Dear Parent/Guardian,
I am pleased to introduce Family Connection – a web-based service designed specifically to assist students in becoming college and career ready through self-exploration. Family Connection is linked with Naviance, a service that we will be using in district from grades 6 through 12. All of these exploratory activities are developmentally appropriate and follow the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) student competencies. ASCA is the foremost authority on best practices for school counselors.
One feature of Naviance is a Strengths Explorer which will be taken in 7th grade. This inventory will help students uncover their talents and reveal your potential strengths. From there, students will begin a wonderful journey of discovery and have the tools needed to make the most of their talents. Students also use Naviance to take the Career Key inventory which matches students’ personality types, based on Holland’s Codes, with potential careers. The Career Key will be taken in 8th grade. These exploratory activities facilitate the process of students understanding themselves in the context of high school course selection, college planning, and ultimately finding career satisfaction.
I encourage you to review this website, which can be accessed at the following address:
https://connection.naviance.com/family-connection/auth/login/?hsid=cantonms
When you visit the site, you will enter your child’s information into the following boxes:
Email = student ID + csd (Example = 12345678csd)
Password = cantonms
Family Connection supplements the middle-to-high school transition process. The results of The Career Key and Strengths Explorer activities completed in middle school will travel with students to the high school via an electronic portfolio. Students will become familiar with Naviance in middle school, thus easing its use as a tool that most high schools including CHS are using for college and career readiness.
I hope that you will find this resource helpful. Please note that Naviance only allows a student to take the inventories once. I would appreciate it if students could wait to take the inventories in class. If you have questions about Family Connection, please contact me.
Yours truly,
Amy Brintle, School Counselor