College and Career
Postsecondary Planning
Postsecondary Planning
Students in grades 5-8 are engaged in College and Career conversations through the use of the Success Bound Curriculum and Naviance platform, which is a college and career readiness program. Students are also required to complete Individual Learning Plans through the Naviance platform around specific college and career related tasks.
What is Success Bound?
Success Bound is a curriculum focused on high school preparation as well as college and career readiness. There are activities and lessons for students in grades 6-8 to get them thinking about the next steps after 8th grade graduation.
More information can be found at their website: http://successbound.org/
What is Naviance?
Naviance is a comprehensive college and career readiness online platform for middle and high school students connecting academic achievement to post-secondary (after high school) goals. This program will be used to explore college and career options in combination with the Success Bound curriculum.
Overview of the numerous tools available in Naviance to individualize your post-secondary plans and goals:
Through self-discovery and collaboration with parents, teachers and school counselors, Naviance enables students to find college and career pathways that are right for them.
The career planning and assessment tools in Naviance allow students to realize their strengths, goals, skills, knowledge, values, constraints, and interests in future careers, to help them make better academic decisions.
Naviance makes college research easy. Whether it's matching colleges to a student's career interests, or comparing admissions rates at a student's top college choices, the college planning tools allow students and families to make informed decisions. Students can also compare colleges and universities, explore scholarship opportunities, and track the status of supporting application documents (transcripts and letters of recommendation).
The Naviance Curriculum was developed in collaboration with Roadtrip Nation, who are dedicated to career exploration and helping individuals find their own roads in life. Videos created exclusively for the Naviance Curriculum allow students to hear from high school students, college students and professionals to help them see what lies ahead, and encourage them to persevere.
Roadtrip nation can also be accessed through their website: Roadtrip Nation Website
Middle School Students in 5th-8th participate in Success Bound Lesson on a weekly basis on Friday's via Google Classroom with their teachers. This time is reserved on their schedules during SEL time on Friday's. On occassion, students might also discuss College and Career topics during the remote morning meetings.