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Woodcreek High School NAVIANCE FAMILY CONNECTION

Naviance Handbook 2014-2015 Student/Parent Resource Guide Naviance is a web-based college, career planning, and advising program for students and parents.

1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Content Page Counseling Department 3 - 4 Naviance Family Connection 5 Home Page 6 Course Tab 7 College Tab 8 - 9 Career Tab 10 - 11 Roadtrip Nation 11 About Me Tab 12 - 13 Prep Me 13 Personality & Survey Docs 14 My Planner Tab 14 Holland Codes 15

Woodcreek High School Guidance Department Contact Information

Becky Rood – Assistant Principal [email protected] (916) 771-6565 ext. 4027

2 Denise Burns – Counselor (A – D) [email protected] (916) 771-6565 ext. 4024

Don Allen – Counselor (E – K) [email protected] (916) 771-6565 ext. 4021

Kassie Mendez – (L – Re) [email protected] (916) 771-6565 ext. 4028

Jim Alstot – (Rf – Z) [email protected] (916) 771-6565 ext. 4023

Karen Hummel – Special Services Coordinator [email protected] (916) 771-6565 ext. 4026

Marcelina Zamora – Intervention Counselor [email protected] (916) 771-6565 ext. 4022

Kim Peter – Learning Support Specialist [email protected] (916) 771-6565 ext. 4029

COLLEGE & CAREER CENTER’S BI-MONTHLY NEWSLETTER Please take the time to read this newsletter as it is packed with valuable information. Newsletters are E-mailed to students and parents and also posted to our website.

FRESHMEN ADVISING SESSION During Freshmen Advising in December and January, students will take the “Do What You Are” inventory which will enhance their self-awareness and help them discover their preferences in communication, learning styles, social situations, and relationship strategies. These results will also assist students in making good course selection

3 choices as well as college and career choices. Counselors will also review graduation and college entrance requirements, useful websites and more.

SOPHOMORE ADVISING SESSION Sophomore Advising will be held in December and January. Counselors will review transcripts, graduation and college entrance requirements, SAT/ACT information and timelines with students. There will also be an opportunity to complete the “Strength Explorer” inventory and explore related careers. A four year plan will also be developed.

JUNIOR ADVISING SESSION Junior Advising will be held in December and January. Counselors will review transcripts, graduation and college entrance requirements, SAT/ACT information and timelines with students.

SENIOR ADVISING SESSION Topics for the Senior Advising session will include the following: college application process, handing letters of recommendation, transcript needs, career search information and critical deadlines.

SCHOLARSHIPS Scholarships are posted on Naviance under “College” Tab, located at the bottom of the page. There is also a National Scholarship Search link that all students can utilize through Naviance. Each February, RJUHSD makes available to all seniors the Local Scholarship Program. These scholarships are supported by local organizations and seniors are encouraged to apply through the College & Career Center. Please make sure to check NAviance and the Woodcreek High School website for more information.

Naviance Family Connection

Family Connection from Naviance is a web-based program designed specifically for students and parents. Naviance is a comprehensive web site that you can use to help make decisions about colleges, careers and academic plans. Family Connection will allow you to do the following:

· Get involved in the advising process by building a 4-year plan, completing on-line surveys, and managing timelines and deadlines.

4 · Research college information – compare averages of GPA, standardized test scores, and other statistics for previously admitted students.

· Sign up to meet with representatives from colleges Student Account Log-in You can access Naviance by logging on directly at http://connection.naviance.com/woodcreekhi or go to WHS’s website and click on the “Naviance Family Connection” link. Your username is your Firstname.Lastname and your password is your WHS 6-digit student ID number. Your user name and password are the same as when you log on to a school computer. Once you have logged on to Naviance for the first time, you will have the option to change your password. Parent Account Log-in You can access Naviance by logging on directly at http://connection.naviance.com/woodcreekhi or go to WHS’s website and click on the “Naviance Family Connection” link. You will click on the “I need to register” tab. Mother and Father registration codes are separate: Mother’s registration code = ID number + P (ie.123456P) Father’s registration code = ID number +PP (ie.123456PP)

This Guide was designed to provide an overview of what Naviance has to offer. We encourage you to utilize this program and to try the various search links and career surveys to expand your knowledge and gain a better perspective on your goals.

