1. You Just Got Naviance…now
what?
Karen Bush
MSD Pike Township District Graduation Coach
July 2013

2. So…..where do you start..

3. First Things First……
• Can’t do it all in one year!
• Develop a plan of action
• Get KEY Administrators
involved
• Use the Naviance Community
Support
• Talk to other schools

4. Can’t do it all in one year…..
Who is your target audience?
 Middle School
 High School
Within that group…who do your target first??????
• 6th grade
• 8th grade
• 12th grade
What is the best way to reach them???
 Open House
 Parent Teacher Conference
 Back to School Nights
 Senior Information Nights
 Orientation

5. When do they need to sign up??
Is it a requirement?
Is it just a helpful tool??
How do I motivate them to sign
up….and then use the tool!

6. Students
Student Questions:
• WHY DO I NEED
NAVIANCE
• HOW IS IT GOING TO
HELP ME
• IS IT EASY
• WHAT’S IN IT FOR
ME
• WHY, WHY, WHY,
WHY???????

7. Action Plan – Logic Model
Pike Twp. College & Career Planning
Family Connection Program
Logic Model
College Career About Me
My Colleges College Research
Scholarships
Explore
Careers
What Are My
Interests?
Interesting Things
About Me
Official Things
Success Plan
CoursePlan
CollegesI’m
thinking
about
CollegesI’m
ApplyingTo
College
Visitsat
ACT/SAT
TestPrep
Super
Match
College
Compare
Enrichment
Programs
Scholarship
List
National
Scholarship
List
Explore
Careersand
Clusters
Personality
Type–Do
Whatyou
Are
Career
Interest
Profiler
Resume
Journal
surveys
Update
ACCOUNT
Username/
studentid
Update
PROFILE
Cell/email
Goals
Task
6 X X X X
7 X X X X
8 X X X X X X
9 X X X X X
10 X X X X X X X
11 X X X X X X X X X X X X
12 X X X X X X X X X X X

8. Action Plan
Your plan MUST address………..
 Must Do’s
 Like To’s
 Relevancy
 Time
 What’s Critical

9. Must Do’s…….VS…..Like To
Transcripts
Surveys
Scholarships
College Visits
College Tours
Teacher Recommendation
VS
Learning Inventory
Super Match
Road Trip Nation
Goals
Task
(Make the Like To’s a Must Do….tie in curriculum!!!

10. Monthly To Do List
Plan to “get the word out” at least once a
month
 Email important information
 Mailings to parents
 Promote ALL school events
 Lunch rooms
 English Teachers

11. Key Administrators Involved
• Superintendent
• Principal
• Director of
Guidance
• Counselors
• IT
• Department Chairs

12. REPORTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can’t stress enough how much
information is POWER!!!!!!!!!
Send reports to those Key Administrators
that will be helpful to them.

13. Naviance Community Support

14. Community Support
 Power Point
Presentations
 Word Documents
 Discussion Groups
 White Papers
 Podcast
 Blogs
 Videos

15. Indiana Naviance Network - INN
We have collaborated with other schools in
Indiana that currently use Naviance
• Share Ideas
• Useful Information
• Learning Sessions
• Networking

16. Karen Bush
kbush@pike.k12.in.us
317-387-2636

17. Your Feedback Matters!
Thank you for attending the
Naviance Summer Institute 2013!
We greatly appreciate your feedback, please
complete a brief evaluation for this session at:
http://go.naviance.com/evaluations