Clock hours, rolling starts, compliance and placement on one student record.
Maestro SIS is a configurable student information system built for vocational, trade, and career schools. It manages clock-hour and credit-hour programs, rolling starts, Title IV data, and graduate outcomes in one platform.
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Powering CTE Innovation
Maestro SIS gives career and technical schools vocational functionality, modern cloud technology and a 4–10 month implementation, configured around how each school runs its programs.
Clock-Hour and Credit-Hour Program Management
Maestro SIS tracks clock hours at the course, section, and program level while supporting credit-hour programs in the same student information system.
- Define lecture, lab, and clinical hours in the course catalog.
- Record attendance by time or hours in class or through supported LMS workflows.
- Track program hours, milestones, completion checkpoints, and academic progression.
- Support clock-hour, course, program, and credit-hour tuition structures.
Their customer service remains unparalleled. Dean and his team took the time to understand the details that make our institution unique, and worked with us to find solutions that addressed our needs. — Doral College
Rolling Starts and Open-Entry Enrollment
Maestro SIS supports open-entry/open-exit, rolling, cohort, and term-based programs with dates aligned to each student or program.
- Individual student, section, and program start and end dates.
- Variable program lengths and self-paced timelines.
- Expected completion dates and pacing based on each student's enrollment schedule.
- Master Schedule carry-forward supports rolling and cohort starts without rebuilding each term.
Each student, section, and program keeps its own start and end dates.
Financial Aid Data and Title IV Support
Maestro SIS supplies career-school financial aid processors with accurate attendance, hours, enrollment, and academic progress data.
- SAP calculated for clock-hour and credit-hour programs, using attendance, academic results and program progress.
- Last date of attendance, withdrawals and leaves of absence tracked for R2T4.
- ISIR, COD and NSLDS data exchanged with the school's Title IV processor.
- Student holds and academic records that support institutional aid.
Admissions, Billing, and Student Accounts
Maestro SIS connects student enrollment, program charges, payment plans, and financial aid postings in one student ledger.
- Clock-hour, credit-hour, course, and program tuition models.
- Configurable discounts, waivers, payment plans, and payment gateway integrations.
- Employer and third-party sponsor billing.
- Self-service shopping-cart enrollment for continuing education and non-credit courses.
Certification, Licensure, and Program Completion
Maestro SIS helps career schools maintain program completion and graduate records alongside academic and attendance history.
- Certification exams, attempts and scores recorded on the student record.
- License renewal dates tracked after graduation.
- Program completion requirements and outcomes tracked by student.
- Certification and completion data available for state board and accreditor reporting.
Accreditation, State Reporting, and Analytics
Maestro SIS gives vocational institutions reporting tools to analyze enrollment, attendance, completion, and graduate outcomes.
- 100+ prebuilt reports and a configurable report designer.
- Reporting and exports for academic progress, attendance, and placement data.
- Scheduled delivery and CSV, Excel, or PDF exports.
Job Placement and Graduate Outcomes
Maestro SIS supports graduate employment tracking and case management to help career schools follow outcomes after program completion.
- Graduate and employer information in linked records.
- Document placement efforts, career coaching, and follow-up activities.
- Report employment and completion outcomes across programs.
Our previous SIS was clunky, not user friendly, and not intuitive. We wanted something more fun to use, something we could actually train other people on. — Cedars-Sinai Health Sciences University
Integrations for Career Schools
Maestro SIS connects to the systems career schools run on: the Title IV financial aid processor, payment gateways and the LMS used for hybrid theory hours.
Financial Aid Processor
- Attendance, hours, SAP and enrollment data supplied to the school's Title IV processor.
- ISIR, COD and NSLDS data exchanged through processor integration.
- Aid postings and holds reflected on the student ledger.
Payment Gateways
- Tuition and payment plan payments through Authorize.Net, Stripe, PayPal, TouchNet, PayTrace and Elavon/Converge, plus ACH.
- Payments post to the student ledger in real time.
LMS for Hybrid Programs
- Two-way integrations with Canvas, Moodle, D2L Brightspace and Schoology.
- Online attendance and hours from the LMS count toward clock-hour totals and SAP.
- Students enrolled in their LMS courses on their own start date, including rolling starts.
- Single sign-on from the Maestro student portal.
Everything else: REST and SOAP APIs and SFTP for state reporting, accreditors and other systems.
Implementation Support
Dedicated discovery, configuration, migration, and training; typical implementation is 4–10 months.
Vocational & Trade School SIS FAQ
See all FAQs →Does Maestro SIS track clock hours for Title IV?
Yes. Maestro SIS stores clock hours on courses, sections and attendance records and rolls them into program progress, SAP and billing. Clock-hour completion and enrollment intensity are supplied to the school's Title IV processor.
Does Maestro SIS track certifications and licensure exams?
Yes. Maestro SIS records certification exams, attempts, scores and license renewal dates on the student record, and reports on them for state boards and accreditors.
How long does it take to implement Maestro SIS at a trade school?
Most Maestro SIS implementations go live in 4–10 months, depending on scope and integrations. A dedicated BocaVox team handles discovery, configuration, data migration, testing and role-based training.
Does Maestro SIS support rolling enrollment?
Yes. Maestro SIS sets start and end dates per student, section or program, so rolling, open-entry/open-exit, cohort and term-based programs run in one system.
Which reports does Maestro SIS include for accreditors and state boards?
Maestro SIS includes 100+ prebuilt reports and a custom report designer that joins any data in the system. Reports can be scheduled, exported to Excel or CSV, and delivered automatically.
Which systems does Maestro SIS integrate with for career schools?
Maestro SIS integrates with the school's Title IV financial aid processor, payment gateways including Authorize.Net, Stripe, PayPal and TouchNet, and LMS platforms including Canvas, Moodle, D2L Brightspace and Schoology. Online attendance and hours from the LMS count toward each student's clock-hour totals and SAP.
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