Your All-in-One School Management System for Construction & Carpentry Schools
Founded in 2001, STARS is a school management system (SMS) dedicated primarily to serving the postsecondary career school industry. The STARS student management system (SMS) is a comprehensive, cloud-based, all-in-one system. It includes an extensive CRM accompanied by a fully integrated learning management system (LMS). Unlike most other systems, STARS is the product of a team of people who actually operated and owned a group of schools during which time STARS was designed, developed, and implemented. As a result, they are very familiar with the kind of management system schools need to run successfully and efficiently. The STARS school and student management system is designed to provide schools with the tools they need, no matter their size. Whether you run a small school or one with multiple campuses, STARS is the affordable and practical solution!
What carpenters do
Among their many skills, carpenters repair, construct and install structures made from wood and other materials.
- They read blueprints and building plans and install fixtures such as windows and doors.
- They measure, cut and shape materials as they construct building frameworks including floors and walls.
- They work with squares, levels, chisels, sanders, saws, nail guns and welding machines.
- Schools
Training and certification
Becoming a carpenter typically requires a high school diploma and on-the-job training through an apprenticeship.
- Vocational-technical high schools offer training, and many postsecondary career schools offer associate degrees in carpentry.
- Programs vary in length depending on the specialties included.
- The most common certification is the OSHA Safety Certificate.
- Others include the EPA Amusement Operators Safety Certificate and the Certified Construction Manager (CCM).
- Earning a certificate can teach additional skills that enhance a resume, employment opportunities and income.
The job market
Carpenters and construction assistants are in steady demand.
- Approximately 29% of carpenters are self-employed; most of the others are employed by private contractors.
- Median average earnings for carpenters are more than $48,000, ranging from about $38,000 to more than $80,000.
- There are more than 91,000 job openings for carpenters each year.
- Construction assistants manage and supervise projects, with salaries from about $28,000 to more than $54,000.
- About 47% of construction assistants hold a degree.
Postsecondary career and technical schools that prepare carpenters and construction assistants often earn certifications too, ensuring the curriculum and instruction they provide is comprehensive and results in well-qualified graduates. Such schools cannot function properly without career school student information software. STARS provides a comprehensive set of features that minimizes the need for additional third-party software, running in the cloud on an IBM i Power 9 server that delivers extremely fast response times, 99.99% uptime and the highest degree of security available.
WHY STARS?
We have the experience
...helping career colleges and schools realize success for over 40 years
We have the understanding
...working with the demands, challenges and outstanding results that career schools have on students’ lives
We have the team
...dedicating our efforts to the success of your school
We bring you unparalleled experience, valuable insight, and exceptional devotion ...combined with an amazing school management system. It’s STARS!
Ease of use
Create your personal favorites list for quick access to features and reports
Send quick messages to leads, students and staff
Develop your autoresponder to send frequent, timely information
Diagnose specific areas in need of attention
Notify staff and students easily and quickly of important details
View team calendars, schedule meetings conveniently
Post grades and attendance expediently
“ STARS is extremely user friendly and very easy to navigate. I use STARS on a daily basis and appreciate being able to depend on it enabling me to complete my tasks in a timely manner. Have been using STARS for several years. ”
- Admissions Representative
“ STARS is the best tool kit a school director can have at his or her disposal! Its interactive capabilities help keep all school associates focused on the bigger picture. It provides me with broad oversight of all departmental activities, ease of data retrieval, and the ability to query the system for custom reporting. STARS is unsurpassed. ”
- School Director
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Features
Enrollment & CRM
CRM
Student Portal
Mass Email and Texting
Auto-Responder
International Students
Academics & Student Progress
Student Attendance Record Keeping
LMS
Instructor Grade Book
Attendance Scanning
Externship Tracking
Placement
Financials
Student Financial Tracking
Student Budgeting
Financial Aid
General Ledger
Vendor and Student Payable
Load Amortization
Point of Sale System
Reporting & Compliance
SAP Alerts
Custom Query Report Generator
Comprehensive Reports Library
Executive Dashboard with KPI’s
Operations & Tools
Document Management
Powerful “Smart” Calendar
Student ID Cards
Inside STARS
One dashboard for leads, enrollments and active students
Directors open STARS to a single screen: calendar and tasks on the left, lead-to-enrollment trend and active student counts by program on the right.
STARS is the most secure and reliable platform for maintaining operational data for colleges and schools.
STARS operates an Enterprise Grade IBM I Power 9 server that is EAL4+ CAPP certified.
Ranked No. 1 in every major reliability category by ITIC (Information Technology Intelligence Consulting)!
Data is encrypted 2x faster with double the crypto engines and is encrypted at rest on the IBM Power 9 server.
STARS CAMPUS completes a HIPAA/FERPA audit of internal controls, policies and processes related to security and PII every 2 years.
STARS is monitored by a third-party independent monitoring service.
99.999%
STARS has a 99.999% uptime performance from its SSAE-16 Certified Safety, Reliability and Redundancy site.