An overview of how Houston Independent School District Leverages Naviance to Engage Students and Families

1. Implementing Family Connection within HISD

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Overview of Family Connection
Family Connection
Family Connection is a Naviance website for students and families that gives you access to online resources,
communication tools and planning tools for your student’s success after high school.
Objective:
To review strategies that HISD has implemented within the district to promote and implement the Family
Connection section of the Naviance tool.

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Internal Media
• Board President hosts a monthly show
• Naviance Segment
• Recently launched a College Readiness Show
• English/Spanish
• R U Ready
• Discuss an aspect of Naviance on each episode

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Use of Dedicated Specialist
• Dedicated Specialist: Middle School Program Specialist responsible for:
• Training parents/community members on Family Connection
• Over 90 Middle School/High School campuses
• Parent Nights
• Parent trainings
• Parent Super Centers
• Conferences

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Train the Trainer Model
• Entire Parent Engagement team was trained in Naviance by Hobsons
Consultants August 2012
• Dedicated specialist uses the TOT model with identified schools

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Family Connection sessions
• Dedicated Specialist: Middle School Program Specialist provides training sessions
for:
• Over 90 Middle School and High School campuses
• Parent Nights
• Parent trainings
• Engages parents through
• College and Career Fairs
• Sending messages through Naviance
• Utilizing materials from Family Engagement package
• See sample ppt and agenda of actual training

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Targeted School Approach
• Grant schools are targeted for support
-Online College and Career Readiness Technical Assistance Grant
-Cycle 1 – five schools
-Cycle 2 – eleven schools
-Funds offset cost for district
-Grant includes goals for PE

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Parent Super Centers spotlighting Family Connection
• 5 Newly Developed Parent Super Centers
• 12 desk top computers
• Specialist provides training at these centers
• Community members invited
• Naviance signage posted
• Video of Parent Super Centers
• http://vimeo.com/49701965

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Questions/Discussion
• What are you doing to increase family engagement and get families
involved in their students’ college and career planning?

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Contact Us:
Kelly Cline, Senior Manager Parent Engagement
kcline@houstonisd.org 713-556-7202
Nefertari Mundy, Counseling Services , College Career Readiness
nmundy@houstonisd.org 713.556.7240