Self-Discovery

FAQs

• Where can I learn how to use PrinciplesYou in the classroom?

  We offer a PrinciplesYou Certification for Counselors through Scoir U, created in collaboration with the founders and leading experts at PrinciplesYou! This certification will equip you with the knowledge and skills to become an expert in guiding students through their PrinciplesYou Character Assessment and Principles Predictor results.

• What’s the difference between the Career Interest Assessment and PrinciplesYou Assessment?

  With more than one career matching assessment, students get a thorough experience when exploring careers. Here are a few differences between the two assessments that are available for free in Scoir.

  Career Interest Assessment

  • Interest-based assessment

  • Students answer 60 questions based on unique activities that people perform when working in different careers, such as developing a better way to predict the weather or teaching sports. Each question is ranked on a 5 point scale based on how much they like, or dislike, the activity

  • The entire assessment takes 5-10 minutes to complete

  • Once complete, students are matched with best-fit careers they can then save to Careers in their profile

  • Saved careers drive college list-building and those schools with whom the student may Match

  • Students can retake the assessment as often as needed

  PrinciplesYou 

  • Character-based assessment

  • Students are presented with descriptions such as “I am usually the person who sets a motivating goal for the team” or “I am very organized” and rank how these apply to them on a 7 point scale ranging from Disagree Strongly to Agree Strongly

  • The assessment takes 20-25 minutes to complete

  • Once complete, students are matched with best-fit careers that they can save to Careers in their profile

  • Students receive Archetype results giving them a better understanding of how they’ll fit into careers, how jobs truly match their tendencies, and how they can work with different personalities in different fields

  • Counselors can toggle PrinciplesYou on and off to control when this is rolled out to students based on class year

  • Students can share insights and reports with counselors so you can better guide students through the college search and discovery process

• Can counselors toggle the assessments on and off?

  The Career Interest Assessment is always available for students to access and take as many times as they’d like to help with career exploration. 

  PrinciplesYou will have a toggle that counselors can turn on and off.

• Why is Scoir partnering with PrinciplesYou?

  PrinciplesYou is a modern way to engage Gen Z students about careers. Envisioned and funded by entrepreneur investor Ray Dalio and created by world-renowned psychometricians Dr. Adam Grant, Dr. Brian Little, and Dr. John Golden, the tool brings student assessments into the 21st century because its framework is designed to tap into character traits.

  Older assessments tend to focus on current job interests or suitability, which can be one-dimensional when trying to make decisions about the future. This new assessment measures traits across three orientations: 

  • Cognitive

  • Interpersonal

  • Motivational

  PrinciplesYou helps students better understand their tendencies, and how they’ll react and operate in relation to others in the classroom and workforce. In-depth reports can be shared with you, as counselors, to help you better guide students through the college search and discovery process.  

• Isn’t PrinciplesYou for workplaces? Why would we use this in our schools?

  We’re excited about the partnership with PrinciplesYou and proud to be the first college and career readiness platform to bring this powerful tool to schools across the country. 

  Because PrinciplesYou is designed for the modern workforce that students will be joining, this assessment will give them a better understanding of how they’ll fit into that space, how jobs truly match their tendencies, and how they can work with different personalities in different fields. 

  We're actively working with PrinciplesYou to evolve their offering in a way that provides reliable and meaningful data points to go from assessment results to career matching for students. The pioneering work being done by PrinciplesYou is closely aligned with the works of Character Lab and Making Caring Common.

• How do I leave feedback?

  We love and encourage your feedback! Simply fill out this quick feedback form to share what you like, questions you have, and any concerns about the direction of Career Discovery. 

• Which college types can students and families search for in Scoir?

  Students and their parents/guardians can explore 4-year, 2-year, trade, and technical colleges right in Scoir in the Discover tab. Here is an article on how to search for colleges in Scoir.