9th Grade IPS Naviance Career Unit

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Welcome to Naviance!
Naviance is a web-based service used to help students through their high school four-year plan, career
exploration and the college admission process. It will help you with:
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Career Research and Personality Inventories
Goal Setting
Academic Organization
Course Planning
Scholarships for College
College Research
Organizing and submitting college application materials
To get to your Naviance Family Connection Page please follow the steps below:
STEP 1: Go to the Website naviance.com on your laptop
STEP 2: Look at the upper right of the page and click on sign in. Sign in under the Students & Family Login
STEP 3: Enter our zip code 98198 and then click on Kent Mountain View Academy
STEP 4: Put in your user name & password
STEP 5: You should now be in the Family Connection page.
Naviance Log-In Information
Username = Your STUDENT # with the prefix sn
PASSWORD =Date of Birth (the two digit month, two digit day, & four digit year)
Congratulations! Now that you are successfully logged in, you’re ready to explore.
The following activates will help you familiarize yourself with Naviance:
_____1. Naviance Scavenger Hunt
_____2. Personality Assessment –Career Interest Profiler
_____3. Summary
Part 1: Scavenger Hunt
1. What is Kentwood’s school address? And, what tab did you find it under?
2. What is your counselor’s name? What tab is that listed under?
3. Which tab allows you to look up courses and enter notes regarding your course plan at Kentwood?
4. Where can you begin to create a resume?
5. Which tab allows you to create a “To Do” list?
6. What section do you find out if you have a TASK assigned to you?
7. What TASK do you have assigned to you currently?
8. Find the tab where you can create GOALS for yourself. Which tab is this located in?
Add a NEW Goal for yourself today. Select “Other Goals” from the drop down box and answer the
following questions in your profile and below.
Goal:
Importance:
How you will reach it:
Click Add it to your Naviance profile.
9. Under which tab can you find information on Scholarships?
10. What is the next College Visit that is happening at Kentwood?
11. Name 3 ways you can look up information on Colleges and where you would find that information?
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Congratulations! You have completed the Naviance Scavenger Hunt!
Part 2: Personality Assessment – Career Interest Profiler
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Go to the ABOUT ME tab.
Under My Assessments click on Career Interest Profiler
Read the directions about the assessment, and click on Start Assessment (180 questions).
Complete the assessment. When you are finished, you will be given your results. Your results will
describe:
 The careers you may be interested in
 You can explore what academics are needed for your career of choice
 You can see how much money your chosen career will pay depending on what part of the
country you are in.
Part 3: Summary
Please write a brief summary of what you learned today and what you found most interesting. Think about
whether or not the career that you choose to research is a real possibility for your future and why?
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