Fostering Parent Engagement in the College Counseling Process

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Fostering Parent Engagement in the College
Counseling Process
Tina Proctor College and Career Counselor Academy
of Holy Angels
Kim Oppelt Senior Consultant Naviance
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Introductions

• Introductions
• Overview
• Parent engagement at AHA
• Using Naviance with parents and families
• Naviance materials for families
• Discussion

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Academy of Holy Angels

• Setting
• Enrollment
• 705 students
• First Tier Suburban Catholic High School
• Counselor Breakdown
• Two Academic/Personal Counselors
• Two College and Career Counselors

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Methods of Engagement

• Weekly Newsletter
• College and Career Center Website
• Naviance Family Connection
• Parent Volunteers
• Targeted Email Communication
• Letter Invitations for big events

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Ninth Grade

• Individual Family Meetings
• 1st trimester, half an hour
• Survey, Transcript, College Application Overview,
  and a 4 Year Course Plan
• Adaptations
• Ninth grade parent event

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Tenth Grade

• Personality Assessment /Career Information
• Do What You Are
• Send note in the Weekly Newsletter for Parents to
  ask their students about the assessment at home
• Career Speakers
• Advertise on the College and Career Center
  Website to keep parents informed
• Also advertise in the hallway and in the CCC for
  anyone to see as they are in the building
• Colleges and Majors of the Month in the CCC
• Make available for students and parents to see
  while they are in the CCC asking questions,
  volunteering, or waiting for an appointment
• Sophomore Parent Meeting
• Sophomore Parents have questions generally
  sophomore students dont, so we offer a meeting
  to ease parent nerves in the spring emphasize
  that we do have a plan and give them an idea of
  what to expect next
• Spring College Fair
• Evening event, parents and students are invited

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Eleventh Grade

• College Planning Night
• Students and Parents invited, evening event
• Homeroom Visits
• Give the students a handout timeline to share
  with their parents
• Financial Aid Night
• Parents and students are invited, evening event
• Junior College Planning Day
• Students attend sessions, parents assist with
  check-in, trouble shooting and catered lunch
• Portfolio Requirement
• Junior Family Meetings
• Student and Parent surveys
• Parents receive their own Naviance Family
  Connection account
• Access to scholarships, college information and
  scattergrams
• College Fair and Career Speakers

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Twelfth Grade

• Senior Check In Meetings
• Application Questions
• Transcript request and tracking on Naviance
  Family Connection
• Financial Aid Night
• Scholarships

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Using Naviance with Families

• Naviance allows schools to communicate
  effectively and efficiently with students
• Email
• Family Connection
• Surveys

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Using Naviance with Families

• Email
• Registration Codes
• Newsletter templates
• Student groups
• Attach documents
• Survey links

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Using Naviance with Families

• Family Connection
• Manage multiple students
• College planning
• Student goals
• Multilingual options

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Using Naviance with Families

• Surveys
• Brag sheets
• Anonymous surveys
• Sign-off on portfolio items

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Using Naviance with Families

• New Naviance Initiative
• Family Engagement Materials
• Complimentary
• Family Connection Brochure
• Family Connection Handout
• Fee-based
• Customizable Brochures
• Customizable Handouts and Quickguides
• Communication Templates
• Multilingual Materials

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Complimentary
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Fee-based
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Discussion

• How do you engage parents in your school?

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Questions/Comments?

• Tina Proctor tproctor_at_academyofholyangels.org
• Kim Oppelt
• kim.oppelt_at_naviance.com