PowerSchool is proud to support the ongoing growth of the Migrant Education Program at the Napa Valley Unified School District (USD) with the use of Naviance by PowerSchool. Hand-picked by Napa Valley USD, Naviance serves an important segment of the school's 17,000 students, many of whom are part of its federally sponsored Migrant Education Program, seeking to gain perspective and set goals for their post-high school lives. Naviance is being deployed as the foundation of its four-week college, career and life readiness program (CCLR) called “Adelante” (which means ‘onward,' in Spanish).

In the program, Naviance is used to offer students interactive lessons on building college and career knowledge, and to create post-secondary plans aligned with students' strengths and interests. In addition, Naviance helps to increase student accountability by tracking lesson completion. Naviance is the leading college, career, and life readiness platform in the nation, equipping more than 10 million students in 40% of U.S. high schools with skills they can leverage — to discover and then reach — their future goals.

After the first year of using Naviance at Napa Valley USD, 56% of students reported their post-high school plans had evolved. Calderon credits the work they did around the logistics of paying for college – specifically teaching students ways to make college more affordable. After completing the program, 57% of the students said they wanted to have follow-up conversations with their school counselor.

The Migrant Education Program provides services to students and families who depend on agriculture for their livelihood and frequently move in search of work. Roughly 50% of Calderon's students are of Latin American heritage. In addition to Naviance by PowerSchool, Napa Valley USD also utilizes PowerSchool Unified Talent and PowerSchool Unified Insights Powered by Hoonuit.

These solutions enable the district to seamlessly conduct and manage teacher evaluations, conduct truly comprehensive assessments that address unfinished learning, and to forecast enrollment and visualize the geographic context of their data.