One Year with the Naviance Curriculum

Kelsey Carroll, Srikar Dronamraju, Jahmel Wagener      

July 9, 2015

Introductions

•  Kelsey Carroll, Senior Consultant, K12

•  Kelsey is a Senior Consultant on the K12 Professional Services team and her primary role is assist districts in Washington, Oregon, Colorado, Wyoming and Utah implement Naviance. She is based in Denver, CO.

•  Prior to joining Hobsons, Kelsey spent several years as a consultant and member of the Implementation Services Group at Pearson eCollege, for new Higher Ed and K12 partners.

•  Kelsey graduated with her BSBA from the University of Denver, and in her free time, enjoys running, hiking and binge-watching Netflix.

•  Srikar Dronam, Product Manager

•  Srikar is the Product Manager at Hobsons, Inc. for Naviance College & Career Readiness Curriculum and Naviance Test Prep.

•  Srikar has over 12 years experience in the education technology space and prior to US, worked in Middle East and India.

•  His earlier avatars include (but not limited to) being a high school Math teacher, sales professional, Chess player and a philatelist.

•  When he is not building products, you can find him volunteering at “The Friends of Homeless Animals” in Virginia.

Jahmel Wagener, Senior Training Specialist

•  Jahmel Wagener is originally from Norwalk, Connecticut and now resides in Washington, D.C.

•  Prior to working at Hobsons he was a computer based testing coordinator at the University of Maryland University College and is now a senior training specialist teaching Naviance.

•  He enjoys spending time with his friends and family, fine dining, playing his Playstation 4, and watching sports (Go Miami Dolphins!).

Agenda

Agenda      

•  The Challenge

•  The Naviance Curriculum

•  Demo of Curriculum

•  Implementation Planning

•  The Future of Naviance Curriculum

The Challenge

In schools today, we have an aspirations gap.

Percentage of middle school students who aspire to go to college.

93%

Percentage of students who actually enroll in college.

44%

Source:  Educa,onal  Policy  Improvement  Center  (EPIC)  

The Aspirations Gap

We’re aiming to help schools close the gap between what students aspire to accomplish and what they actually achieve.

ASPIRATIONS ACHIEVEMENT

ASPIRATIONS Students and parents have high aspirations for their students after high school  

ACHIEVEMENT However, achievement is lagging behind

Bridging the Gap…

Self- Discovery

Career Exploration

Academic Planning

College & Career

Preparation

Four dimensions of readiness

The K-12 Student Lifecycle

Students increase their likelihood of reaching their goals when they…  

•  See What’s Possible •  Develop Critical Non-

Cognitive Skills  

•  Acquire College Knowledge

 

•  Take Ownership over their Path

The Naviance Curriculum

The Naviance Curriculum

A blended learning experience for students in grades 6-12 that helps develop critical non-cognitive skills and college knowledge and instills confidence so that students persevere.

Foundations of the Naviance Curriculum

College readiness includes concepts important to students; including college application procedures, knowledge to research college characteristics, academic preparation for post-secondary readiness, and financial aid comprehension. College readiness also incorporates positive non- cognitive skills such as self-efficacy, motivation, determination, and social behaviors.

Hobsons’ Definition of College Readiness

Foundations of the Naviance Curriculum

The Curriculum is aligned to the national readiness standards:  

•  U.S. Department of Education College Readiness Standards •  Knowledge of the College Readiness Process •  Adult Supporters •  Academic Preparedness •  Financial Aid Readiness •  Knowledge of the College Application Process

•  2014 ASCA National Readiness Standards •  Academic •  Career •  Personal/Social

The Naviance Curriculum

The curriculum was created to start early in transforming the lives and aspirations of students  

•  At a Glance •  Grades 6-12 •  15 multimedia lessons per grade •  Integrated with Naviance tools •  Pre- and post-assessments of

Readiness

•  Lesson Pillars •  Myself •  My Success Skills •  My Network •  My College Plan •  My Career Plan •  My Finances

Demo of the Naviance Curriculum

7th Grade

•  Overcoming Obstacles

•  Habits for Success

•  Getting Ready for College

9th Grade

•  Mastering Homework

•  How to Pay for College

•  My StrengthsExplorer

8th Grade

•  Working Through Stress

•  What Do Colleges Require?

