2. Getting Started with Naviance
Lessons and Strategies from the Hillsboro School
District
July 9, 2015

3. Who We Are

4. Who We Are
• Brooke Nova: Coordinator of College & Career
Pathways, Hillsboro School District
• Sarah Seeborg: Career/College Counselor,
Glencoe High School, Hillsboro School District
• Allen Kopp: Counselor/Department Coordinator,
Century High School, Hillsboro School District
• Kelsey Carroll: Senior Consultant, K12
Professional Services, Hobsons
Who Are You?

5. Agenda Overview

6. Agenda
• Naviance Implementation in the Hillsboro School
District
• Connecting Community to the Classroom
• Breakout Sessions
• School level implementation – Sarah
• Naviance and ASCA – Allen
• District-level implementation – Brooke
• Naviance resources and support – Kelsey

7. Hillsboro School District

8. Hillsboro School District
• Fourth largest public school district in Oregon
• 20,884 students in K-12
• Four comprehensive high schools (9-12), four
middle schools (7-8), alternative school (7-12),
and online academy
• 49% of students in district qualify for free/reduced
lunch program
• 13% of students in the special education program
• 15% of students are ELLs
• Hillsboro is Oregon’s fifth largest city
• Population 93,000

9. 2014-15 at a Glance
• Naviance Team
• Leadership team
• 4 middle & high
school counselors
• School site
coordinators
• Naviance support
• District tech support
• District Administration

10. Naviance Implementation in HSD
• 2012-2013
• District purchased Naviance
• 2014-2014
• Developed a leadership team
• 3 high school counselors, 1
middle school counselor
• Leadership team with
Naviance support developed
district wide roll out plan
• Professional development for
secondary counselors
• Collaboratively, secondary
counselors developed
Naviance lessons for each
grade level 7-12
• Agreement to implement one
common lesson for each
grade level
• Parent presentations to
introduce Naviance
• 2014-2015
• Lessons implemented
throughout the district by
counselors
• Training for elementary
counselors
• Development of elementary
Naviance lessons
• Teacher training
• Parent presentations and
access codes
• 2015-2016
• Rollout of eDocs
• Teacher implemented lessons

11. Implementation Challenges
• Limited access to technology
• Limited time with students to familiarize them
with program
• Lack of teacher support with implementation
• Not enough teachers trained to make this a school-
wide tool

12. ASCA National Standards addressed through Naviance
• Academic Development Domain
Competency: Plan to Achieve
• Establish challenging academic goals in elementary,
middle/junior high, and high school
• Use assessment results in educational planning
• Develop and implement annual plan of study to maximize
academic ability and achievement
• Career Development Domain
Competency: Identify Career Goals
• Demonstrate awareness of the education and training needed
to achieve career goals
• Assess and modify their educational plan to support career goal
• Select course work that is related to career interests

13. Connecting School to Community
• Naviance: Foundation for College & Career
Exploration
• Career Learning Advisory Committees
• Creating student-centered experiences
• Partnerships

14. Breakout Sessions
• School level implementation – Sarah
• Details of HSD’s implementation plan and overview
guidance lessons
• Naviance and ASCA – Allen
• District level implementation – Brooke
• Key players and community collections
• Naviance resources and support - Kelsey

15. Questions?