Naviance offers (5) main “Tabs” in addition to the Home Page as follows: ● Home Page ● Course Tab ● College Tab ● Career Tab ● About Me Tab ● My Planner Tab

5 Some of the links on the tabs are inter-changable and can be accessed and/or bring you to another tab once you utilize them.

The following pages will provide you with some of the planning tools Naviance offers along with a summary of what items can do for you.

HOME Page

CATEGORY ITEM DESCRIPTION AVAILABLE TO THE FOLLOWING GRADE LEVELS E-MAILS E-mails sent by WHS 9 - 12 CONTACT US E-mail link to WHS 9 - 12 COLLEGE List of upcoming College 9 - 12 VISITS TO WHS Admission Representatives scheduled to visit WHS. Students can sign-up to meet with these representatives. Students need to follow specific sign-up instructions. DOCUMENT Forms for student use are 9 - 12 LIBRARY filed here

Naviance Family Connection COURSE Tab Item Summary

COURSE Tab

CATEGORY ITEM DESCRIPTION GRADE LEVELS My Courses VIEW MY We currently do not utilize this 9 - 12 COURSE function. For access to your RECORDS transcript, log on to your Homelink account. My Courses INTERESTING Students can “tag” courses of 9 - 12 COURSES interest and they will be saved in this section. This can be used if students don’t want to go back and search the entire course catalog.

6 My Courses THOUGHTS This area allows students to keep 9 - 12 ABOUT MY personal notes about courses or COURSE academic planning. PLANS My Courses MANAGE MY This is the link you will click on to 9 - 12 COURSE manage your 4-year academic PLANS plan. We encourage students to continually update their graduation plan as we use this feature for course registration purposes. My Courses VIEW MY This is a direct link to view your 4- 9 - 12 CURRENT year course plan by grade level. MULTI-YEAR PLAN

Naviance Family Connection College Tab Item Summary

COLLEGE Tab

CATEGORY ITEM DESCRIPTION GRADE LEVEL My Colleges COLLEGES You can create a list of colleges of interest. This is a 9 - 12 I AM great way to save information on potential colleges THINKING so that you don’t have to search for them every time ABOUT you log on. My Colleges COLLEGES This list represents the where you will submit an 9 - 12 I AM application. APPLYING TO My Colleges COLLEGES In addition to the HOME page, you can access all of 9 - 12 VISITING the scheduled college representative visits here and WHS sign-up for the colleges that interest you. College SuperMatch You will be able to target your college searches by 9 - 12 Research COLLEGE average SAT scores, GPA, major, location, size, etc. SEARCH (demo videos are provided.) This is a great place to start your college search or to refine your college list. College COLLEGE A list of colleges that may or may not be of interest 9 - 12 Research MATCH to you. The colleges in the list have accepted students that are similar to you (based on GPA, test scores, etc.) 7 College COLLEGE Compare your GPA and test scores to the average 9 - 12 Research COMPARE GPA and test scores of WHS students who were admitted to the colleges you are considering. College COLLEGE This research tool provides comprehensive 9 - 12 Research LOOK-UP information on thousands of colleges. In addition to general and admissions information, further data is presented on academics, cost and financial aid, student body characteristics, extracurricular and athletic programs. A link to each of the college’s webites is provided. College COLLEGE Enter criteria such as size, location, cost, 9 - 12 Research SEARCH availability of specific majors or athletic programs to produce a list of colleges that meet your criteria.

Naviance Family Connection COLLEGE Tab Item Summary

COLLEGE Tab

CATEGORY ITEM DESCRIPTION GRADE LEVEL College COLLEGE College resources provides links (military, 9 - 12 Research RESOURCES financial aid, athletics, etc.) that can help you in your college and career search. College COLLEGE This link provides maps that show where our 9 - 12 Research MAPS former students are attending, where our students have applied etc. College SCATTER - Scattergrams are a graphic view of application 9 - 12 Research GRAMS outcomes (accepted, denied, waitlisted) at a college for recent WHS applicants using GPA and SAT scores. Students can guage their chances of acceptance by comparing their own GPA/SAT numbers with those of successful applicants. College ACCEPTANCE This feature shows all colleges to which WHS 9 - 12 Research HISTORY students have been accepted, as well as the number of students accepted and the number of those enrolling at each college. College ENRICHMENT This feature provides lists of current local, 9 - 12 Research PROGRAMS national and international Enrichment Programs. Scholarships SCHOLAR - This feature will access any scholarships that 9 - 12 & Money SHIP MATCH are uploaded to Naviance by our College and Career Center and match them to students who may meet the criteria. Scholarships SCHOLAR - This feature provides lists of all scholarship 9 - 12 & Money SHIP LIST opportunities that come to the attention of our College and Career Center. Scholarships SCHOLAR - Students can record any scholarship 9 - 12 & Money SHIP APPS applications that they submit

