A Collaborative Approach: Integrating Naviance at Both Middle and High SchoolDeveloping College and Career Readiness Culture

Agenda

• College and Career Readiness• Naviance is a keystone of collaboration• Success collaboration –Student

engagement in academic rigor• Structure CCR District• CCR = Counselor as lead educators• Collaboration of WWS MS/HS• Questions

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Setting CCR Culture

Collaboration through Naviance

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Why Naviance now?

• The difference between being college eligible and college ready

• Shifting expectations of students, parents, educators• Expansion of AP, Dual Credit, Adoption of Common

Core• Increased rigor across all grades • Focus on gearing more students to be successful in

rigor • Jobs that don’t require a bachelor’s degree require the

same math and reading skills for success• Programs that empower students and families to plan

and prepare for post-secondary success.4

Two thought leaders of CCR:

David Conley

Kent Pekel

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What is College and Career Readiness?

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What do Students Need to Know to be College Ready?

Conley’s Four Key Dimensions of College Readiness

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Key Cognitive Strategies

Key Content Knowledge

AcademicBehaviors

Contextual Skills and Awareness

How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character

(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

Character Hypothesis

Supports intentional focus on non cognitive skills is linked to academic performance:•Persistence•Self-Control•Curiosity•Conscientiousness•Grit•Self-Confidence

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Intelligence is not fixed

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The best predictor of completing college?Rigor

Sixty-two percent of college students polled said knowing what they know now, they would have taken more challenging courses in high

schoolSource: Alliance for Excellent Education 11

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graduate from high school

enter college

return to college for their sophomore year

earn a bachelor’s degree within six years

Source: The National Center for Higher Education Management Systems Progress & Completion data

The Target: Success of completion

For every 100 ninth-gradersFor every 100 ninth-graders

6969

4242

2828

2020

When is a district ready to adopt Naviance as a solution?

Five Components of College Readiness in a School District

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Student & Family Centered: CR Component 5

• Success Planning • Career Planning• Course Planning• College Planning

Provides a stronger link between Middle and High Schools

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Examples of Emerging Westfield CR Initiatives Tied to Key Components of Naviance

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Effective Practice: Eight Components of College and Career Readiness Counseling should be applied in elementary,

middle and high schools

Component Elementary Middle High

College Aspirations * * *

Academic Planning for College and Career Readiness

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Enrichment and Extracurricular Engagement

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College and Career Exploration and Selection Processes

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College and Career Assessments * * *

College Affordability Planning * * *

College and Career Admission Processes *

Transition from High School to College Enrollment

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Source: National Office for School Counselor Advocacy, (NOSCA)17

Foundations of College and Career Readiness Counseling

1. Advocating for all students in postsecondary education pathways

2. Academic advising and planning aligned to College and Career Readiness

3. Development of college and career base modeled from a national effective practice standards – NOSCA, NACAC, ASCA

4. Grade level developmental college and career education

1. Advocating for all students in postsecondary education pathways

2. Academic advising and planning aligned to College and Career Readiness

3. Development of college and career base modeled from a national effective practice standards – NOSCA, NACAC, ASCA

4. Grade level developmental college and career education

5. Ongoing professional development

6. Leader of counseling education for key constituencies/stakeholders:

1. Students, parents, teachers, building administration, middle school counselors, district administrators, school board, postsecondary institution community, community stakeholders, etc.

7. Understand and act upon CCR assessment and outcomes data

8. Identify as a lead for ongoing dialogue around College and Career Readiness

5. Ongoing professional development

6. Leader of counseling education for key constituencies/stakeholders:

1. Students, parents, teachers, building administration, middle school counselors, district administrators, school board, postsecondary institution community, community stakeholders, etc.

7. Understand and act upon CCR assessment and outcomes data

8. Identify as a lead for ongoing dialogue around College and Career Readiness

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Academic advising and

planning aligned to

College and Career

ReadinessDevelopmental

college and career

education model by

grade level

Ongoing professional

development

Identify as a lead for ongoing

dialogue around College and Career

ReadinessUnderstand and act upon

CCR assessment

and outcomes data

Leader of counseling

education for key

constituencies

Development of college and career base

modeled from a national effective practice

standards – NOSCA, NACAC, ASCA

Advocating for all students in postsecondary

education pathways

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Markers of CCR Counseling Foundation

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Markers of CCR Counseling Foundation

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Basis for WWS Collaborative Naviance Approach

• CCR for all students

• Counselors as Educators

• District support for grass root movement

• Establishment of Champion Model– MS, HS, Technology are Project leads

• Collaboration to glean intel and investigation

• Structure of project management

• Identified our weaknesses and challenge areas in pre - launch

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Month Milestone Lead

December Confirm technical compatibility Decision point: Grade Level ImplementationDecision point: Consulting and PD plan 

