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Freshman! Welcome to family connection.
Family
Connection is an internet-based program designed to help students discover career paths,
search for potential colleges and ultimately navigate through the college application process.
Students can easily access information about careers, colleges, compare institutions, and
view scatter gram data showing acceptance rates of Wootton graduating classes.
Student ID:
Student Last Name:
Student First Name:
Task #1: How to set up your Family Connection account:
You should have an email account to use Family Connection. You can still register and
use Family Connection without email but it is not as efficient.
The e-mail account:
Getting registered with Family Connection:
a. Log on to: http://connection.naviance.com/wootton/
b. Select the “I need to register” link in the “are you new here?” window.
c. New User: key in the registration code from below and click Register.
Family Connection Registration Code:
d. Once you have completed registration, the next time to log on to Family Connection, your email
address is your username.
family connection preview:
home page – see what’s new & check your messages
Explore Careers  Research Colleges Write a Resume  College Applications  Email!
colleges
careers
about me
my colleges:
explore careers
interesting things about me
 colleges I’m thinking about
 colleges I’m applying to
 View upcoming college visits
 favorite careers & clusters
 explore careers & clusters
 personality type & interest profiler
 favorite colleges
 favorite careers & clusters
resources:
 transcripts & test scores
college research:
 college match
 college compare
 college lookup
 college search: perform a search of all colleges by providing the
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personality type
resume
game plan
documents
journal
checklist
completed surveys
criteria that is most important to you. Browse the results & compare.
 college resources
 college maps: see the schools where NW alumni are on campus.
 scatter grams
 acceptance history: see how many NW students were accepted at a
specific college or university
official things
 profile: use this feature to
scholarships and money:
 test scores
add a parent to your account
 account: use this feature if
you need to change your email
 scholarship match
 scholarship list & applications
College & Career Planning… What’s in your future?
College/Career; NAVIANCE Family Connection; Welcome to Family Connection (Wootton Merge Document for Gr 9).doc
Task #2: Transition to High School Survey
 Go to My Planner tab
 Go to Task Assigned to Me
 Complete Transition to High School Survey
o There are no right or wrong answers. Complete the first three questions.
 Before you jump into creating your goals and action plans– you’re going to take some
time to hear what other people had to say about the importance of setting goals and
how to turn goals into reality.
 Questions 4 – 7 are optional –type out anything that stands out, anything you
agree/disagree with, anything you feel that you can connect/use in your life, etc.
 To access Roadtrip Nation
 Click on the Careers tab
 RoadTrip Nation at the bottom of the screen
 Search by All Leaders
o Q4 Pat Croce (Entrepreneur/Sports Team Executive Author) “Continuous
Improvement” – located in the Goals theme
o Q5 Paul Rodriguez (Professional Skateboarder) “You Can Be” – located in the
Hard Work theme
o Q6 Cynethia Pierre (Senior Research Engineer) “Pursue What Fulfills You” –
located in the Hard Work theme
o Q7 Raul Ruiz (Emergency Physician Eisenhower Medical Center) “We Need To
Challenge Ourselves” – located in the Education theme
Task #3: SMART Goals
 Go to My Planner tab
 Go to Task Assigned to Me
 Create 1 Academic SMART Goal for this school year. (i.e. My goal is….to make honor roll, to
get an A in Math, etc)
 Create 1 Personal/Social SMART Goal for this school year” (i.e. My goal is… to make 3 new
friends, to exercise regularly, etc)
Task #4: StrengthsExplorer
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Go to My Planner tab
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Go to Task Assigned to Me
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Complete StrengthsExplorer
College/Career; NAVIANCE Family Connection; Welcome to Family Connection (Wootton Merge Document for Gr 9).doc