8 Naviance Family Connection Career Tab Item Summary

Career Tab

CATEGORY ITEM DESCRIPTION GRADE LEVEL Scholarshi NATIONAL This is a link to a National Scholarship Search 9 - 12 ps & Money SCHOLAR - sponsored by Sallie Mae SHIP SEARCH Explore FAVORITE This link allows you to save the careers that 9 - 12 Careers CAREERS & interest you. Your counselor can also view this CLUSTERS link to see what careers you are interested in to better assist in your investigation. Explore EXPLORE You can investigate the various career paths 9 - 12 Careers CAREERS & based on your personality and interest test CLUSTERS results. This link will bring you to an array of careers and career clusters you will be able to research and investigate. Careers that are of particular interest to you can be saved to your “My Careers” link in Naviance. What are PERSONALITY This link will bring you to “DO WHAT YOU ARE” 9 - 12 my TYPE Self Discovery Personality Type Assessment. interests? Every student is asked to complete this assessment during their 9th grade advising session. This assessment provide valuable insight into your personality type.

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CATEGORY ITEM DESCRIPTION GRADE 9 LEVEL What are CLUSTER Find Career Clusters that match your 9 - 12 my FINDER personality interests? What are CAREER This link brings you to the Career Interest 9 - 12 my INTEREST Inventory that will provide you with your interests? PROFILER Holland Codes. The Holland Codes provide job categories that fit your personality.

ROADTRIP NATION INTERVIEW ARCHIVE

Roadtrip Nation is an innovative self-discovery curriculum that empowers students to explore opportunities for their future by watching videos of real people sharing their own life stories. There are over 3,500 videos featuring stories from around the world including rocket scientists, sports writers, business leaders and even a professional surfer who share their stories of fulfillment, perseverance and dedication as they build their life’s passions.

Naviance Family Connection ABOUT ME Tab Item Summary

ABOUT ME Tab

CATEGORY ITEM DESCRIPTION GRADE LEVEL Success Plan GOALS You can record and set your goals here. 9 - 12

Success Plan TASKS You can record your daily tasks here. 9 - 12

10 My STRENGTHS Discovering your strengths and interests will lead 9 - 12 Assessments EXPLORER to better academic performance, higher scores, and ultimately the ability to reach your full potential after high school. Take this quick survey and discover your greatest strengths. You might be surprised! My DO WHAT You can take the DO WHAT YOU ARE Personality 9 - 12 Assessments YOU ARE Test and see your results. My CAREER This link brings you to the Career Interest 9 - 12 Assessments INTEREST Inventory that will provide you with your Holland PROFILER Codes. My CLUSTER Find Career Clusters that match your personality. 9 - 12 Assessments FINDER Interesting PORTFOLIO Put some information about yourself here. This 9 - 12 Things About could be an informal “cover letter” for anyone who Me looks at your portfolio. You could talk about where you were born, where you are going to school, and your goals. Interesting FAVORITE You can view and save your favorite colleges here. 9 - 12 Things About COLLEGES Me Interesting FAVORITE You can view and save your favorite careers here. 9 - 12 Things About CAREERS & Me CLUSTERS Interesting RESUME You can create and save your resumes for future 9 - 12 Things About use. Me Interesting GAME PLAN This link provides students with a framework to 9 - 12 Things About explore and create their post high school plan. Me

ABOUT ME Tab (Continued)

CATEGORY ITEM DESCRIPTION GRADE LEVEL Interesting DOCUMENT WHS does not use this feature at this time. 9 - 12 Things About S Me Interesting JOURNAL Keep your journal notes here. 9 - 12 Things About Me Interesting COMPLETED This link tracks your completed surveys. 9 - 12 Things About SURVEYS Me Official PROFILE Your profile page contains personal information 9 - 12 Things (name, birthdate, etc.) Your profile also contains your GPA (GPA information should be updated throughout the year.) Official ACCOUNT This link tracks username and allows your to 9 - 12 Things change your password. Official TEST THe District Office uploads your SAT, ACT and AP 9 - 12 Things SCORES scores here.

