How to input Early College and Innovation Pathway participation in Aspen for SIMS

Kevin Arias Updated by Kevin Arias

As of 9/27/2024 Early College and Innovation Pathways have been updated.
Early College and Innovation Pathways participation must be manually entered in Aspen.

  1. Click the Student Top Tab
    If you are a school staff switch to School View, and for District staff switch to District View. Located next to your name at the top right on the window.
  2. Click on the Field set menu and select the “HQ Pathways” or "HQ Pathways (Early College/Innovation Pathway)"
    Filter to only the necessary students using their student numbers or SASIDs by using the appropriate filter from the filter drop down menu.

    If you have a list of IDs you can use this guide for further guidance:
    https://bostonpublicschools.helpdocs.io/article/ldi3qwca5i-using-in-filter-in-aspen
  3. Select the Options > Modify List
  4. Click the blue pencil under the column header where you wish to enter data (For HQ Career Path Type, Early College Partnership, or Innovation Career Pathway)
    HQ Career Path Type is for choosing Early College and/or Innovations Pathway
    Early College Partnership is for a College
    Innovation Career Pathway is for a Pathway Sector
  5. Enter the appropriate label for each student. You can click the magnifying glass icon to pull up a list of acceptable codes and their descriptions OR you can type the code.
  6. Click the green 'Check Box' to save changes (or the red 'X' to discard changes). Repeat as needed per page (not per student).

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