TSG ChampionNaviance ChampionsNaviance Champions

 January

 Import data from PowerSchool to NavianceTest validity of data 

 TSG ChampionTSG Champion

 February

 Public Naviance PD Intro Course: Web-based Private Naviance PD Course: Administration Web-basedCustomize Naviance for WHS – with ConsultantCustomize Naviance for WMS – with ConsultantDevelop Naviance Value Proposition and Messaging 

 All Naviance ChampionsHS Champion & assistMS Champion & assistPR Champion & assist

March Naviance Launch announced PR Champion

 April

 On-site Naviance PD Courses: Success Planning & Course Planning  

 Naviance Champions

 May

 Roll-out: Grade 7Career FunctionsCollege Planning Messaging to families – What to do 

 Roll-out:Grade 11Career FunctionsCollege Planning Messaging to families – What to do 

  MS ChampionHS ChampionTSG Champion  PR ChampionSupport – HS and MS Champions

 June

 Students Create Profiles

 Students Create Profiles

  

 July

 Finalized Naviance integration roll-out

  MS ChampionHS ChampionPR ChampionTSG Champion

Naviance – Proposed Milestone Progression – Six month – Project direction

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Implementation Timeline

Grade 7

Welcome PageLogoPowerpoint for ParentsBuild Resource List

Powerpoint for ParentsBuild Resource List

Build Resource ListSummer Survey

Summer Survey WMS Blast Email reminding them of survey, Naviance, etc.

Powerpoint at WMS Open House and Meet the Teacher Night

Learning Styles Inventory Lesson Cluster Finder LessonMy Planner/Goals

Learning Styles Inventory Lesson Cluster Finder LessonMy Planner/Goals

Grade 8

Welcome PageLogoPowerpoint for ParentsBuild Resource List

Powerpoint for ParentsBuild Resource List

Build Resource ListSummer Survey

WHS-Assign summer survey and academic planSummer Survey

WMS Blast Email reminding them of survey, Naviance, etc.

Powerpoint at WMS Open House and Meet the Teacher Night

Career Key LessonMy Planner/Goals

Career Key LessonMy Planner/Goals

Grade 9

WHS-Upload Courses WHS-Naviance Overview to select teachers and Department Chairs.

WHS-Email Parents Into to Parent and Student sites of Family Connection/ Naviance overview to entire staff (parent presentation and letters of rec)/ Develop Summer Survey

WHS-Assign summer survey and academic plan

WHS-Blast email reminder to parents for those not yet completed assignments.

WHS-Blast email reminder to parents for those not yet completed assignments.

   

Grade 10

WHS-Upload Courses   WHS-Email Parents Into to Parent and Student sites of Family Connection/ Develop Summer Survey

WHS-Assign summer survey and academic plan

WHS-Blast email reminder to parents for those not yet completed assignments.

WHS-Blast email reminder to parents for those not yet completed assignments.

   

Grade 11

WHS-Upload Courses/Prep Teachers for classroom guidance/Prep Presentation for Parents and Students /Schedule an E-Doc Training.

WHS-Family Connection Student Sites log on/Into completed in Classroom Guidance. Complete Academic Plan.

WHS-Email Parents Into to Parent and Student sites of Family Connection/ Develop Summer Survey

WHS-Assign summer survey and 5 College Choices

WHS-Blast email reminder to parents for those not yet completed assignments.

WHS-Blast email reminder to parents for those not yet completed assignments.

   

Grade 12

WHS-Upload Courses       WHS-Blast email reminder to parents for those not yet completed assignments.

WHS-Blast email reminder to parents for those not yet completed assignments/ Naviance Review in Sr. Class Meeting and Small Groups (E-Docs)

WHS-Naviance used in Individual Sr. Meetings.

 

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Naviance Night for Parents

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Collaboration between WMS/WHS

• The messaging of Naviance...why we need it, how it can help

• Creating and implementing the time line• Naviance Night...promoting the program to

parents

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Proof that It’s Working

• Student Usage and data collection

• Parent Registrations

• Teachers using in year one in the classroom

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Future Collaboration Goals

• Building Naviance as a more prominent component of College and Career Readiness

• Taking Naviance to the teachers and training them to effectively use the tools

• Taking Naviance to the classroom and incorporating lessons based on CCR

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Suggestions for Strong Collaboration

• Preach the same message...everyone from Central Office/High School/Middle School

• Have an in-depth understanding of what/how the other level uses Naviance and be able to explain to parents and students how it carries forward or helps now.

• Meet regularly to explore and share ideas

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A Collaborative Approach: Integrating Naviance at Both Middle and High School

Developing College and Career Readiness Culture

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A Collaborative Approach: Integrating Naviance at Both Middle and High SchoolDeveloping College and Career Readiness Culture

Dan Doherty, Director, High School Counselingdohertyd@wws.k12.in.us Carroll Easterday, Director, College and Career Readinesseasterdayc@wws.k12.in.us Craig Spinner, Counselor, Middle Schoolspinnerc@wws.k12.in.us

Westfield Washington Schoolswww.wws.k12.in.us

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