Chris Pfautz, PhD Director of Student Support Technologies Virginia’s Community Colleges Erika Poindexter Coordinator of Student Support Technologies Virginia’s.

Chris Pfautz, PhDDirector of Student Support Technologies

Virginia’s Community Colleges

Erika PoindexterCoordinator of Student Support Technologies

Virginia’s Community Colleges

THE VIRGINIA EDUCATION WIZARD

A STUDENT CAN:

• Complete interests, skills and values assessments• Explore careers matching interests, skills and

values• Learn about what careers pay in the local market• Search colleges• Estimate and compare college costs• Find and apply for financial aid and scholarships• Plan their transfer from a community college to a

four-year institution• Create and share a planner based on career

interests

CAREER EXPLORATION

INTEREST ASSESSMENT

VALUES ASSESSMENT

SKILLS ASSESSMENT

ASSESSMENT RESULTS

COLLEGE TRANSFER

COLLEGE SEARCH

JAMES MADISON

PAYING FOR COLLEGE

COMPARING COSTS

AWARD ESTIMATOR

ESTIMATED ELIGIBILITY

FINANCIAL AID VIDEO

CAREER AND COURSE PLANNER

CAREER AND COURSE PLANNER

CCP & ACP

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CAREER AND COURSE PLANNER

CAREER AND COURSE PLANNER

CAREER AND COURSE PLANNER

EXPOSURE ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH

Since the Wizard was launched in March 2009, the site has experienced:

• 1,537,755 Unique visitors• 2,162,618 Visits• 23,867,595 Page Views• 659,969 Accounts created• 258,128 K-12 accounts created since August, 2010• 143 TCC Student CCPs

COMING SOON…

Chris Pfautz, PhDcpfautz@vccs.edu

Erika Poindexterepoindexter@vccs.edu