One platform for every student's entire college and career journey
Career exploration, planning, work-based learning, and CTE, all built for the people involved in each one, united by shared data. A student's profile follows them on every step from the first interest survey to an earned credential.
College & career exploration, including assessments for self-discovery, real-world video, course planning, and postsecondary planning to carry every learner from curiosity to the next step.
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K–5 career awareness through age-appropriate, kid-friendly content that builds the foundation for deeper exploration ahead.
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Purpose-built solutions for WBL coordinators and CTE administrators for end-to-end program management and audit-ready compliance.
ExploreEverything students want. Everything educators need.
One platform delivers immersive career experiences for students and program management, compliance, and reporting tools for educators, without duct-taping systems together.
A platform built around how they think about their future.
From self-discovery to a finalized plan, students are more than just ready, they're career confident.
The tools to run programs, prove compliance, and show impact.
Purpose-built by former CTE educators who understand compliance in practice.
Explore, build, and plan a career, all in one place.
The core College & Career Exploration experience: self-discovery, real-world video, employability skills, and postsecondary planning that carry every learner from curiosity to a concrete next step.
Featuring Pathful Course Planner- Assessments & career exploration through 5 assessments: interests, personality, skills, values, and lifestyle.
- 500+ Virtual Job Shadow videos and detailed career profiles.
- Employability curriculum with resume, cover-letter & micro-credentials.
- Postsecondary planning from research and scholarships to application tracking.
- Course Planner — multi-year graduation plans built right in, aligned to career goals.
Real-world career experiences
Industry-informed content that connects students to real careers, real professionals, and real possibilities — all tracked in My Tracker and aligned to career-readiness standards.
Industry-Led Projects
Simulated work experiences that scale work-based learning with authentic industry challenges with live professional feedback. Students earn WBL hours and build employability skills.
FlexLessons
Customizable modules across career development, postsecondary planning, WBL & employability — clone, modify, or build from scratch and align to local standards.
Five assessments for a complete picture of every student
Every Pathful assessment is built on a nationally recognized, validated research instrument.
Planning & artifacts
Tools that help students plan their future, while automatically generating the documentation you need for graduation plans, ICAPs, ILPs, and transition planning.
Career Plans
A student's full journey on one page — downloadable for ICAP/ILP & transition planning.
SMART Goals
Short- and long-term goal setting with progress tracking.
Career & college favorites
A saved list of the careers and schools a student is exploring.
Resume builder
Step-by-step guided resume, exportable to Word or PDF.
Cover letters
Guided professional letters that pair with the resume builder.
Assessment results
Results across all five assessments, saved to the student record.
Awards & test scores
Student-entered certifications, awards, and formal exam scores.
Postsecondary plans
Chosen education level with top career and school options.
Course Planner
Built into PathfulIndividualized graduation plans that align each student's course selections to their career goals — while meeting district and state requirements. Grades 6–12 • 4–6 year plans of study • ICAP & IGP compliant.
- Pathway-driven planning — students pick a pathway and courses auto-align.
- Counselor caseload dashboard with an "actions required" to-do list.
- CTE & admin reporting — students per pathway/course, staffing & gap analysis.
- District settings — course windows, edit permissions & SIS catalog sync.
Take ownership of a graduation plan with course requirements that auto-align to a chosen pathway.
Spend less time building plans and more time having meaningful conversations about the future.
Customize settings, gain data insights, and ensure compliance with state requirements.
Family Access
Keep families connected at every step with a simple, secure path to review and sign off on a student's plan.
School sends a link
Tied to the student's SIS record.
Verified access
Parents log in securely via email.
Review the plan
Read-only view of goals, courses & milestones.
Approve & sign
Digital signature on the multi-year course plan.
Where career paths begin.
A K–5 career awareness platform that introduces elementary students to the world of work through age-appropriate, kid-friendly content — building the foundation for deeper exploration ahead.
- Career Central — a student-driven hub for browsing careers independently.
- Kid-friendly cluster videos spanning all career clusters.
- Teacher-assigned lessons with videos, games & characters — plus a first interest survey.
- Badges & a student dashboard, with simple admin reporting for educators.
Why it starts in K–5
Career identity forms early. Elementary is the critical window — before limiting beliefs take hold.
Inclusive by design
Every student is included — and all 16 national career clusters are fully covered by grade 5, scaled across three grade bands (K–1, 2–3, 4–5).
- UserWay accessibility for vision & dyslexia
- Auto-translation into 40+ languages, incl. Spanish
- All 16 clusters covered by grade 5
- Engaging characters & badge systems
CTE & WBL program management & compliance.
Where the administrative burden gets out of the way so student outcomes can take center stage — two purpose-built solutions designed by former CTE educators who understand compliance in practice.
- End-to-end work-based learning — without the spreadsheets.
- Deep CTE program management with state-ready audit evidence.
- A mobile app for students and coordinators in the field.
Manage work-based learning programs end-to-end.
- Employer database, clearances & expiration alerts
- Hour tracking, work logs & clock in/out
- Site visits & check-ins with route & photo capture
- Drag-and-drop digital forms & e-signatures
- Event registration, attendance & job postings
Everything in WBL, plus deep CTE program management & compliance.
- Competency tracking aligned to state standards
- Accreditation & audit evidence (Perkins, NATEF, NIMS)
- Licensure & certification hour tracking
- Pace tracking & lesson planning with IEP accommodations
- Asset & equipment management with barcodes
Intelligence built into every workflow.
Built-in AI automates routine tasks, personalizes learning, and surfaces actionable insights — cutting administrative burden and helping coordinators and directors make faster, better-informed decisions.
Paperless — with signatures that actually get signed.
A drag-and-drop form builder with SIS prefill and real-time status tracking — the end of chasing paper across guardians, employers, and staff.
- Guardians & employers sign from an email link — no account required
- Automated reminders until every signature is in
- Agreements, evaluations & approvals documented in one place
“The paperless feature is a game-changer. Guardians and employers don't need an account — they click a link from an email and sign in the right spot.”
“Managing hundreds of students across work-based learning each year, the time this has saved me compared to competitors has been extremely valuable.”
Questions districts ask.
Course Planner is part of Pathful that lets students and counselors build informed secondary course plans together — charting each student's path through school around their goals after graduation.
Course planning lives in the same platform as each student's career and college goals, so counselors can lead more career-informed course conversations — and districts bring exploration, planning, and course selection together instead of stitching separate tools together.
Yes. Course planning is built to work alongside your SIS — PowerSchool districts can connect the two, and we're expanding integrations with additional SIS platforms.
Yes. It adjusts to each student — if they choose not to attend college, own a car, or own a home, those question sets are skipped.
About 15 to 30 minutes. It covers real-world budgeting topics, including savings and retirement.
As graduation approaches, students are prompted to add a personal email. The summer after they graduate, those who added one transition to alumni access so they can keep using Pathful.
Yes. As with other Pathful assessments, students can complete multiple instances — including more than one Lifestyle Calculator — to compare scenarios over time.
See everything working as one.
Book a guided walkthrough and watch a single student record carry each learner from first interest to a confident next step.