September 2013
Navigation 101
1. Purpose: To provide technical assistance to school districts and schools implementing Navigation
101 to equalize opportunities for all students to gain college and career readiness through mastery
of specific knowledge and skills in order to effectively take charge of their own education, career,
and life. Navigation 101’s curriculum- informed advisories engage students in formulating answers
to three essential, developmental questions: who am I, what can I be, and how do I get there.
2. Description of services provided: The Navigation 101 curriculum and supplemental curriculum
options include lesson plans for each grade level (6-12), with repeating themes on applied goal
setting, academic achievement, college and career readiness, and engagement, service, and
leadership. Schools selected for the renewable grant program receive technical assistance provided
by Navigation 101 consultants/contractors and/or the OSPI Navigation 101/guidance and counseling
staff to develop and implement the five program elements. Additional OSPI support is provided to
schools/districts to foster development of comprehensive guidance and counseling programs to
strengthen, embed and sustain the model beyond the grant.
 Personalizing–curriculum-informed advisories to create robust student High School & Beyond
Plans as well as foster a college and career readiness culture
 Planning–portfolios to organize and present the graduation requirements for high school and
beyond plan and culminating project
 Demonstration–student-led conferences to review high school and beyond plans with parents
and advisors
 Empowering–Schools responding to student plans with essential career and college readiness
courses and supports
 Evaluating–Measuring student and program outcomes to inform planning and development of
effective strategies
Program Foundations
 Program Management–Program leadership should include administrator, counselor and
teacher(s) who collaborate in program planning and implementation
 Comprehensive Guidance and Counseling (CGCP)–This program provides a sound
support context for the development of Navigation 101 and broader career and college
readiness leadership within a CGCP program
3. Criteria for receiving services and/or grants: Schools and districts selected for Navigation 101
grants agree to commit to:
 full implementation of the Navigation 101 initiative;
 developing a Navigation 101 planning implementation team and its members include students
and are committed to the key Navigation 101 elements;
 identifying a lead coordinator;
 embedding the initiative within a comprehensive guidance and counseling
program to achieve long-range sustainability.
 gathering the necessary data to evaluate implementation;
 providing and sending the coordinator and appropriate staff to state professional development
and technical assistance training;
 negotiating with the representative bargaining unit(s) on any proposed changes that might
affect the current wages, hours, and working conditions; and
 responding to periodic surveys.
o fully participate in a school improvement planning or systems change process to integrate
the program within their school programs.
4. Beneficiaries in 2012-13 School Year:
# of School Districts:
# of Schools:
# of Students:
5. FY 13 Funding:
85
148
68,698
State Appropriation:
$2,808 million
Other funding sources–College Spark
College Readiness Initiative (Navigation 101 / AVID)
Administrative
$225,000
Navigation 101 School Grants $510,000
FTEs
3.0 FTEs
6. Are Federal or other funds contingent on state funding? If yes, explain. Yes. If state funds are not
matched with the College Spark WA grant, Navigation 101 will not be eligible to receive the College
Spark WA grant.
7. First year funded: Fiscal year 2007
8. State funding since inception:
FY13
FY12
FY 11
FY 10
FY 09
FY 08
FY 07
$2.808 million
$2.808 million
$2.898 million
$3.219 million
$3.22 million
$3.22 million
$3.9 million
9. Number of beneficiaries (e.g., schools, students, districts) since inception:
Fiscal Year
# of schools
# of districts
FY13
FY12
FY11
FY 10
FY 09
FY 08
FY 07
148
152
137
132
187
210
136
85
73
65
68
99
93
79
# of students
served
68,698
74,794
69,387
68,331
102,480
129,038
107,617
$$Amount of Grant
per school
$5,000
$7,500
$5,000 - $10,000
$5,000 - $10,000
$10,000 - $15,000
$10,000 - $15,000
$10,000 - $15,000
Comprehensive Guidance & Counseling Program (CGCP)/Navigation 101 Grants
Fiscal Year
# of schools
# of districts
FY13
10
7
# of students
served
6,203
$$Amount of Grant
per school
$3,000
Starting in 2011, the curriculum and electronic portfolio resources became available to all middle and
high schools without utilizing a state grant. Through the contract with Envictus for
Navigation101.com the number of schools signed up to use the Navigation 101 curriculum increased
from 19% in 2011 to 52% in 2013, which amounted to 435 middle and high schools in our state.
