According to the published CALPADS Data Guide, A CTE completer is identified locally and is a student who has completed a minimum of 300 hours in a state-approved CTE pathway and has successfully passed the capstone course in that sequence with a grade of C- or better.
The CDE counts as a completer, students the LEA has identified as a completer by populating the Field 11.14 – CTE Pathway Completion Academic Year ID on the SCTE file with the current academic year. CALPADS validates whether students who are identified as CTE pathway completers on the SCTE file, have completed the capstone course in the pathway.
This article will show you where to navigate in Aeries to label a student as a CTE completer after the CTE Program Staff identify which students are completers of which pathways.
Navigating to Career Pathways
From the Start Page > Select the student completer > Programs > Career Pathways
From the Add tab > select the Applicable Program from the dropdown.
Adding a new Pathway
Check the completed box > click Insert
Once the pathway has been saved, various information associated to Pathway is displayed, including courses the student completed and the grades earned in those courses. For End of Year CALPADS reporting, the Pathway Details noting the “Completed” status is required. The remaining information is for local tracking purposes.
To add History information in a CTE Pathway > click to Add button in the History section.