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The New

Junior

Projectfor the Class of 2017

and Beyond

Presentation Overview Project Changes for Class of 2017 and

Beyond

How to log on to the Naviance Website

How to access your Junior Project Tasks on Naviance

Overview of Junior Project Tasks

Review of Project Components and Tasks

How to upload Project Documents to Naviance

How your Advisor will check to see that your components are complete in Naviance

Project Changes for Class of 2017 and Beyond

16 hours of Community Service

-4 hours for each year of high school

--You will need to complete 12 hours this year and 4 hours

next year.

--You will need to write a reflection paper for this years 12

hours and another reflection paper for next year’s 4 hours.

Job Shadow is a one day experience

-You must interview a person doing your job and

experience as many aspects of the job as possible

-You will need to take notes to questions answered during

the interview and write a reflection paper.

Junior Year Research Paper

All components completed and uploaded to the

Journal section of the Naviance Website.

How to Log on to Naviance

Go to

https://connection.naviance.com/family-

connection/auth/login/?hsid=kentwoodhs

Your Username is the letters SN and your

student ID number

Your password is your birthdate

-Format for your birthdate is MMDDYYYY

--Two digits for month, Two digits for day, Four digits

for year

--Example July 1, 1977 would be 07011977

https://connection.naviance.com/family-connection/auth/login/?hsid=kentwoodhs

Naviance Website

How to Access the Junior Project Tasks

Click on the “about me” tab

Click on “tasks”

How to Access the Junior Project Tasks

Click on the individual

tasks to get directions

and helpful

attachments.


Tasks with

the

graduate

icon are

required

for the

Junior

Project.


9th and 10th Grade Community Service/Experience

-Do not worry about these tasks

-Simply upload 12 hours of Community Service for your

11th Grade Community Service/Experience and it will

cover your 9th and 10th Grade Community Service.

-Don’t forget to include the following:

--Community Service Prior Approval Form

--Community Service Time Log with 12 hours

recorded and verified with a signature

--Community Service Reflection Essay

Overview of Junior Project Tasks:

Cover Letter


Cover Letter Attachment

The attachment

shows you how to

format your letter and

tells you what

information goes into

each paragraph.

Write your letter and

upload it to your

Naviance Journal as

“Cover Letter.”


Four Year Plan


Four Year Plan Attachment At the top, type your name

and choose the career pathway you think you will take after high school.

Type the classes you took, are taking, and are planning to take into the tables provided.

Click on the “Choose One” and select whether the class was Core or Honors.

Upload this document to your Naviance Journal as “Four Year Plan” when finished.

Overview of Junior Project Tasks:Four Year Plan Educational Pathway

This Four Year Plan

attachment is a

two page

document.

Fill it out

electronically and

save it to your

desktop.

Upload this

document to your

Naviance Journal

along with your

Four Year Plan.


Job Application


Job Application Attachment Fill out electronically

and save it to your

desktop.

Upload to

Naviance Journal

as “Job

Application” when

complete.


Resume


Resume Builder in Naviance

You can build your own resume in Naviance.

Click the “about me” tab.

Scroll down the “interesting things about me” section and click on “resume.”

Remember to use the requirements listed on the description screen.


Resume Builder in Naviance

Select Entry, Type in your Info


11th Grade Community Service

Overview of Junior Project

Tasks 11th Grade Community Service/Experience


11th Grade Community Service Complete 12 Hours of Community Service for Junior Year

(Need 16 Hours by the end of Senior Year).-Cannot be paid for this time

-Must be outside of school time.-Must be related to your career interests or for a cause that you are passionate about.

Print and Fill Out the Community Service Prior Approval Form from the Kentwood website.

All Community Service Hours must be recorded and signed off on the Community Experience Time Log on the Kentwood website.

When you have finished your Community Service, you will need to write a three paragraph reflection paperabout your experience. -Directions for the Community Service Reflection Paper are on the Community Service Prior Approval Form.


Comm Service Prior Approval Form

Description

Rationale

Reflection Paper

When finished with

Prior Approval Form

and Reflection

Paper, upload them

to your Naviance

Journal.


Comm Service Time Log

Community Service Experience Time Log

Record your hours after each experience.

Have the person supervising you sign this form when your experience is finished.

Upload this document to your Naviance Journal once you have completed 12 hours.

Overview of Junior Project Tasks: 11th Grade Awards, Recognition, & Accomplishments

For each high school grade year, show evidence of awards, recognition and/or accomplishments by making a list of:

-curricular, co-curricular, and/or extra-curricular achievements in school

-achievements outside of school

Examples that students may want to include in their success planner:

-First Aid/CPR card, Life Guard card, Eagle Scout recognition, Involvement in religious group, Religious choir, Kentwood clubs, Kentwood sports, Community sports: bowling league, Kent/Renton soccer, football, volleyball leagues, Awards such as Employee of the Month, Awards received as part of a team (player of the week, most improved, etc), Team Academic recognition, Scholarships, Participation in school plays

Job Shadow

Scroll

down

to

end of

page.


Career Interest Profiler


Job Shadow


Job Shadow Prior Approval Form

Print this page from

the Kentwood

website.

Fill it out, sign it, and

have your parent

sign it.

Take it to your Job

Shadow, have the

person you are job

shadowing fill in their

information and sign

it.


Job Shadow Reflection Paper Print this page from

the Kentwood website.

Take it to your Job Shadow, have the person you are Job Shadowing answer these questions.

Write the answers on this piece of paper.

When you are done, write a reflection paper using the answers to these questions.


Job Shadow Reflection Paper

Reflection Paper instructions can be found on the

Naviance website on the task description screen

Reflection Paper

Instructions


Junior Research Paper


Junior Research Paper

Kentwood students can submit a research paper

from English 11, AP Language and Composition, US

History, or AP US History.

Running Start students can submit a paper from

their English &101 or History 135, &137, or 220 classes.

Paper must have a bibliography or works cited

page with a minimum of three sources.

Must have earned a minimum of a “C” grade or 72

percent or 2.0 depending on how the paper was

scored.

Proof of Grade must be submitted with paper.

How to Upload Project Documents

to Your Naviance Journal

Go to this tab

Click on Journal



Click Add New Entry



Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

View Uploaded Documents in Your

Naviance Journal

Go to “about me” tab

Scroll down to “interesting things about me”

section

Click on “journal”

Uploaded Documents should be listed on the

next page based on what you typed in the

subject line when you uploaded the

document.

How Teachers will see your

Uploaded Documents in Naviance