KEJ CPA Firm · Internal Training Guide
Step Up For Students · Agreed-Upon Procedures · Florida Private Schools
The starting point every time you open the portal.
Open a browser and go to the portal URL. You'll land on the login screen. Enter your KEJ email address and password, then click Sign In.
An at-a-glance view of all schools for the current season.
The Season Grid is the first screen you see after logging in. It shows every school in a spreadsheet-style table so you can quickly spot what needs attention — who's missing bank ratings, who hasn't been visited, who's gone quiet.
Five cards at the top give you the season at a glance: Total Schools, Visits Complete, Bank Ratings Pulled, In Progress, and Complete. Each number reflects live data from Supabase.
The four chips above the table let you instantly filter down to exactly what needs action:
You can also type a school name or DOE number into the search box on the right to find a school instantly.
Click anywhere on a school's row — the whole row is clickable. The Open › link in the last column is just a visual cue.
An alternate way to browse and open schools.
Click ≡ School List in the top navigation to switch to the card view. Each school appears as its own card showing name, status, document progress, visit status, and bank rating. Click any card to open that school's binder.
When you hover over a card, its border turns blue to confirm it's clickable. The card view and the Season Grid show the same data — use whichever layout you prefer.
The main workspace for each school's engagement.
When you click a school, you enter its binder. This is organized exactly like Pam's physical binder — the same numbered tabs down the left side, with each tab's contents on the right.
The left sidebar lists all document sections. Each tab has a small color-coded square:
No documents received for this tab's items.
Some items received, but not all.
All items in this tab are accounted for.
Below each tab name: a small count like 2/5 items shows how many are received vs. total.
Click ‹ All Schools in the top nav to return to the Season Grid.
Track visit completion, student sample, and bank rating status.
At the top of every school's binder, three toggle buttons let you mark major milestones. These feed back into the Season Grid so the whole season's progress is visible from the home screen.
Click to mark the in-person student verification visit completed. Click again to uncheck if needed.
Click to mark that the random student sample has been generated and documented.
Click to mark the Bauer Financial rating confirmed. (Also updates automatically from inside Tab 3A.)
Reviewing and marking items received in each document section.
When you click any binder tab in the left sidebar, the right panel shows every item in that section — who's responsible for it, its status, and any matched uploaded files.
Every item has a small colored tag showing who is responsible:
The school needs to send this document.
Your firm handles this. These auto-count as received.
Both the school and firm contribute.
Look up Bauer Financial star ratings without leaving the portal.
Tab 3A has a built-in bank rating tool that searches the FDIC and NCUA databases to find each bank and generate a direct link to its Bauer Financial rating report.
Upload the school calendar and count instructional days automatically.
Tab 6B handles the school calendar requirement. Once the school submits their academic calendar, the portal can automatically count instructional days and verify the school meets the 170-day minimum.
A full inventory of every item across all tabs in one place.
Click ☑ Progress at the bottom of the left sidebar to open the consolidated checklist. Every single required item across all document sections appears here with its current status — perfect for a quick end-of-day check or when Keith asks "where are we?"
The overall progress bar at the top shows your percentage toward completion. Each section below it collapses the items inside and shows the count — green header means that tab is done, yellow means partial. Items marked with ✓ are received; ○ means still outstanding.
A running record of calls, emails, and visits — firm eyes only.
The Comm Log is a private notes section attached to each school. Schools cannot see this. Use it to record anything you'd write on a sticky note or legal pad — phone calls, visit notes, follow-up decisions, anything Keith might ask about later.
Generate a ready-to-send document request email in seconds.
From inside any school's binder, click ✉ Draft Status Email in the header. The portal instantly generates a formatted status email showing which documents are still needed and which have been received — organized by binder tab, ready to paste into Gmail or Outlook.
Produce a print-ready AUP report draft for Keith to review.
When a school's binder is sufficiently complete, click the 📋 Generate AUP Report button in the header. The portal assembles a structured report using the documents and data collected for that school.
Understanding the experience when a school logs in.
Each school has its own separate login. When a school logs in, they see a much simpler portal with two tabs: Upload Documents and Document Status. They cannot see any other school, cannot see your Comm Log, and cannot see any firm-side information.
Upload Documents tab: Schools drag and drop files onto the upload zone, or click Choose Files. The portal automatically identifies most documents by filename. The school confirms the label and clicks Upload.
Document Status tab: Shows every required document organized by binder tab, with green or yellow indicators showing who is responsible. Schools use this to see what they still need to send.
The most common tasks at a glance.
Home screen → Season Grid (or School List for card view)
Type school name or DOE # in the search box on the Season Grid
Click the school's row (grid) or card (card view)
School detail header → click the "Visit Done" toggle
Click the tab in sidebar → click "Mark Received" next to the item
School detail → Tab 3A → type bank name → Look Up
School detail → ☑ Progress in sidebar
School detail → ✉ Draft Status Email → Copy to Clipboard → paste into Gmail
School detail → ✎ Comm Log → type note → Add Note
School detail → Tab 6B → Analyze Calendar
School detail → 📋 Generate AUP Report button in header
Top nav → ‹ All Schools (only visible inside a school)
All items in this section are done.
Some received, more still needed.
Engagement open, no documents received.
School in system, not yet active.
Questions about the portal?
Contact David Ortiz at david@advisoraipartners.com or schedule time at meetings.advisoraipartners.com