ADMINISTRATORS
Lessons and Curriculum
Prepare students for college and career success.
Your counselors, advisers, and teachers are already working hard to make sure your students find success in college and career. Ensure they have the best tools to achieve their goals.
Texas OnCourse resources train educators to help students and to add plug-and-play lessons to existent curriculum. Let us guide you through state and national resources, as well!
Meet career exploration TEKS
Our career exploration game, MiddleGalaxy, is a fun way for middle schoolers to learn about career paths. An accompanying curriculum guide comes with lesson plans to make it easy to use in class.
Guide students through high school personal graduation plans.
Selecting an area of focus for their high school education, an endorsement, is a major undertaking for a student. Use the MiddleGalaxy game to aid in endorsement selection and MapMyGrad to help students build a graduation plan.
Access a variety of resources.
From the Texas Workforce Commission to the College Board, college and career agencies are developing games, lessons, and interactive tools for you to guide students on their path after graduation. Find information from many major education stakeholders, all in one place.
Don’t trip on shoddy resources.
We know that you’ve been to more than one website that promises to help students, but is poorly kept or unattractive to them. Our content experts have curated our tools to make sure they’re worthy of your classroom.
Featured Tools for Lessons and Curriculum
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.
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
MapMyGrad
Students zero in on skills and interests to explore careers and endorsements and plan a path through high school.
COLLEGE PLANNING
BigFuture
Learn what colleges offer your major, where you can get in, how much schools cost, and more with this College Board resource.
All Resources for Lessons and Curriculum
Middle School
Webinar: New College and Career Curriculum for 2021-2022
MONTHLY WEBINAR SERIES
We’ve revised our College and Career Curriculum for use in Texas middle schools in 2021–2022. Learn about enhancements, TEKS, and legislative mandates.
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.
DataDive
DATA AND ACCOUNTABILITY
View and compare Texas school performance and college readiness data at the click of a button.
Getting Started with Texas OnCourse Guide
USING TEXAS ONCOURSE
Learn how to best use Texas OnCourse programing in your district. Includes a PD calendar and curriculum scope and sequence.
Early High School
Texas Reality Check
JOBS AND CAREERS | FINANCES
Curious how your college and career path will impact your future income? How easy it will be to pay off student loans? Find out.
Texas GEAR UP
COLLEGE PLANNING
High school students plan for college and career with resources provided by Texas GEAR UP. Interactive games and tools set them on the path to future success.
BigFuture
COLLEGE PLANNING
Learn what colleges offer your major, where you can get in, how much schools cost, and more with this College Board resource.
Your Bright Future
COLLEGE PLANNING | JOBS AND CAREERS
Use the resources on this site to help students explore careers. Your Bright Future is the Texas Workforce Commission hub for informing high school students about labor market Information.
DataDive
DATA AND ACCOUNTABILITY
View and compare Texas school performance and college readiness data at the click of a button.
Getting Started with Texas OnCourse Guide
USING TEXAS ONCOURSE
Learn how to best use Texas OnCourse programing in your district. Includes a PD calendar and curriculum scope and sequence.
Late High School
Texas Reality Check
JOBS AND CAREERS | FINANCES
Curious how your college and career path will impact your future income? How easy it will be to pay off student loans? Find out.
Texas GEAR UP
COLLEGE PLANNING
High school students plan for college and career with resources provided by Texas GEAR UP. Interactive games and tools set them on the path to future success.
BigFuture
COLLEGE PLANNING
Learn what colleges offer your major, where you can get in, how much schools cost, and more with this College Board resource.
Your Bright Future
COLLEGE PLANNING | JOBS AND CAREERS
Use the resources on this site to help students explore careers. Your Bright Future is the Texas Workforce Commission hub for informing high school students about labor market Information.
DataDive
DATA AND ACCOUNTABILITY
View and compare Texas school performance and college readiness data at the click of a button.
Getting Started with Texas OnCourse Guide
USING TEXAS ONCOURSE
Learn how to best use Texas OnCourse programing in your district. Includes a PD calendar and curriculum scope and sequence.