The Navigation 101 proviso supported 464,280 students in 435 schools using Navigation 101.com, which
contained college and career readiness classroom and online lessons with electronic tools for the
High School and Beyond Plan/Portfolio.
Fiscal Year
FY13
FY 12
FY 11
# of schools
435
351
170
# of students served
255,680
210,600
92,800
10. Average and range of funding per beneficiary, 2009-13 school year: The average amount of
funding received per school was $7,500, with a school range of $3,000 to $10,000 under the proviso
grant program.
11. Programmatic changes since inception: Navigation 101 has designed and updated lessons that
allow students to annually update their High School and Beyond Plan (a graduation requirement)
along with integrating the Program of Study, providing a combined document which records their
progress in all areas. Together the High School and Beyond Plan and Program of Study assure that
students are on track for high school graduation and are college and career ready.
OSPI has created lessons for nontraditional, high demand, and underrepresented occupations
especially in the high demand areas of health care, construction trades, and information technology
in Spring, 2009. Navigation 101 (guidance curriculum) lessons have been revised to more fully
reflect career and technical education opportunities. Additional upgrades of Navigation 101 middle
and high school curriculum were made in Spring, 2010, under contract with a social entrepreneurial
company, Envictus.
OSPI contracted with Envictus to provide Navigation 101 Online, a Web-based individualized
instruction curriculum with strong management tools in some core career and college readiness
competencies. This system afforded schools with a means to measure some career and college
readiness outcomes for students, empowering the school to be able to identify and respond to
students who have not achieved “readiness.”
OSPI contracted with Envictus in 2009-2011 to provide Change Management Services to 95 of the
state-funded grantees in addition to the 19 schools funded via the College Spark Foundation grant.
These services provided a consultant to the grantees to enhance program implementation support
and professional development to achieve higher levels of program fidelity. OSPI evaluated the
change management model via a separate evaluation contract with The BERC Group.
OSPI continues to work to create a statewide “best practice” guidance and counseling program
framework to support all WA schools to more effectively integrate guidance curriculum and
Navigation 101 within broader individual student and school career and college readiness
outcomes, aligning with legislative intent for school counselors (RCW28A.410.043) and the State
Board of Education related to guidance and counseling, High School and Beyond Plans, as well as
state graduation requirements (November 9-10, 2010, SBE meeting).
12. Evaluations of program/major findings: The third party evaluation of Navigation 101 by the BERC
Group in 2012 reported the following findings:
1. There has been a steady increase in the percentage of students from Navigation 101 funded
schools enrolling in Gatekeeper courses.
 Algebra or higher in middle school–23.9% in 2007–08 27.6% in 2011–12
 Advanced Math in HS–60.5% in 2007–08
63.4% in 2011–12
 Chemistry–41.4% in 2007–08
47.9% in 2011–12
2. Many of our multi-year Navigation 101 grantees have seen significant increases in on-time
graduation rates. For example Grandview High school, with a 100% free/reduced lunch
participation rate has increased from 80.4% in 2007-08 to 91% in 2010-11.
3. All students attending Navigation 101 schools increasingly participate in annual student led
conferences.
78% in 2009–10
85% in 2011–12.
13. Major challenges faced by the program: Navigation 101 has grown over the past three years and
this growth has presented several challenges:
 Sustainability: Systems change research identifies approximately three years of active and
effective development necessary for a school to adopt, integrate, and sustain a school-wide
initiative such as Navigation 101. Grantee eligibility beyond three years will be considered only
after priority new or continuing applicants are considered for participation.
 Coaching and Support: The support network for coaching, mentoring, and professional
development will need to be refined and expanded as more schools start Navigation 101 or
similar career and college readiness programs. This development will be fully informed by
evidence-based practice standards including District /School improvement “best practice”
processes, comprehensive guidance and counseling program development, as well as other
proven approaches.
