CalWORKs Creating Counselor Notes and Student Contacts

Summary

Label

Description

Business ProcessCalWORKs Counseling
ModuleCalWORKs
PrerequisitesStudents must already have completed CalWORKs Orientation and have a term entry
Description

This job aid will walk you through the process to complete a student contact and create/maintain counselor notes.

Notes:

Be sure to set your User Defaults and Allow for pop-ups.

If you are having difficulty logging into mySDCCD, be sure to clear your cache.  If you're still experiencing difficulties contact the help desk at myhelp@sdccd.edu or by calling us at x6800.

Instructions:

StepInstructions
1

Login to mySDCCD at http://my.sdccd.edu 


2

In the top right corner, click on the navbar icon  then click on Navigator

3

Navigate to Campus Solutions → MIS/320 Reporting → MIS Data Collection → Student CalWORKs Data

4

This will bring you to the search page that will ask you which student you wish to view.

At the search page, pull up the student you wish to update.  Note you can also look up a student by their first and last name, but the fastest method is by using their ID.

  • Enter in SDCCD as the Academic Institution 
    •  This is always going to be SDCCD
  • Enter in the appropriate career
  • Enter in your Campus 
  • Enter the Reporting Term (e.g. 2187 for Fall 2018 or 2193 for Spring 2019)

Once you enter in the appropriate information, click on 

(question) Note: If you click on search and see more than one entry, be sure you're clicking on the right student AND the right term/semester.

5

The first page you should see in the CalWORKs Information tab.  This page is where you will enter your "Student Contact" counselor notes at the bottom

6

If you need to add a new row, click on the icon to the right.  Then choose the appropriate Contact Type.  Your Employee ID will default with yours.

7

Next you'll need to enter in your counselor notes.  To do so, click on the "Notes" tab in the "Student Contacts" section.

Type in your notes, and then click on Save.  

8You're done!