Family Connection Overview
We invite you to explore Family Connection by Naviance, our website that allows students and families to investigate, research, track, and plan for the college admission process.
To begin using Family Connection, go to https://connection.naviance.com/fc/signin.php?hsid=albany and follow these steps:
· On the home page, enter the code that was printed on your report card (sent to students and parents by mail) in the “New User” box and click “Register.”
· Fill out the registration page including your e-mail address and a private password. (We urge students to make the password the letter “a” followed by their student ID.) At the bottom of the page, check the box that you agree to the terms of use and click “Complete Registration.”
· NOTE: When you log-in in the future, your user name is your e-mail address and your password is the one you established when registering. If you change your e-mail address at any point, remember to update it in Family Connection.
· The Welcome page will appear when your registration is accepted. Announcements and other important information are posted on the Welcome page. Check it often!
There are a few sections of the Albany High School Family Connection with which we urge you to become familiar: “About Me” and “About College”.
About Me
These are sections you might find useful:
My Profile – Includes basic biographical data and grade point averages.
My Resume - By completing this resume with information about your accomplishments and talents, you can help us get a better understanding of how to help you effectively describe yourself to colleges. It may also help match you with local and state scholarship opportunities.
My Colleges – As you find colleges that interest you, we recommend that you add them to your list of “Colleges That I’m Considering”. If one of your colleges of interest visits Roslyn High School, you will automatically receive an e-mail alerting you to the date and time of their visit. Also, as you apply to colleges, you will track the status of your application under “Colleges to which I’m Applying”.
My Journal – As you investigate colleges and start to develop or refine your college list, this is an excellent place to chronicle your thoughts and questions.
My Account – If you would like to change your password, you can do so here.
Careers
In addition to providing students, parents, and counselors with comprehensive information regarding the college application process, Naviance has programs that can help with the career and college major search. Choosing a career can seem like a daunting task; that’s because it is, and it is helpful to realize that just like college, choosing a career is a process and not necessarily an easy decision to make. To help with career choice, Naviance has developed a personality profile, an interest profile, and career clusters to provide students with insight about themselves and how their individual preferences and strengths may ultimately affect the career in which they gain the most satisfaction. The programs offered through Naviance are described here in what is meant to be an easy to follow introduction for students and parents to these Naviance programs.
After logging into Naviance Family Connection through the Kennedy homepage you will be greeted with a welcome page and three tabs listed next to the “home” tab in orange. Today we will be working exclusively in the “Careers” tab. Click on this tab and you will be directed to a new page with two separate sections: “Explore Careers” and “What are my interests?”
Personality Type - This is an assessment of how you handle different social situations. As with all of the assessments given through this program there is no right or wrong answer. The only way you can complete this incorrectly is if you are dishonest with yourself. To get the most accurate assessment, read through these situations carefully and completely and check on the response that you feel most represents how you would act.
Career Interest Profiler - You’ll notice that this assessment contains shorter situational questions that are more targeted toward a specific job or function. You’ll be asked to click “Like,” “Unsure,” or “Dislike” based on your reaction to the function described. The most important thing to remember is that you should respond not based on what your actual experiences or talents are, but what you would enjoy doing.
Explore Careers & Clusters - This program lets you search for career descriptions by browsing via a career category, search bar, or Holland Code. Clicking on a career will bring you to a new page detailing information pertaining to that career including “knowledge and skills,” “tasks and activities,” and “wage information.” Many of the careers will also have a short informational video towards the bottom of the “general overview” page.
If you like a particular career, or would like to research it more at a later date, click on the “+ add to my list” link that will organize all of your favorite careers in one place for easy viewing later.
Remember, these are not “tests”, they are assessments meant to provide you with direction rather than an absolute course or decision. As always, if you have any college major, career, or college advisement questions make an appointment with your counselor – he or she will be happy to help!
About College
College Search – Offers a variety of ways to search for colleges.
To complete a college search:
· On the left side of the “Welcome” page is a list of functions that are available on Family Connection. Click on “college search” under the “About College” section of the menu on the left-hand side.
· Select factors in any or all of the categories to help narrow down a list of colleges that match your interests. At the end of each page, you can either click “Show Matches” to generate a list OR click “Next” to continue to pick more factors.
· NOTE: You will notice that the number of schools that matches your criteria constantly appears near the top of the page as you move through the selections.)
· If you end up with too many schools on your list and you need to narrow your list, simply select more factors. You should use the “Previous” button at the bottom of the page if you want to go back to earlier pages/factors. On the other hand, if you end up with too few schools, go back and deselect some of your factors. Again, use the “Previous” button.
· Once you have completed your search, click “Show Matches.”
· Scroll down toward the bottom of the new page. The list of schools that matches your criteria will appear.
· At this point, you will see three pull-down menus. You now have the option to select criteria to compare three different factors for each school on your list.
To research colleges on your list:
· Simply click on a college name that appears on your generated list.
· A new window will open and you will connect to a general information page for that school within Naviance. From this window, you can also research additional information such as admission criteria, extracurricular activities, etc., by using the pull-down menu located to the right of the red “Application History” box.
