2. The challenges facing schools and
students are widespread
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2
3
Challenges We Face
Where to Start
Connecting Students to Opportunity
Today’s Conversation
Strengths and engagement as the starting
place
A few highlights
3. Bridging the Gap
Challenges We Face
ELIGIBILITY READINESS
READINESS
Many students are not
ready for the next step
ELIGIBILITY
Any student with a high
school degree is
technically eligible for
college or a career
4. Bridging the Gap
Challenges We Face
ASPIRATIONS ACHIEVEMENT
ACHIEVEMENT
Achievement falls short
of those aspirations
ASPIRATIONS
Students and parents
have high aspirations for
college and careers
5. Challenges We Face
TheAspirations Gap
Percentage of middle
school students who aspire
to go to college
Percentage of middle
school students who
actually enroll
Percentage of first-time,
full-time students that
complete a 2-year degree
44%
Percentage of first-time,
full-time students that
complete a 4-year degree
93% 31%59%
Source: Educational Policy Improvement Center Source: NCES
6. Student success is not easy
Who am I?
How will I succeed?
What do I want to be?
How will I get there?
What do I care about?
What are my talents?
How do I learn?
Who will advocate for me?
What resources will help me
reach my goals?
Which career path will I enjoy?
What education is required?
What’s my plan for success?
Where should I go after high
school?
7. Educators have similar struggles
Who are our
students?
How do we know
what’s working?
How are we
helping them?
What could we
do better?
8. WhereTo Start?
The School Cliff: Students’ Engagement
Drops Over Time
% Engaged
Elementary
School
Middle
School
High
School
76
61
44
9. Where to Start
Impacting Engagement
Increase in
likelihood of
engagement
When schools increase
engagement by one
percentage point
30x
Percentage
point increase in
reading
achievement
+6
When schools focus on
student strengths and they
have at least one teacher
that makes them excited
about the future
Percentage
point increase in
math
achievement
+8
70%
Engagement
level of hopeful
students
When students have hope
for their future, their
engagement levels rise
significantly
Source: Gallup
10. Our vision
We envision a future where education advances
every student to meet their full potential – a future where
equal access to high-quality educational opportunities and
advocates enables students to improve themselves, their
communities, and the world.
Education Advances
11. Our mission
Our mission is to empower students to connect
learning to life by making informed choices across
a lifetime of education decisions – from grade
school through grad school.
Connecting Learning to Life
12. Connecting students to opportunity
College and
Career ExplorationSelf-Discovery
Student support
Admissions Advising
Student Matching
Academic Planning
13. Naviance by Hobsons is a comprehensive college and career readiness solution that helps
middle and high school students identify their strengths, explore careers, create
individualized academic plans, and match to best-fit postsecondary institutions.
14. Naviance Quick Stats 8+
million
10,000+
40%
Students with Naviance
Schools with Naviance
Percentage of U.S. High
School Students with a
Naviance Account
104 Countries
Editor's Notes
26% of students meet college readiness benchmarks
Source: ACT
We’re helping schools to close the gap between college eligibility and college readiness
Every high school graduate is technically eligible for post-secondary education. Close the gap between students who are eligible for post-secondary education or a career path, and those who are ready to succeed
We believe that students should have the opportunity to choose their own path so that they are ready to succeed in whatever path they choose by the time they leave 12th grade.
We’re aiming to help schools close the gap between what students aspire to accomplish and what they actually achieve.
Students have high aspirations, and yet many are not actually reaching their goals.
While 93% of middle school students state that college is their goal, only 44% of those students actually enroll.
We see low completion rates across two- and four-year colleges.
Globally, only 1/3 of students will ever graduate college
In the United States, of those that go to college, 1/3 will never graduate
An in 2-year colleges, 50% of students require remediation
Who are they? What do they want? How can we help them along the way? What are we doing today to serve our students? What impact are we trying to make? How can we scale what works to reach more students, more effectively? How can we get insight into what’s working and what’s not so that we can be more effective as an institution?
A major contributing factor is declining engagement as students progress through school
Many students do not see the relevance of school to their futures. They are asking, how will school help me reach my goals?
If students are not engaged, there is little chance that they will be motivated to put forth their best efforts
When schools focus on student strengths and students have at least one teacher that makes them excited about the future, they are 30x more likely to be engaged in school
A one-percentage-point increase in student engagement is correlated with a 6 percentage point increase in reading achievement and an 8 percentage point increase in math achievement.
Many schools are focused on raising test scores and improving academic achievement. Research shows that that starts by helping students se how their education will help them reach their goals.
Gallup has shown that when you start with strengths, you impact engagement, and ultimately impact outcomes.
Hobsons delivers a unique portfolio of college and career readiness, admissions and enrollment management, student success and advising solutions that help support students across a lifetime of education choices – from grade school through grad school. The Hobsons Advantage: Deliver personalized guidance and communication at each stage of the student lifecycle.
Match students to best-fit educational opportunities, and enable institutions to meet their strategic enrollment management objectives.
Effectively scale student success and advising efforts, and measure outcomes.
The K-12 student lifecycle has four key areas of preparation
Self-Discovery – Who Am I?
SET GOALS AND TRACK PROGRESS
ASSESS STRENGTHS, LEARNING STYLE AND PERSONALITY TYPE
USE GALLUP STRENGTHSEXPLORER® AND OTHER ASSESSMENTS, INCLUDING THE ACHIEVEWORKS BUNDLE
Career Exploration – What Do I Want to Be?
TAKE CAREER INTEREST ASSESSMENTS
ALIGN COURSE SELECTION WITH CAREER INTERESTS WITH NAVIANCE COURSE PLANNER
LEARN FROM EXPERTS IN THE FIELD (VIDEO ARCHIVE)
Academic Planning – How Will I Get There?
DEVELOP PERSONALIZED LEARNING PLAN
INCREASE COURSE RIGOR
MANAGE ASSIGNMENTS
College and Career Preparation – Will I Be Successful?
DEVELOP COLLEGE KNOWLEDGE
TEST PREPARATION
SEARCH FOR SCHOLARSHIPS
SEND TRANSCRIPTS
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