High School and Beyond Plan

High School and Beyond Plan at Seattle Public Schools

The process of High School and Beyond Planning is in essence teaching hope. We help students’ identify a goal, find a pathway to the goal and help them develop the agency to move forward and continue to navigate obstacles. High School and Beyond Planning helps students walk through the process of goal setting, future planning and self assessment.

We incorporate the Science of Hope as a focus in future planning. Students move through a series of lessons between 6th and 12th grade which teach them additional skills to be career, college and community ready. Lessons help students identify personal strengths, career interests, post-high school aspirations, scholarship information, post-high school applications and resume writing.

Additionally, students learn about post-high school costs and how to make a decision for selecting a program that supports their career goals. Students are encouraged to change their goals and plans as they move towards graduation to include new interests and knowledge. This in combination with the Annual High School Financial Aid Day support students creating a wholistic future plan and life long skills.

Skills Incorporated into High School and Beyond Planning:

Decision Making
Problem Solving
Goal Setting
Resilience and Agency
Career Ready Course Planning and Resume
College Ready Course Planning and Resume
Determining Career Fit
Determining Post-High School Program Fit

High School and Beyond Plan Lesson Components:

Identify a career goal
- Interest and Skills Assessment
Identify education and career goals
- Research career goal and what it takes to get there
- Professional/technical program options, 2-year degree options, 4-year degree options, On-the-Job training, Apprenticeships, Military or other educational training
Determine 4 year course plan that can be updated each year
- Addresses graduation requirements and post secondary admissions requirements
- Work-Based Learning, Job Shadows, Internships, Service Learning
Resume
For students who have not yet met high school graduation standards, identify available interventions, academic supports, and courses designed for students to meet standards

Naviance: An Online Career and College Planning Tool

As a part of our High School and Beyond Plan, our 6th thru 12th grade students use Naviance to take self-assessments, explore career paths, search for scholarships, and track to progress towards graduation.

Naviance allows students to explore, apply to, and enroll in a post-secondary path that is a best fit for the student, based on education and career goals, learning style, and personal preferences regarding where and how they would like to continue their education.
Naviance equips students and their families with information on the true cost of a particular college, based on their own family income, and allows them to explore scholarship and financial aid opportunities.
Naviance provides easy access to information about thousands of colleges, schools, and universities both the United States and around the world, including over 110 options in Washington state.
Naviance eDocs supports electronic document transfer to the more than 140 Coalition for College member colleges and universities; plus the more than 2,500 colleges and universities that receive submissions through Parchment.
IEP Transition Alignment
- Naviance Assessments that might support IEP Transition planning for strengths, interests, preferences and needs
- Career Key (7th Grade)
- StrengthsExplorer (9th grade),
- AchieveWorks Personality Inventory (10th grade)
- RoadTrip Nation –Career Exploration Videos On-Demand
- T-Folio is an additional tool we use that also aligns IEP Transition and High School and Beyond Planning

Grade	Task	Objective
6	Explore Roadtrip Nation Interview Archive and complete a Short Reflection Survey	Students learn about career pathways of interest from people in the field. They reflect upon how these interviews affect their post-secondary goals or other thematic elements.
7	Complete Career Key Scholarship Search	Students learn about their personality types, and are presented career options to help them explore future planning options. Students learn how to search for Scholarships in Naviance and Financial Aid Vocabulary.
8	Course Planner	Students learn about graduation requirements and how to plan their courses for 9th grade.
9	Complete Strengths Explorer; Review and update course plan	Students gain understanding of their personal strengths and how they can be used to accomplish their goals and explore careers related to their strengths. Students update their 4 year course plan to meet their current goals.
10	AchieveWorks Self Assessment; Review and update course plan and Begin Resume writing	Students understand the relationships between educational achievement and post-secondary options. Students update their 4 year course plan to meet their current goals. Students begin writing a resume and about marketing their career skills.
11	Complete a Super Match College Search	Based on previous self-discovery, students explore colleges that offer majors that connect with their career interests.
11	Complete Post-High School Program Costs Scavenger Hunt	Students complete a scavenger hunt with Naviance to better understand the different costs of college.
11	Review and update course plan and resume	Students make their plans for high school courses that meet their personal goals and district requirements. Students understand how to market their skills via a resume.
12	Add at least two colleges or other applicable activities to application list	Students review after high school application and transcript request process. Students discuss and explore post-secondary options.
12	Complete the Senior Exit Survey	Students complete the SPSSeattle Public Schools More Exit Survey. It provides evidence of all students having a post-secondary plan.

How Students Log into Naviance

Students log into Naviance through the Seattle Public Schools’ student portal (not the Source). The student portal and Naviance can be accessed both at school and from home.

Each student must know their district username and password to access the student portal. Students can contact any teacher or librarian for assistance with their district username and password.

Alumni Access to Naviance

Graduating seniors lose access to the district’s student portal after they graduate. Graduates who would like to continue using Naviance must change their username and password in Naviance before July 15. This will enable alumni to access Naviance directly at naviance.com.

Naviance FAQ

What is Naviance?

Naviance by PowerSchool is a comprehensive K-12 college and career readiness tool that provides information and resources that enable students and their school counselors, teachers, and parents and guardians to collaborate on identifying and planning for a student’s life after high school.

Highlights

Naviance allows students to explore, apply to, and enroll in a post-secondary path that is a best fit for the student, based on education and career goals, learning style, and personal preferences regarding where and how they would like to continue their education.
Naviance equips students and their families with information on the true cost of a particular college, based on their own family income, and allows them to explore scholarship and financial aid opportunities.
Naviance provides easy access to information about thousands of colleges, schools, and universities both the United States and around the world, including over 110 options in Washington state.
Naviance eDocs supports electronic document transfer to the more than 140 Coalition for College member colleges and universities; more than 750 Common Application (Common App) colleges and universities, plus the more than 2,500 colleges and universities that receive submissions through Parchment.

Summer Support for Students

If you need help over the summer submit a request through Let’s Talk with a phone number if possible, and a brief description of your issue or question. You can also leave a voice message at 206-743-3600.

Parent and Guardian Access to Naviance

Naviance parent guardian accounts are now available. Access is view-only plus the ability to add colleges to your student’s prospective college list.

Note : Having a valid user account for the Source, the district’s parent portal, is a prerequisite to obtaining a Naviance parent guardian user account. Read about parent and guardian access.

How do students benefit from using Naviance?

Students benefit from using Naviance by exploring what makes themselves unique, connecting their interests to careers, and by creating their personal plans both graduating from high school and for “beyond high school.”

What features and tools in Naviance enable students to obtain these benefits?

Strengths Explorer – identifies your student’s three strongest emerging talents and includes strategies for capitalizing on strengths to apply them towards success in school, career, and life.
Career Cluster Finder survey – ranks which career clusters your student might find most fulfilling based on activities your student enjoys, personal qualities and school subjects of interest.
Career Interest Profiler – provides your student with suggestions for matching careers based on student answers to questions related to their career interests Careers are added to a list of favorites.
Resume Builder – Your student keeps a log of school activities, personal awards, volunteer experience, skills, and more using this tool.
College Application Process – Tracks colleges your student is thinking about and documents a list of in-progress college applications. Students – can request electronic transcripts to be sent to colleges they are applying to.
Local and National Scholarship Database – Thousands of local and national scholarships are available for application by your student.