Explore how Napa County Schools made a priority of providing access to the Naviance College and Career Readiness Curriculum and to Family Connection for students county-wide. Hear lessons learned from the Curriculum pilot and how the county plans to move forward to implement The Curriculum with their students.

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Pulling it all Together
The Naviance Curriculum Pilot
Tammie Holloway Jessica Gaul
Thursday, July 17

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Napa County Office of Education

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Napa County
Enrollment
Napa
Valley
USD
St.
Helena
USD
Calistoga
USD
9-­‐12
5909
513
230
6-­‐8
3879
297
121
Total
9788
810
351
Demographics
Napa
County
K-­‐12
Hispanic
53%
White
31%
Filipino
5%
African
American
2%
Asian
2%
Other
7%
Schools
High
Schools
6
Middle
School
7
Adult
School
1

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Why Naviance?
! Pathways to Prosperity Report
! College and Career Readiness: The Need
! Road Trip Nation
! Work Based Learning
! Access to All

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Napa County Implementation: Year 1
Naviance Family Connection:
! 8th Grade: MI Advantage and Career Keys
! 9th Grade: Career Cluster Finder and Course
Plan
! 10th Grade: Career Interest Profiler and Course
Plan
! 11th Grade: Gallup Strengths Explorer and
Course Plan, Curriculum Pilot
! 12th Grade: Optional
By full implementation: Close to 10,000 users!

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Managing a County-wide Implementation
! Napa County Office of Education Point of
Contact
! District Points of Contact
! School Site Points of Contact
! Stakeholder group for middle and high school

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The Results
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9
10
11
12
Calistoga
Jr/Sr
High
School
98%
42%
3%
8%
74%
Napa
High
School
73%
72%
83%
1%
New
Tech
High
School
97%
85%
54%
81%
Vintage
High
School
94%
85%
85%
7%
St.
Helena
High
School
81%
91%
10%
Valley
Oak
High
School
37%
56%
76%
Harvest
Middle
School
98%
Redwood
Middle
School
River
Middle
School
92%
Silverado
Middle
School
Robert
Louis
Stevenson
Middle
School
98%

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The Curriculum Pilot

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The Naviance Pilot
The Pilot
! 11th grade students
! 16 lessons
! Pre and Post Assessments
The School
! Napa High School
! AVID Classroom
! 40 students

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Curriculum Lesson Pillars

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Pilot Themes
! College Readiness
! College Preparation
! Financial Readiness
! Networks
! Self-Discovery

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Complete Pilot Overview
! 6 High Schools
! AVID, College Readiness Classes
! Focus on First-Generation Students
! Formative and Summative Assessments

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Pilot Process
! Brief Onboarding
! Instructor Surveys
! Student Surveys
! Phone Check-ins
! Onsite Visits

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Pilot Research Techniques
! In-class observations
! After-class discussions
! Survey analysis with students
! Survey analysis with staff

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Student Survey Analysis
! 15 surveys
! ~123 responses/survey
! Open & closed-ended

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Student Feedback
“It was helpful because I did not really know
anything about FAFSA besides that you can apply
for it the January of your senior year”
“It made me realize how fast college will be here
and I liked how it gave us a lot of information on
different things”
“Deadline dates make no sense”

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Student Feedback

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Changes Based on Student Feedback
! Prioritizing goals
! Text in Videos
! Readings length
! Colors & font styles
! Interactions to match their mental models

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Changes Based on Student Feedback
! Goal Setting Lessons
! Text in Videos
! Readings
! Colors
! Deadlines

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Middle School Pilot
! 3 Schools
! Grades 6-8
! College Readiness Courses
! Shortened sequence

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An Inside Look
Introducing the Naviance Curriculum

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Benefits of the Curriculum
! Short lessons
! Roadtrip Nation Content
! Available for widespread use
! User friendly
! Easy reporting

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Pulling it All Together
! Why Naviance Family Connection and CCR?
! Access to all students
! Establish stakeholder groups to discuss
implementation strategies.
! One size does not fit all! Multiple ways to
implement at the school site.

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