· To return to your full list of schools and begin researching another school, simply close that window by clicking on the box in the upper left-hand corner.
· To research another school, repeat the above process.
· In order to save your list of colleges, you must manually save each one. To do this, click the “pick” link next to that school on your list of generated schools. That school will show up in the “Hand-Picked List.” Once you’ve selected all of the schools from your college search that you want to save, click the “Add to My Colleges” link directly under the box labeled “Hand-Picked List.”
· (NOTE: To view this list at a later date, click “My Colleges” on the “About Me” menu on the left-hand side.)
College Lookup – Start here to research a specific college. We always recommend that students visit the college’s individual website for the most up-to-date information. There is a direct link to the website on each college’s Naviance homepage.
College Match - This tool will allow you to use historical gpa and test score information about students from AHS and their college applications to match you with colleges that you may want to consider adding to your list. Please note that there are many factors which can affect admissions decisions and the results of this search do NOT guarantee in any way whether or not you will be accepted at a particular college. If a particular college never appears in the results, it may be because no one from AHS has ever applied to it.
College Compare – This tool allows you to compare average grade point averages and test scores for accepted students from AHS at up to ten colleges. School averages are displayed in green when your number is higher and in red when your number is lower. Your PSAT score, if available, has been converted to the equivalent SAT score and compared to the average single SAT score of an accepted student. The column labeled "Accept" shows the number of students accepted out of the number of students that applied.
Scattergrams – This amazing tool allows you to visually see how you compare to AHS students who have applied to a particular college based on your grade point average and ACT or SAT score.
Acceptance History – To see how many AHS students have applied and enrolled at all colleges click here.
Visit Schedule – College admission representatives visit AHS throughout the school year, especially in the fall, to meet directly with interested students. To see what colleges have scheduled visits to Roslyn, click here. Students may click on “sign up” next to the college name to receive an email that reminds them of the upcoming visit. We also list local college fairs on this page, and students can click on “sign up” to see what colleges will be attending that fair.
Scholarship List – Click here for a complete listing of scholarships of which we receive notice. Many of these scholarships are from local, community, or state organizations.
Scholarship Match – Based on information in your profile, your resume, or your game plan, scholarships are matched with your qualifications. The more information you complete in Family Connection, the better the matches.
You may also want to explore the resources under “From Your School”:
WHEN YOU HAVE FINISHED:
· Don’t forget to click “Sign Out” in the menu on the left-hand side of the screen.
THIS IS JUST AN INTRODUCTION TO SEVERAL OF THE USEFUL FEATURES OF NAVIANCE. WE HOPE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN HELPFUL. WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE MENU AND EXPLORE ALL OF THE OTHER OPTIONS.
To begin using Family Connection, go to https://connection.naviance.com/fc/signin.php?hsid=albany and follow these steps:
· On the home page, enter the code that was printed on your report card (sent to students and parents by mail) in the “New User” box and click “Register.”
· Fill out the registration page including your e-mail address and a private password. (We urge students to make the password the letter “a” followed by their student ID.) At the bottom of the page, check the box that you agree to the terms of use and click “Complete Registration.”
· NOTE: When you log-in in the future, your user name is your e-mail address and your password is the one you established when registering. If you change your e-mail address at any point, remember to update it in Family Connection.
· The Welcome page will appear when your registration is accepted. Announcements and other important information are posted on the Welcome page. Check it often!
There are a few sections of the Albany High School Family Connection with which we urge you to become familiar: “About Me” and “About College”.
About Me
These are sections you might find useful:
My Profile – Includes basic biographical data and grade point averages.
My Resume - By completing this resume with information about your accomplishments and talents, you can help us get a better understanding of how to help you effectively describe yourself to colleges. It may also help match you with local and state scholarship opportunities.
My Colleges – As you find colleges that interest you, we recommend that you add them to your list of “Colleges That I’m Considering”. If one of your colleges of interest visits Roslyn High School, you will automatically receive an e-mail alerting you to the date and time of their visit. Also, as you apply to colleges, you will track the status of your application under “Colleges to which I’m Applying”.
My Journal – As you investigate colleges and start to develop or refine your college list, this is an excellent place to chronicle your thoughts and questions.
My Account – If you would like to change your password, you can do so here.
Careers
In addition to providing students, parents, and counselors with comprehensive information regarding the college application process, Naviance has programs that can help with the career and college major search. Choosing a career can seem like a daunting task; that’s because it is, and it is helpful to realize that just like college, choosing a career is a process and not necessarily an easy decision to make. To help with career choice, Naviance has developed a personality profile, an interest profile, and career clusters to provide students with insight about themselves and how their individual preferences and strengths may ultimately affect the career in which they gain the most satisfaction. The programs offered through Naviance are described here in what is meant to be an easy to follow introduction for students and parents to these Naviance programs.
After logging into Naviance Family Connection through the Kennedy homepage you will be greeted with a welcome page and three tabs listed next to the “home” tab in orange. Today we will be working exclusively in the “Careers” tab. Click on this tab and you will be directed to a new page with two separate sections: “Explore Careers” and “What are my interests?”
