Naviance is a comprehensive K-12 college and career readiness solution that helps Spring Branch ISD and Stratford High School align student strengths and interests to post-secondary goals.
You'll complete many counselor assigned tasks on Naviance such as updating resumes, performing college match searches, finding scholarships and requesting recommendation letters. Below are a few functions found in Naviance:
COLLEGE PREPARATION
Matches students to colleges based on students’ interests and goals, and compares admissions rates at students’ top college choices. Naviance helps students find their best-fit higher education institution.
ELECTRONIC TRANSCRIPTS
Counselors can spend less time on paperwork and more time on people work with Naviance eDocs. Naviance allows counselors and advisors to securely send student application-related forms, including transcripts, letters of recommendation, school profiles and more, electronically to more than 2,000 colleges and universities.
SELF-DISCOVERY
Self-discovery helps students develop confidence to lay the foundation for their life today, and their future. Career and interest assessments uncover strengths and unique skills, letting students see their own potential. StrengthsExplorer®Gallup research has shown that students succeed when they focus on what they do best rather than trying to improve on weaknesses.
College Visits
In Naviance, you can request to have a virtual appointment for the 2020-2021 school year with a scheduled institution. Be sure to look at the upcoming virtual meetings an request access to the meeting. If you have any questions, please see our post-secondary counselor.
You'll complete many counselor assigned tasks on Naviance such as updating resumes, performing college match searches, finding scholarships and requesting recommendation letters. Below are a few functions found in Naviance:
COLLEGE PREPARATION
Matches students to colleges based on students’ interests and goals, and compares admissions rates at students’ top college choices. Naviance helps students find their best-fit higher education institution.
ELECTRONIC TRANSCRIPTS
Counselors can spend less time on paperwork and more time on people work with Naviance eDocs. Naviance allows counselors and advisors to securely send student application-related forms, including transcripts, letters of recommendation, school profiles and more, electronically to more than 2,000 colleges and universities.
SELF-DISCOVERY
Self-discovery helps students develop confidence to lay the foundation for their life today, and their future. Career and interest assessments uncover strengths and unique skills, letting students see their own potential. StrengthsExplorer®Gallup research has shown that students succeed when they focus on what they do best rather than trying to improve on weaknesses.
College Visits
In Naviance, you can request to have a virtual appointment for the 2020-2021 school year with a scheduled institution. Be sure to look at the upcoming virtual meetings an request access to the meeting. If you have any questions, please see our post-secondary counselor.
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Logging on to Naviance
The link to Naviance can be found to the right. The username and password are your SBISD network name (for example SMITHJER000) and the password you created. |
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Matching Common App to Naviance
If you are applying to any Common App schools, you will need to match your Common App account to your Naviance account. SHS teachers, counselors, and registrars will be able to send documents to Common App schools as soon as this is completed.
Sign into your Naviance account. There is a link to Naviance above.
If you are applying to any Common App schools, you will need to match your Common App account to your Naviance account. SHS teachers, counselors, and registrars will be able to send documents to Common App schools as soon as this is completed.
Sign into your Naviance account. There is a link to Naviance above.
- Click on the “Colleges Home” tab.
- Click on “Colleges I’m Applying To” in the 'Apply to Colleges' box
- On the top of the screen, there is a pink box that indicates if you need to match accounts with Common App”.
- In the “Common App E-mail Address” box, enter the e-mail used for Common App.
- Click “Match”.
- This should load your Common App schools/accounts into your Naviance account and allow counselors and teachers to send documents to your Common App schools.
- Add colleges to your list by clicking “Add to this list” under “Colleges I’m Applying to”. The next screen allows you to use a “Look Up” feature to search and add the other schools to which you are applying.
But WAIT! We STILL can't release documents to your schools until you do a few more things...
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For Common App schools:
1. In Naviance, go to 'Colleges Home' 2. 'Colleges I'm applying to'. 3. Sign the Common App FERPA waiver. |
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For Apply Texas schools:
1. In Naviance, go to 'Colleges Home' 2. Go to Colleges 'I'm applying to'. 3. Add your schools using the pink and white PLUS button. |
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