About Pathway

Pathway is a College and Career Planning tool that also includes Career Exploration, Assessments, Skill Mapping, Goal Setting and Tracking, School ILP Support, Financial Literacy & Scholarship Tools, and so much more.

We guide students through planning for academic and career success, showing their potential career landscape early to help them in the important major and college decisions. Through a seamless integration of interactive features, fun and revealing assessments, and informative step-by-step guides, Pathway offers an ongoing process of discovery. Students will use state-of-the-art technologies to plan how to make the most of their educational experience and the opportunities that await them.

Available to all students, educators, and those that support students, Pathway provides an array of tools and resources to create an informative and engaging experience.

Lifelong Learning and Exploration

Key Points

  • Comprehensive Feature Set
  • Family of Offerings
    • K-12
    • Homeschool
    • Post-Secondary
    • Adult Learner
  • Modular and flexible to support student journey from middle school to adult
  • Can be configured for different offerings from full solution to solving a needed feature gap
  • Proven and In Production Use

Pathway by FolderWave has been very well received by the administrators and counselors in our district. It’s user friendly, supported by an efficient helpdesk and training process, and contains aspects that fully comply with all of our Individual Learning Plan requirements. Pathway’s interface provides needed support for students and their parents in grades 6 through 12 in an engaging and accessible manner.

Phil SolomonDirector of Secondary Schools, West Warwick Public Schools

After using this website, I think that it was easy to use and helpful for kids to figure out some careers and high school classes just by putting in one or two of your likes. I already know what I would like to do later in life so for me, it was kind of fun to just click around and see some other, similar options! Overall, it is a great tool to find new careers and classes according to what you like. It is even helpful for people who already know what field they would like to work in, too.

6th Grader

It was a good learning tool to find out more about what I can do when I get older.

8th Grader

I really like the quizzes that teach you about your skills and what you have to offer. I was surprised to see how well the results matched my personality.

High School Student

FolderWave has been such a fantastic resource to utilize in transition planning for our students. It is simple yet results driven and we can see how using it across grade levels will build strong results.

High School Counselor

I think that Pathway is a great website. Even though I am still young and don’t really know what I want to do when I’m older, Pathways has helped me get a better understanding of different jobs. I think it is a great website. 

6th Grader

When I first log in it is easy to navigate. All you need to do is scroll down on the home screen and you will see career Discovery Zone. There are a lot of cool activities to find a job you like, For example, everyday things. You pick two things you like and it gives you a list of a few jobs you might like to do, I picked computer and sports. A few of the jobs it recommended were Athletic trainer, Reservation, and transportation ticket agent. Another activity you can do is called Favorite Subjects, You pick a few of your favorite subjects in school and it will help you find a career and a list of classes you might want to take in high school. Overall my first thoughts about the website are very positive.

6th Grader

I think it was a fun and easy to understand platform for kids to use to explore career possibilities.  I especially liked that it linked similar fields together so that students could broaden possible careers that interest them.

Heather RobertiMiddle School Counselor

I was playing around with this website and I liked it. Why I liked it is if you have no clue about the website there are many solutions to solving that problem. One thing you can do is click on Pathway, and it tells you about the website in like 5 paragraphs. I also like how there are a bunch of career jobs that you can research about. The resources they give you are really good and here’s why. They tell you to pick 2 things/jobs that you may like. ( I chose sports and animals). After you choose 2 jobs you may like, it tells you a real life job that occurs with what you chose to do.

6th Grader

It felt like it was helping to make my path to the future.

8th Grader

The site is so user friendly and fun to work with!

High School Student
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Sit back and learn more about the Pathway experience. We’ll walk you through the student experience and showcase the many features that will help guide and empower your students.

Student Features

Student Features

Create Profile

  • Activities
  • Honors & Awards
  • Skills & Strengths
  • Employment
  • Resume Builder
  • Digital Portfolio

Discover Careers

  • Assessment Games
  • Career Search
  • My Career List
  • Create Goals & Strategies
  • Course Planner

Search for Colleges

  • College Search
  • Match Me
  • My Colleges List
  • College Compare

Manage Applications

  • Track Applications
  • Link to Common Application
  • Request Transcripts and Letters of Recommendation
  • Message with Counselors
  • Collaborate on Essays

Pay for College

  • Understanding Financial Aid
  • National and Local Scholarship Search
  • Scholarship Application Tracker
  • College Cost Calculator
  • Loan Cost Estimator
  • EFC Calculator
Create Profile

Create a Profile

Students make the Pathway experience their own by creating unique Profile. The more information they include, the more self-discovery they achieve!

  • Features
    • Activities
    • Honors & Awards
    • Skills & Strengths
    • Employment
    • Resume Builder
    • Digital Portfolio
Explore Careers

Discover Careers

Pathway makes exploration fun! Students Discover what goes into performing a wide range of interesting jobs and see hot jobs in their area.

  • Features
    • Assessment Games
    • Career Search
    • My Career List
    • Create Goals & Strategies
    • Course Planner
Search Colleges

Search for Colleges

It’s all about the perfect fit: student and college. What matters most to your students? Students Explore all their options in Pathway and find the right fit!

  • Features
    • College Search
    • Match Me
    • My Colleges List
    • College Compare
Manage Apps

Manage Applications

The College Application process can be overwhelming. Pathway helps students and counselors manage the process including deadlines and requirements. And as a Common Application Partner, Pathway is the simple choice.

  • Features
    • Track Applications
    • Link to Common Application
    • Request Transcripts and Letters of Recommendation
    • Message with Counselors
    • Collaborate on Essays
Pay College

Pay for College

Students work hard to prepare for college. Let Pathway guide the financing options and opportunities that best address students’ individual situations.

  • Features
    • Understanding Financial Aid
    • National and Local Scholarship Search
    • Scholarship Application Tracker
    • College Cost Calculator
    • Loan Cost Estimator
    • EFC Calculator

Counselor Features

Counselor Features

Engage

Counselors can engage their students. We provide you with a list of suggested activities to support your ILP/Lesson Plans.

Assess

Counselors can monitor their students’ progress and engagement through the Counselor Portal Metrics.

Manage

Counselors can manage their student lists easily from within the Counselor Portal Dashboard lists.

Report

Counselors can easily extract all of the data needed to report on their student metrics.

Engage

Engage

Counselors can engage their students. We provide you with a list of suggested activities to support your ILP/Lesson Plans.

Assess

Assess

Counselors can monitor their students’ progress and engagement through the Counselor Portal Metrics.

Manage

Manage

Counselors can manage their student lists easily from within the Counselor Portal Dashboard lists.

Report

Report

Counselors can easily extract all of the data needed to report on their student metrics.

Our Goal

To initiate engagement beginning at the middle school level, Pathway establishes a dialog with students — across the full spectrum of socio-economic backgrounds — inviting them to begin assembling a picture of themselves, their interests, and their goals.

Employing the engaging and immersive features of digital platforms with which students are familiar, Pathway’s agile and responsive tools and features will accompany students throughout their entire secondary school experience.

Featuring a highly customizable portfolio, students can use Pathway to construct a personalized digital picture of who they are and where they want to go, all while continually being informed and updated about key milestones and opportunities relevant to their post-secondary school lives.

As a valuable resource for educators and parents, Pathway provides adult influencers in students’ lives with unique and organic insight as to their students’ ambitions, challenges, and goals. Uniquely designed to share information, tips, and insights, Pathway is the indispensable digital tool and resource.

Partners and Collaborators

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