How Can I Use It?
• Career Planning
– Career Interest Profiler, Personality Inventory, Career Cluster
Finder, Resume Building
• College Planning
– College Search, Application Process, College Major Exploration,
Scholarship/Financial Aid Resources
• Success Planning
– Personalized Goals and Tasks, Journal Entries, Student Planner
Getting Started
• When you have completed this orientation you
will go to the following web address:
Connection.naviance.com/lebanonshs
Connection.naviance.com/lebanonshs
Use your regular LHS username
Use your regular account password
Click Here to search for
college information
There are many ways to
complete a college
search and to find
other college
resources.
Today you will use the
College Search to find
colleges that match
your interests.
The College Search
feature allows you to
search for colleges
based on several
criteria including:
Type of School
Location
Major
Enrollment
At any point in the
college search you can
click on “Show
Matches,” and view a
list of colleges that
meet your criteria
Once you have a list of
matching colleges you can
select that college to learn
more detailed information
about that school.
Now that you have selected a
college you can view
information regarding
admissions, financial aid,
majors and student life.
If this is a college that you like
you can add it to your list of
colleges that you are thinking
about.
This college will now appear in
your list of “colleges that you are
thinking about.”
Now you can continue to
research other schools and visit
the Naviance site to review your
information.
You can also use the colleges tab
to locate scholarship, summer
programs, college maps and
other resources
Your Assignment
• Read and review the How to Select a College Power Point
– This will help you to better understand what criteria to use when selecting a
college.
• Complete the College Finder
– Using the Naviance Orientation power point, navigate your way to the Family
Connections portal and log in. Once you are logged in locate the college tab
and select the College Finder and complete the assessment.
• Identify possible colleges
– Once you have finished the college survey, identify 10 or more colleges in
which you have an interest. Add these to your list of colleges you are thinking
about
Connection.naviance.com/lebanonshs
Your Assignment
• Lastly – Journal Entry
– Find and select the tab all “About Me”
– Next find the “Journal” link
– Once you have found the link and selected it add a new journal entry and in
the subject line title it as First College Search Reaction
– Share this entry with your counselors, teachers, and parents.
Your journal entry should address the questions below
– Describe three things that you learned from the completing the College
Search Activity. 8 lines – 5 minutes (Collins Type 1)
– What impact did completing the activity have on you thoughts about
your future educational options? 7 minutes (Collins Type 2)
Connection.naviance.com/lebanonshs
Scavenger Hunt
Scavenger Hunt - Rules
The first homeroom teacher that emails
Mr. Liedtka with the correct answers will
win a Pizza Party for their homeroom.
Homeroom teachers may not give answers but they may provide assistance through
guided questions if students become “stuck.”
Students can work individually or in a team.
Students must use the Naviance program to answer all questions.
Students may not use cell phones, google or any other resources to find answers to
the questions. Naviance only.
Scavenger Hunt-Questions
1.
How many colleges are located in Pennsylvania?
2.
How many colleges are located in Wyoming?
3.
How many 2-year colleges are located in Pennsylvania?
4.
Name 2 Pennsylvania Colleges that offer a degree in Architectural Engineering?
5.
Name 5 Pennsylvania Colleges that offer degree in Nursing or a Nursing related field?
6.
Name 3 colleges that offer a degree in Carpentry AND Masonry.
7.
Name 5 Pennsylvania colleges that offer a 2 year degree within 60 miles of Lebanon.
8.
How many colleges in Pennsylvania have 20,000 or more students? List those colleges.
9.
Name 5 majors offered at the Harrisburg University of the Sciences.
10.
How many colleges in Pennsylvania offer Basketball at the Division III level?
11.
Name 7 majors offered at Thaddeus Stevens College.
12.
How many colleges in PA charge $5,000 or less for tuition?
13.
How many students attend Penn State University – University Park Campus?
14.
How many students attend Temple University?
15.
If you wanted to study Graphic Design at a 2-year college in Pennsylvania, where could you go?