Naviance/
Family Connection
a personalized, web-based
resource for
planning & advising
1
Welcome To Naviance
•
•
•
•
What is Family Connection?
How do I access it?
What can I do with it?
How does it help career and college planning?
2
What is Family Connections?
• A powerful interactive link between school
and home opening avenues of
communication.
• An individualized, customized, and secure
website that supports academic planning for
North Hunterdon High School and beyond.
• Helps students and parents make better
decisions about courses, college opportunities
and career plans.
• Provides useful tools that can be utilized
throughout high school.
3
How do I access it?
• Your student is registered and can log in using
their email address and password.
• The web address is available from the North
Hunterdon Guidance Website. Click on ‘Juniors’
and click on the ‘Naviance’ tab.
– Or, visit: http://connection.naviance.com/NHHS
• Parents can request to have their own access.
– Parents may also access Naviance Family
Connections as a guest, using the password:
nhhs
4
What can I do with it?
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Share Plans Between Parent, Child & Counselor
Career Exploration
Conduct College Searches
Compare Colleges
Analyze Scattergrams on College Admissions
Track Deadlines
Complete Surveys
Links to Colleges & Selected Third-Party Resources
5
Main Page/Sign-In
Log-In
http://connection.naviance.com/NHHS
6
Freshman Year
• Students will be encouraged to utilize “Game Plan”
which is a series of questions designed to create post
graduation goals.
– Under ‘About Me’ tab
• Students are encouraged to “Explorer Careers” and
learn about occupations.
– Under ‘Careers’ tab
• Students should utilize the “College Search” and
“College Lookup” links to begin exploring colleges.
– Under ‘College’ tab
Game Plan – Developing Goals
Game Plan
Career Exploration
Simply type in career or
search by occupation
category
Learn about careers
including daily tasks and
activities, starting
salaries, and general skills
required to be successful
in the career path.
Exploring College
College Lookup
College Search
11
College Search
Search by location,
student population,
admissions difficulty,
athletic involvement,
majors…
and much more!
College Search Results
Click on each
school for
‘College
Lookup’
College Lookup
Simply type
College/University
name here
College Lookup
College Lookup Details
15
College Comparison
College Compare
16
Scattergram
17
Senior Year
• Students will utilize Naviance/Family
Connections to complete end of the year
surveys regarding college admissions
How does it help?
In many ways!!!
• Opens the lines of communication between home
and school.
• Allows for collaboration among counselors, students,
and parents.
• Encourages career & college exploration.
• Provides realistic assessments of your child’s chances
of admission at a particular college where prior
NHHS graduates have applied.
19