ADMINISTRATORS
Endorsements
Help your students choose the right focus for their interests.
In Texas, students must select an endorsement — an area of focus for their high school coursework — before ninth grade. Texas OnCourse is here to help students not only select an endorsement, but use it to get where they want to go.
Ensure understanding of this Texas requirement.
In 2013, the Texas Legislature passed a bill requiring that all students select one of five endorsements – STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math), Business and Industry, Arts and Humanities, Public Service, or Multidisciplinary Studies. Understand how to help students meet this requirement and how it will benefit them by enrolling in the Texas OnCourse Academy.
Let Texas OnCourse lesson plans guide educators.
The Texas OnCourse Middle School Curriculum Guide walks teachers through simple plug-and-play lessons to ensure that students explore careers and understand how their choice of endorsements will help them reach their dreams.
Make this big decision fun!
Our MiddleGalaxy game takes students on a mission into space. But it also teaches about careers along the way! Students can play this fun game on their computer, phone, or tablet, and use what they learn to choose an endorsement or two.
Put big choices into action.
Once a student picks their endorsement, they have to build their high school personal graduation plan. MapMyGrad makes planning for graduation easy. Students build, save, and even print whole graduation plans using information specific to their endorsement and high school.
Featured Tools for Endorsement Selection
LESSONS AND CURRICULUM
College and Career Readiness Curriculum
This curriculum includes lesson plans aligned to TEKS for college and career readiness and investigating careers.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Texas OnCourse Academy
Texas OnCourse Academy provides comprehensive learning on college and career advising to educators.
ENDORSEMENTS
High School Endorsements and Career Paths
Prepare students to select high school endorsements with labor market and career information.
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
MapMyGrad
Students zero in on skills and interests to explore careers and endorsements and plan a path through high school.
Important Dates and Deadlines
DEC-
JAN
GRADE 8
Prep for personal graduation planning and high school registration
JAN-FEB
GRADE 8
Choose your endorsement!
All Resources for Endorsements
Middle School
Roadtrip Texas: Choose Courses for High School!
GRADUATION PLANNING
Exploring your passions in middle and high school is key to making your future plans. In this video, understand how to choose classes for high school, and what the word "endorsement" means for your studies.
MiddleGalaxy
JOBS AND CAREERS
Lead a space voyage in this web and mobile game exploring the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed for a variety of careers.
Texas OnCourse Academy
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Texas OnCourse Academy provides comprehensive learning on college and career advising to educators.
MapMyGrad
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
Students zero in on skills and interests to explore careers and endorsements and plan a path through high school.
High School Endorsements and Career Paths
ENDORSEMENTS
Prepare students to select high school endorsements with labor market and career information.
College and Career Readiness Curriculum
LESSONS AND CURRICULUM
This curriculum includes lesson plans aligned to TEKS for college and career readiness and investigating careers.
Early High School
The Endorsement Choices of 9th Graders in Texas Schools in 2015–16
RESEARCH
Texas OnCourse published a data note highlighting the differences in how various demographic groups select their high school endorsements.
MiddleGalaxy
JOBS AND CAREERS
Lead a space voyage in this web and mobile game exploring the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed for a variety of careers.
Texas OnCourse Academy
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Texas OnCourse Academy provides comprehensive learning on college and career advising to educators.
MapMyGrad
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
Students zero in on skills and interests to explore careers and endorsements and plan a path through high school.