Personality Type - This is an assessment of how you handle different social situations. As with all of the assessments given through this program there is no right or wrong answer. The only way you can complete this incorrectly is if you are dishonest with yourself. To get the most accurate assessment, read through these situations carefully and completely and check on the response that you feel most represents how you would act.
Career Interest Profiler - You’ll notice that this assessment contains shorter situational questions that are more targeted toward a specific job or function. You’ll be asked to click “Like,” “Unsure,” or “Dislike” based on your reaction to the function described. The most important thing to remember is that you should respond not based on what your actual experiences or talents are, but what you would enjoy doing.
Explore Careers & Clusters - This program lets you search for career descriptions by browsing via a career category, search bar, or Holland Code. Clicking on a career will bring you to a new page detailing information pertaining to that career including “knowledge and skills,” “tasks and activities,” and “wage information.” Many of the careers will also have a short informational video towards the bottom of the “general overview” page.
If you like a particular career, or would like to research it more at a later date, click on the “+ add to my list” link that will organize all of your favorite careers in one place for easy viewing later.
Remember, these are not “tests”, they are assessments meant to provide you with direction rather than an absolute course or decision. As always, if you have any college major, career, or college advisement questions make an appointment with your counselor – he or she will be happy to help!
About College
College Search – Offers a variety of ways to search for colleges.
To complete a college search:
· On the left side of the “Welcome” page is a list of functions that are available on Family Connection. Click on “college search” under the “About College” section of the menu on the left-hand side.
· Select factors in any or all of the categories to help narrow down a list of colleges that match your interests. At the end of each page, you can either click “Show Matches” to generate a list OR click “Next” to continue to pick more factors.
· NOTE: You will notice that the number of schools that matches your criteria constantly appears near the top of the page as you move through the selections.)
· If you end up with too many schools on your list and you need to narrow your list, simply select more factors. You should use the “Previous” button at the bottom of the page if you want to go back to earlier pages/factors. On the other hand, if you end up with too few schools, go back and deselect some of your factors. Again, use the “Previous” button.
· Once you have completed your search, click “Show Matches.”
· Scroll down toward the bottom of the new page. The list of schools that matches your criteria will appear.
· At this point, you will see three pull-down menus. You now have the option to select criteria to compare three different factors for each school on your list.
To research colleges on your list:
· Simply click on a college name that appears on your generated list.
· A new window will open and you will connect to a general information page for that school within Naviance. From this window, you can also research additional information such as admission criteria, extracurricular activities, etc., by using the pull-down menu located to the right of the red “Application History” box.
· To return to your full list of schools and begin researching another school, simply close that window by clicking on the box in the upper left-hand corner.
· To research another school, repeat the above process.
· In order to save your list of colleges, you must manually save each one. To do this, click the “pick” link next to that school on your list of generated schools. That school will show up in the “Hand-Picked List.” Once you’ve selected all of the schools from your college search that you want to save, click the “Add to My Colleges” link directly under the box labeled “Hand-Picked List.”
· (NOTE: To view this list at a later date, click “My Colleges” on the “About Me” menu on the left-hand side.)
College Lookup – Start here to research a specific college. We always recommend that students visit the college’s individual website for the most up-to-date information. There is a direct link to the website on each college’s Naviance homepage.
College Match - This tool will allow you to use historical gpa and test score information about students from AHS and their college applications to match you with colleges that you may want to consider adding to your list. Please note that there are many factors which can affect admissions decisions and the results of this search do NOT guarantee in any way whether or not you will be accepted at a particular college. If a particular college never appears in the results, it may be because no one from AHS has ever applied to it.
College Compare – This tool allows you to compare average grade point averages and test scores for accepted students from AHS at up to ten colleges. School averages are displayed in green when your number is higher and in red when your number is lower. Your PSAT score, if available, has been converted to the equivalent SAT score and compared to the average single SAT score of an accepted student. The column labeled "Accept" shows the number of students accepted out of the number of students that applied.
Scattergrams – This amazing tool allows you to visually see how you compare to AHS students who have applied to a particular college based on your grade point average and ACT or SAT score.
Acceptance History – To see how many AHS students have applied and enrolled at all colleges click here.
Visit Schedule – College admission representatives visit AHS throughout the school year, especially in the fall, to meet directly with interested students. To see what colleges have scheduled visits to Roslyn, click here. Students may click on “sign up” next to the college name to receive an email that reminds them of the upcoming visit. We also list local college fairs on this page, and students can click on “sign up” to see what colleges will be attending that fair.
Scholarship List – Click here for a complete listing of scholarships of which we receive notice. Many of these scholarships are from local, community, or state organizations.
Scholarship Match – Based on information in your profile, your resume, or your game plan, scholarships are matched with your qualifications. The more information you complete in Family Connection, the better the matches.
You may also want to explore the resources under “From Your School”:
WHEN YOU HAVE FINISHED:
· Don’t forget to click “Sign Out” in the menu on the left-hand side of the screen.
THIS IS JUST AN INTRODUCTION TO SEVERAL OF THE USEFUL FEATURES OF NAVIANCE. WE HOPE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN HELPFUL. WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE MENU AND EXPLORE ALL OF THE OTHER OPTIONS.
