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COE Annual Report Software
The Council on Occupational Education runs on three numbers per program — completion, placement, and licensure — reported every March for the prior year and measured against published benchmarks. Miss a benchmark and the institution is placed on warning at the June meeting with a clock tied to your longest program. Atticus computes CPL from the record every month, so you know in November what COE will see in March.
From $10 per student per month · no licenses, no seat fees.
How Atticus keeps a COE school off warning status
CPL rates, live
Completion, placement, and licensure computed from enrollment, graduation, placement, and exam records — per program, any reporting window you choose.
Placement documentation per graduate
Employed in field, continuing education, or military — each with the supporting document attached, the way COE follow-up procedures require.
Institutional effectiveness trail
Goals, measures, results, and improvement actions recorded per program — the continuous-improvement evidence COE standards ask for.
Benchmark alerts
A program trending under 60% completion, 70% placement, or 70% licensure is flagged during the year, with an owner and a plan.
What COE asks for
On the annual report (due mid-March)
- Completion, placement, and licensure rates per program for a 12-month period
- Documentation for each placement: employer, position, and status at follow-up
- Institutional effectiveness plan with measurable goals and results
- Faculty and staff qualifications
- Catalog, enrollment agreement, and disclosures consistent with practice
What the letters say
Common findings in COE reviews and warnings
- A program below benchmark with no interim CPL data or improvement plan
- Placements counted without documentation on file
- Completion cohorts that cannot be reconstructed from records
- Effectiveness plan present on paper, absent in practice
- Catalog and enrollment agreement that disagree on refund terms
What Atticus produces
In one click, formatted for the reviewer
- Annual report CPL tables with the student list behind each rate
- Placement evidence packet per graduate
- Effectiveness plan history per program
- Interim CPL reports for a program on warning
- Examiner binder for the team visit
Common questions
COE annual report FAQ
What are the COE benchmarks?
For the current annual report cycle: 60% completion, 70% placement, and 70% licensure exam pass rate per program. Programs below benchmark trigger warning status and interim reporting.
When is the COE annual report due?
Mid-March each year, covering the prior reporting year (July 1 – June 30 for most institutions). Atticus keeps the data current so the March filing is an export, not a project.
What counts as a placement for COE?
A graduate employed in the field of instruction, continuing education, or enlisted in the military — each documented at follow-up. Atticus stores the documentation with the placement so it is there when COE asks.
Does Atticus help if we are already on warning?
Yes. Interim CPL data and the improvement-plan trail are the two things COE wants to see; Atticus produces both from the record.
Know in November what COE will see in March.
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