 Lesson Development: Navigation 101 development is responding to emerging evidence that
informs continued development of grade level lessons. Current development is especially
targeting diverse and underrepresented student populations, recent changes in graduation
requirements, evolving college and career readiness standards, as well as for increasing student
awareness of programs of study especially in high demand fields. To insure that all WA schools
can access effective career and college readiness curriculum, program staff will continue to
collaborate with our College Spark partner as well as other state agencies to develop, align,
adopt, or adapt additional curriculum.
Additional efforts are underway with the University of Washington, Social Development
Research Group, through funding from the Raikes Foundation, to identify critical middle school
outcomes, around which we can develop lessons with strong measurable outcomes, preparing
students for successful transition to high school.
 Data: Research continues to inform the various program elements, the need to review and
refine our metrics is critical to program development. These are important factors we are
seeking to consider as we refine, collect, and analyze our data, especially the longitudinal data
on graduation rates and pre-college course work under our contract with The BERC Group. This
information will be utilized to more effectively engage grantees specific to program
implementation goals.
14. Future opportunities:
 Navigation 101 is a “best practice” model that represents part of a comprehensive school
guidance and counseling model. The continuing development of a guidance and counseling
framework, informed by previous legislative and State Board of Education actions will guide
grantees in their work to insure that their guidance efforts are integrated within their school
program, and are effective with all students. Professional development through regional
trainings and workshops has given schools support and resources to increase sustainable
programs.
 Navigation 101s’ (guidance curriculum and individual planning) ongoing partnership with College
Spark will continue to foster development to insure that program elements are effective with
diverse student populations, thereby strengthening career and college-readiness, resulting in
fewer students needing developmental courses in college and technical schools. Lesson
development for career and college readiness has continued to be updated and aligned with
Common Core State Standards.
 The College Spark grant and State proviso dollars continue to make significant progress in
providing grantees as well as OSPI program staff with usable career and college readiness data
to inform local and state program planning. We will continue to strengthen our evaluation
model in partnership with our evaluation contractor (The BERC Group) to insure most effective
and efficient use of proviso dollars.
15. Statutory and/or Budget language: Budget proviso: 2ESHB 1087, Sec 501 (2) (c) (iii) $ 2.808 million
of the general fund-state appropriation for FY 12 and $2.808 million of the general fund-state
appropriation for the FY13 are provided solely for the dissemination of the Navigation 101 program
materials to all districts. Funding has supported evidence-based planning and sustainability
strategies for optimizing the impact of Navigation 101 on student career and college readiness. Such
funding shall support grants to a minimum of 100 school districts each year (maximum three years)
based on program implementation needs and readiness to benefit. The implementation grants are
awarded to a cross-section of school districts reflecting a balance of geographic and demographic
characteristics. Within the amounts provided, the office of the superintendent of public instruction
created a Navigation 101 accountability model to analyze the impact of the program.
16. Other relevant information: College Spark analyzed 25 college preparation programs and selected
to partner with Washington State’s Navigation 101 along with Advancement Via Individual
Determination (AVID) to promote college readiness for low income students in 19 grantee schools in
seven districts with a $ 9.5 million eight-year grant. This initiative is designed to closely work with
this group of grantees to fully implement and measure program effectiveness, as well as to increase
effectiveness with underrepresented student populations.
17. Contracts in FY13
a. BERC Group–$50,000 for Program Evaluation
b. Envictus Corporation–$1,500,000 for online lessons, resources, tools and program support
18. Attachments and Resources:
a. Grantee list from 2006 to 2013 (attached)
b. OSPI Web site link at
http://www.k12.wa.us/SecondaryEducation/CareerCollegeReadiness/default.aspx
c. Charting Our Course White Paper on using the Navigation 101 framework to implement a
Comprehensive Guidance and Counseling program at
http://www.k12.wa.us/SecondaryEducation/GuidanceCounseling/pubdocs/nav-counselingpaper2008.pdf
d. College Spark grant announcement
http://www.collegespark.org/downloads/PR/OPSI%20Press%20Release%208.08.pdf
e. High Skill, High Wages: 2008–2018 The State Strategic Plan for Workforce Development
http://www.wtb.wa.gov/Documents/HSHW2008.pdf