11 Official NAVIANCE You can take Naviance with you by using the 9 - 12 Things STUDENT Naviance Student mobile app for iPhone and iPod MOBILE APP touch. Improve collaboration and help stay organized with an easy-to-use college research tool.

Naviance Family Connection PREP ME Tab Item

PREP ME Tab

PREP ME Test Prep for : PSAT, SAT & ACT. This is an 10 - 12 (Located on the left adaptive learning platform that diagnosies hand side of Family both your individual strengths and Connection Home weaknesses and creates a personalized Page) study plan based on your needs and timelines.

PERSONALITY & SURVEY DOCUMENTS We recommend that the following Surveys and Personality/Career Tests be completed by all students as applicable to their grade level.

PERSONALITY & SURVEL DOCUMENTS

ITEM DESCRIPTION GRADE LEVEL RESUME Record your high school activities, awards, 9 - 12 volunteer work, etc. You can save your resume (or multiple resumes) to use for colleges and/or employers. You should finalize your resume during the summer prior to your senior year. Personal Students can add to this Personal Profile 9 - 12 Profile throughout their high school career but must finalize this profile prior to their college application period. THis personal profile is used by counselors and teachers to assist them in writing letters of recommendation. Graduation This survey is required by all seniors to be 12 Survey completed prior to graduation. Please list all colleges where you plan to apply. My Game Plan My Game Plan provides students a framework to 9 - 12 explore and create their post high school plan.

Naviance Family Connection MY PLANNER Tab Item 12 MY PLANNER Tab

Overview, Goals, Students can make personal notes, goals, daily 9 - 12 To-do-List, Tasks tasks and journal entries under these tabs. This Assigned to Me is an area for students’ personal planning.

Holland Codes Chart CAREER ASSESSMENT The Holland Codes Chart is a system designed to classify jobs into categories. In the Holland Model these categories represent personality types that match up well with certain types of work environments.

Realistic - Investigative - Artistic - Social - Enterprising - Conventional preference for preference for preference for preference for preference for preference for dealing with dealing with dealing with dealing with dealing with dealing with Things Things and Ideas and People Data and Data and Things Ideas people People Realistic types Investigative Artistic types Social types Enterprising Conventional tend to be types tend to tend to be tend to be types tend to types tend to be frank, practical, be analytical, complicated, helping, be persuasive, careful, focused, intellectual, original, informing, energetic, conforming, mechanical reserved, impulsive, teaching, sociable, conservative, determined, or independent, independent, inspiring, adventurous, conscientious, rugged and scholarly expressive, and counseling, ambitious and self-controlled & creative and serving risk-taking structured Abilities: Abilities: Abilities: using Abilities: Abilities: Abilities: manipulating working with imagination and interacting leading ordering tools, doing abstract ideas feelings in with people managing and activities, mechanical and and creative and organizing paying attention manual tasks, intellectual expression concerned to details or athletic problems with the activities welfare of people Holland Code Holland Code Holland Code Holland Code Holland Code Holland Code Careers: Careers: Careers: Artist, Careers: Careers: Careers: Craftsman, Biologist, Musician, Teacher Manager, Accountant, Fitness Trainer, Chemist, Actor, Clergy, Lawyer, Banker, Editor, Optician, Historian, Designer, Coach, Business Office Manager, Policemen, Fire Researcher, Writer, and Therapist, Marketing, Librarian, and Fighter, and PE Doctor, and Photographer Nurse, Executive, Reporter Teacher Mathematician Counselor, Entrepreneur, and and Principal Sociologist Majors: Justice Possible Possible Possible Possible Possible Majors: Studies, Fire Majors: Majors: Art, Majors: Majors: Pre- Business, Science, Botany, Theater, Nursing, Law, Business Accounting, and Athletic Engineering, Graphic Design, Christian Management Management Training, Forestry, Music, Education, and Martial Arts, Science, Journalism, and Counseling, Administration, Corporate Physics, and Communication Biblical International Fitness, and PE Foreign Studies, Business, and 13 Languages. Social Political Studies, and Science Education