching in Naviance that meets a desired criteria can be saved to a list of colleges the student is considering.

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College Pages

A snapshot of Tuition Price, Acceptance & Attrition Rates, and Overlapping Colleges

A snapshot of the public school profile

Students can see their chances of acceptance compared to SHS students and the rest of the country.

The tabs marked by the stars will guide you through pertinent information for each school including majors, admission criteria, financial aid information, and student life information.

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The Studies section of each school’s page displays pertinent information on the school’s academics.

A snapshot of Retention & Graduation Rates, Degrees Offered, and Acceptable Methods For The Transfer of Credits.

Detailed information is provided on the most popular majors offered at the school in addition to information on all majors offered at the school.

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The Student Life section of each school’s page displays pertinent information on the school’s makeup. Additional information on Organizations, Athletic Options, Greek Life, Campus Services and Computing Resources are also available.

A snapshot of location and size information.

Demographic data is provided for each school to give an idea of the makeup of the student population

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Students and families can see general acceptance information including deadlines and policies.

Students and families can see recommendations and requirements for components of their application.

Students and families can see recommendations and requirements for high school courses that should be taken.

Students and families can see the importance of different application components according to the university.

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Families can aesthetically see how their student compares from a numerical standpoint

Scattergrams can show families where their student stands in comparison to former SHS students aesthetically.

Past acceptance and enrollment history from SHS students is available to be seen.

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Students and families can get a more in depth picture of the cost of a school with the inclusion of average grant and loan amounts.

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Colleges I’m Thinking About

Click on “lookup” to search for schools of interest

After selecting the ones you want, click “Add Colleges”

Students, Parents, or Counselors can begin adding colleges to this list by clicking on “+add college to this list”

Level of interest in these schools can be indicated as well.

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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)

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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.

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About Me Tab

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Portfolio

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QUESTIONS?

If not viewing this during a counseling department presentation then contact your student’s school counselor…