This document discusses how Worthing High School implemented the use of Naviance, a college and career readiness program, through their Career and Technical Education (CTE) classes. Their initial plan of training all teachers did not work due to the challenges of changing school culture and time constraints. They found that having CTE classes incorporate Naviance lessons into their curriculum worked better because CTE teachers have more flexibility in their accountability and most of their classrooms are computer equipped. Implementing Naviance through CTE helped the school better prepare students for their college and career goals.

1. Thinking Outside the Box:
Naviance Through CTE
Joyce Bennett
Carolina Boet
Tod Nix
Worthing High School

2. Thinking Outside
the Box: Naviance
Through CTE

3. NSI 2012 - Scottsdale

4. NSI 2012 - Scottsdale

5. Thomas A. Edison
I have not failed.
I’ve just found
10,000 ways
that won’t work.

6. What we know:
To be successful we
have to…
…change the way our
campus does college.
…get a good head start
before the school year
begins.
…be able to reach all
students in all grade
levels.
…use our academic
advisors.

7. What we did:
To be successful we
have to…
Action Plan
…change the way our
campus does college.
Train all teachers, staff and
support staff.
…get a good head start
before the school year
begins.
Train during the first week
faculty and staff return to
school.
…be able to reach all
students in all grade
levels.
Use core teachers to
implement different aspect
of the program.
…use our academic
advisors.
Academic advisors will
formally meet with each
students three times a
semester.

8. Why it did not work:
To be successful we
have to…
Action Plan We did not consider…
…change the way our
campus does college.
Train all teachers, staff and
support staff.
…changing culture is a
gradual and timely
process.
…get a good head start
before the school year
begins.
Train during the first week
faculty and staff return to
school.
…there are more important
things than Naviance, like
student performance
accountability.
…be able to reach all
students in all grade
levels.
Use core teachers to
implement different aspect
of the program.
…value of instructional
time.
…use our academic
advisors.
Academic advisors will
formally meet with each
students three times a
semester.
…time constraints.

9. Thomas A. Edison
Many of life
failures are
people who did
not realize how
close they were
to success when
they gave up.

10. What we know:
1.The training at the beginning
of the year was not effective.
2.Core teachers are pressed
for time.
3.Academic advisors were able
to provide support.

11. What we need:
1. Re-train
2. Computers
3. Make it relevant

12. What worked:
Career and
Technology
Education classes.

13. Why CTE?
1. Looking at different curriculum,
this department can incorporate
Naviance lessons directly into
different units.
2. Their accountability measures are
not based on state-wide
assessment.
3. The majority of CTE classrooms
have computers.

14. List of Tasks

15. Next Steps…
College and Career Readiness
Decades of College Dreams

17. Thomas A. Edison
Genius is 1%
inspiration and
99% perspiration.

18. Joyce Bennett
jbennet2@houstonisd.org
Carolina Boet
cboet@houstonisd.org
Tod Nix
gnix@houstonisd.org

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