Presentation by Christopher Obenchain, Kirk Koenig, and Su Hallenbeck about Naviance in high education.

1. Introduction to Naviance for Higher
Education
Christopher Obenchain, Punahou
Kirk Koenig, University of Oregon
Su Hallenbeck, Hobsons

2. Agenda
• Introductions
• What is Naviance?
• The Family Connection Student Lifecycle
• Counselor Workflow and Tools
• Naviance for Higher Ed Institutions
• Q&A

3. 3
What is Naviance?
Building Blocks
for Success
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th
12th

4. 4
Quick Facts
Naviance is the world’s most widely adopted college and career readiness platform
8,300+ Schools
With Naviance
7M Students
Using Naviance
21M Documents
Sent to Colleges
(2013-2014)
35%
U.S. High School
Seniors
Percentage with a
Naviance account
(2013)
295K+ Educators
Using Naviance

5. 5
Naviance eDocs
 4.7 million college applications tracked (average of 3.3
apps/student); 21.7 million school forms were 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

6. Naviance Student Lifecycle

7. 7
Sample Naviance Workflow
School assigns Build
Resume task to all 10th
grade students in
Naviance
Students begin using the
Resume Builder in Family
Connection
School checks the
student folder in
Naviance to review
completed resumes
School tracks completion
of the task with the Task
Completion Report in
Naviance
School follows up with
students using e-mail or
journals in Naviance

8. 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.”

9. Family Connection Live Demo

10. Naviance Family Connection
10
 My Planner
 Tasks and Goals
 Colleges
 Research and Application Tracking
 Careers
 Research, Assessments, and Roadtrip Nation
 Courses
 Plans of study
 About Me
 Resume Builder
 Assessments
 Portfolio

11. Counselor Workflow and Tools

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School Usage
• Naviance access can be given to
counselors, teachers, administrators, and
support staff
– User roles can be customized per school
site
• Usage depends on the implementation
plan or goals of a school or district
• Collaborative tools such as surveys and
e-mail allow for communication and
sharing between schools and families

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School Usage
College research tools are available for school staff
 College search options
 College visits
 Recommending colleges to students
Application tracking provides data in multiple formats
Naviance eDocs allows a school to send supporting
documents to participating colleges (including all
Common App member colleges)
Schools have access to customizable reports on student
activity and outcomes

14. Naviance Demo

15. 15
Demo: Naviance
The student folder view
College Research and Application Tools
 Naviance eDocs
Career Exploration
Course Planning
Reporting

16. Naviance for Higher Education
Institutions

18. 18
Demo: Connecting with Colleges
College Profile Data
College Visit Schedule
College Search and Match Tools
SuperMatch
College Confidential
CollegeView
College Match

19. College Tools Demo

20. Questions
Kim Oppelt
Community Relations
Manager
kim.oppelt@hobsons.com