•  My Career Path

10th Grade

•  Connecting My Courses and Careers

•  The College Visit •  Sharing My

Future with My Family

11th Grade

•  My Support Network

•  My Test Prep Plan

•  My College Essay

6th Grade

•  My Foundation •  Defining My

Dreams •  Taking

Responsibility

12th Grade

•  My Personal Brand •  FAFSA 4caster •  Leaving Home

Scope and Sequence Preview

Implementation Planning

Curriculum Implementation  

Average lesson time is 15-20 minutes, with additional

activites suggested for staff to lead within a classroom.

         

Advisory/Homeroom AVID or College Readiness Course Core or Elective class After-school/Community Organizations College Access Programs

Implementation Planning  

           

Naviance Curr·culum lmp 1lementation Cycle          

1 . Plan

4.Engage -•••. 2. Configure --·

3. Communicate

Rollout Strategy

Choose Your Rollout Strategy

"Flipped Counse ling" Model

Do you want students to work at their own pace?

Will your students primarily work with the Curriculum outside of the classroom?

If so, your students may need information on how

to access the Curriculum, and a designated resource they can go to with questions that come

up.

lnstructor Led

Do your students have a required college and career readiness

course (e.g., AVID, Advisory, CTE) in their schedule?

Will your students primarily use the Curriculum at school?

In this case, you will need at least one in-class facilitator.

Tipl Use the Naviance Curriculum Implementation Planning Sheet to write down your plan!

Supplement to Existing Instruction

Do your existing core classes (e.g., English,

Social Studies) contain college and career topics?

If so, you can supplement existing instruction with lessons from the Naviance Curriculum.

In this case, you will still need to follow the implementation plan to ensure your students can get to the Curriculum.

Implementation Team

Form an Implementation Team

Counselors- Counselors can lead the Naviance Curriculum implementation team and delegateactivities. They can introduce the Curriculum to students and parents,and invite them to information sessions. Once the students get started with their lessons, counselors can continue to communicate with students through Naviance.

Teachers -Teachers can use the Curriculum in the classroom. They can incorporate lessons intoexisting instructions, or follow the Curriculum for specific grade levels.

Student Ambassadors - Students ambassadors can provide motivation and assistance to students as they are going through the Curriculum.

Assign Responsibilities

Careers tab (6, 8,9, 10) Colleges tab (9, 10, 11, 12) My Planner tab Career Lookup (7,8) Roadtrip Nation Interview Archive (8, 10) StrengthsExplorer (9) Resume Builder (9, 10, 12) Colleae Visits (10)

College SuperMatch (11) Scholarship Search (12) Career Cluster Finder (9) College Search (9) Note: Ensure the grade levels for which the features are enabled match the sequencing you set up in the Curriculum.

F a m i l y C o n n e c t i o n S e t t i n g s  Many lessons in the Naviance Curriculum use existing Family Connection tools. In order for your students to make the best use of the lessons, make sure the follow ing Family Connection features are enabled for your school:

IIDplela•tatloD Activity Aulped To••. DeadH•e: Add the name of the user that will be completjng the acrjvity.

Configure Naviance Curriculum user settings in Naviance

Create classes

Assign grade levelsequence of lessons in the Curriculum

Ensure the appropriate Family Connection settings are enab led

Processing Worksheet

•  Determine: •  Target Student Audience •  Campus Level Staff Involvement •  When/Deadlines

•  Professional Development Plan

•  Communication Plan

The Future of Naviance Curriculum

What’s Next?

•  Ability for a student to review and edit lessons after submission

•  Improved student reporting

•  Access to historical progress for both student and staff

•  Responsive web design on all OS for both tablets and laptops

What’s Next?

•  Better on-boarding and home pages for both student and staff

•  Student portability within a district where other or all schools have Curriculum

•  “Ghosting-in” for school staff

•  Complete flexibility in assigning students to teachers/counselors and then assigning lessons and sequences to those student groups •  Consequently, each group that gets created will have reporting

Updated Staff View

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Students see lessons ordered in a specific sequence suited to their level. Choose a level and begin exploring lessons as your students will.

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Our curriculum is organized into six core themes: Self- Discovery, Success Ski lls, Support Networks , College Planning , Career Planning and Financial Planning .

Students will experience lessons of the same theme many times as they progress to reinforce learning.

Updated Student View

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