CTSO WorkReady
Classroom-ready time tracking for CTE programs, school-based enterprises, and internships.
- Product owner: Buena Career Alliance (BCA), a nonprofit dedicated to CTE tools and logistical support
- Platform: CTSOsupport.org
- Developed by William "Bill" Conroy
Purpose
CTSO WorkReady helps CTE teachers, advisors, and coordinators at schools and internship programs automate hour tracking, reflections, HR review, certificates, reference letters, and year-end documentation—without building everything from scratch.
The platform is designed to be simple for teachers while giving third- and fourth-year students and Lab Assistants real-world leadership experience through the student HR portal: shift review, peer feedback, reminders, and accountability workflows under teacher oversight.
FERPA & Data Privacy
Student privacy is central to CTSO WorkReady. Teachers keep the long-term student archive in a spreadsheet or workbook they create inside their district Google Workspace or Microsoft 365.
- Teacher requirement: You must create and keep your CTSO WorkReady spreadsheet/workbook in your school district platform—not a personal consumer account as the archive of record. BCA documents this requirement and assumes you have done it correctly.
- BCA hosts the classroom interface and an operational working database so clock-in, HR, and reports can run. That working copy is not a substitute for your district spreadsheet.
- HR-facing views use Worker IDs instead of full Student IDs where possible.
- Redacted compliance reports support FERPA-aware evidence sharing.
- BCA controls front-end access; your school retains ownership of the district spreadsheet archive.
How It Works
BCA hosts and maintains the CTSO WorkReady front end through CTSOsupport.org. Teachers connect their own Google Apps Script or Microsoft Power Automate webhook so clock events, hours, and reports sync into the spreadsheet or workbook they keep in the district ecosystem.
Access to the hosted interface is managed by BCA. Schools are responsible for placing that spreadsheet archive on district-controlled Google Workspace or Microsoft 365.
Copyright
Copyright © 2026 Buena Career Alliance. CTSO WorkReady is developed by William "Bill" Conroy for BCA and distributed through ctsosupport.org. All rights reserved.