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Navigator Week 3: Your Senior Year Plan. Welcome to Week 3! Important Dates and Deadlines: Finish the Senior Year Plan Last Week You: Identified the educational requirements for a career that interests you Created a postsecondary plan to reach your long-term goals
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Navigator Week 3: Your Senior Year Plan
Welcome to Week 3! • Important Dates and Deadlines: • Finish the Senior Year Plan • Last Week You: • Identified the educational requirements for a career that interests you • Created a postsecondary plan to reach your long-term goals • Entered your long-term goals on CSNav (milestone) This Week We Will: • Create a Senior Year Plan to meet our short-term goals • Enter our short-term goals on CSNav (milestone)
Think It Through: How can our actions in the short-term impact our long-term goals?
STEP 1: Discuss the impact our short-term choices can have on our long-term goals TALK IT OUT: What are some actions Joe could take to increase his chances of being noticed by a scout this year?
STEP 1: Discuss the impact our short-term choices can have on our long-term goals TALK IT OUT: What are some actions Julie could take to increase her chances of getting into a 4-year college?
STEP 2: Compare your high school’s graduation requirements to college admissions requirements • Will I Graduate? • Every student in [DISTRICT/SCHOOL NAME] must meet the following minimum requirements in order to earn a high school diploma: • [#] total credits • OTHER • OTHER • In order to earn a credit, you must: [DESCRIBE MINIMUM ACHIEVEMENT HERE, SUCH AS EARNING A 65 or HIGHER OR A C-] • Each course at [SCHOOL NAME] is worth [#] credits towards graduation. • Additionally, [SCHOOL NAME] requires that you earn a certain amount of credits in each of the following subject areas:
STEP 2: Compare your high school’s graduation requirements to college admissions requirements
STEP 3: Assess your progress towards graduation and college admission by examining your transcript
STEP 4: Define “standardized test” and explain the importance of achieving on the SAT or ACT
STEP 4: Define “standardized test” and explain the importance of achieving on the SAT or ACT
STEP 4: Define “standardized test” and explain the importance of achieving on the SAT or ACT
STEP 4: Define “standardized test” and explain the importance of achieving on the SAT or ACT • Upcoming SAT Dates: • Date #1 • Date #2 • Date #3 • Upcoming ACT Dates: • Date #1 • Date #2 • Date #3
STEP 5: Create a series of short-term academic goals to meet this school year
STEP 6: Create an Action Plan which includes your goals, timelines, check-in points and rewards and enter it on CSNav
STEP 6: Create an Action Plan which includes your goals, timelines, check-in points and rewards and enter it on CSNav
Week 3 Summary This Week We: • Analyzed our transcripts to identify our short-term academic goals • Created a Senior Year Plan to meet our short-term goals • Entered our short-term goals on CSNav (milestone) Summary Questions for Discussion: • How confident are you that you can follow through and meet each of the goals you set for yourself this week? • How can you work together as a class to motivate one another? • How can you communicate your goals to your friends and family?
CSNav How-to: Senior Year Plan Milestone
Your Portfolio Today, we’ll enter your goals and action plans into CSNav. Start by clicking on Your Portfolio.
Your Portfolio > Your Profile Click “Your Profile”
Your Profile > Looking Ahead Click on the words “Looking Ahead” to begin.
Looking Ahead > Short-Term Goals Find the box titled, “Short-Term Goals” and click “edit” to begin typing the goals you wrote in your Navigator. Click “Save” when you are done. Don’t forget to click “save” to complete the milestone
Looking Ahead > Goals into Action Next, enter the information you wrote in your Navigator for your Senior Year Plan (pages 46-48) in the boxes provided under “Goals into Action.” Save each goal before beginning a new one. Don’t forget to click “save” to complete the milestone
Your Planning Milestones To see your checkmark, go back to “Home” by clicking on the icon on the top of the page. Then, click “Your Planning Milestones” to see your checkmarks.
Looking Ahead > Goals Into Action Later in the year, come back to reflect on your goals. Did you meet each? What was your experience?