Introduction to Naviance for Higher Education Professionals

Kim Oppelt, Hobsons

Justin Brantley, Hobsons

Agenda

• Introductions

• What is Naviance?

• The College Search Lifecycle

• Student Workflow and Tools

• Counselor Workflow and Tools

• Enhancing Your Presence

• Q&A

3

What is Naviance?

Building Blocks for Success

College and Career Readiness CurriculumIndividualized Learning Plans

Strengths

Career Exploration

Personality TypePSAT, SAT, ACT Test Prep

6th 7th

8th 9th

10th 11th

12th

4

Quick Facts

Naviance is the world’s most widely adopted college and career readiness platform 8,300

+SchoolsWith Naviance

7M StudentsUsing Naviance

21M DocumentsSent to Colleges (2013-2014)

35% U.S. High School SeniorsPercentage with a Naviance account (2013)

295K+ EducatorsUsing Naviance

Students in NYUsing Naviance680K

5

Naviance eDocs 4.7 million college applications tracked, 21.7 million

school forms sent 12.3% were EA/ED 3 most popular colleges

Boston University Northeastern University NYU

3 most popular EA colleges University of Michigan Northeastern University UMass - Amherst

3 most popular ED colleges NYU Vanderbilt University Emory University

Naviance Student Lifecycle

7

College Planning WorkflowStudent completes StrengthsExplorer

and career inventories in Family

Connection

Student completes college search and

adds colleges to their list in Family Connection

Student investigates college profiles,

creates an application list, and applies to colleges

Student requests transcripts and

supporting materials via Family Connection

School submits transcript and

supporting materials via eDocs

8

Naviance Family Connection Family Connection is…

Highly configurable Unique to each school site Personalized These factors enable schools and districts to align

usage with their goals and/or curriculum Each student has an account that is accessed with a

user name and password. Parents and guardians can also be given access to an

account related to their child or children. Parent access is more “view not do.”

College Planning in Naviance Family Connection

10

Career and Personality Assessments

11

Roadtrip Nation

12

Naviance Curriculum

13

College Visit

14

College Search

15

Student Interest List

16

Student application list

17

College Profile

18

Scattergrams

19

Transcript Requests

20

LOR Request

21

Graduation Survey

Counselor Workflow and Tools

23

College Visits

24

College Contacts

25

LOR Requests

26

Transcript Requests

27

Reporting

Enhancing Your Naviance Presence

29

Connecting with Colleges

College Profile Enhancement

College Search and Match ToolsSuperMatchActive Match+

Engage with Students

30

31

32

33

34

Questions

Justin BrantleyAccount ManagerJustin.brantley@hobsons.com