COUNSELORS AND ADVISERS

Late High School

11th and 12th Grade

Texas OnCourse Academy provides comprehensive learning on college and career advising to educators.

View this webinar for an overview of the 2021 Texas education bills passed during the 87th Regular Legislative Session.

During this PD webinar, we share important knowledge and updates to improve your counseling and advising practice with your military-bound students.

In this webinar from October 2020, we provide updates on the TSIA2 from experts at the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. 

Texas OnCourse Academy provides comprehensive learning on college and career advising to educators.

View and compare Texas school performance and college readiness data at the click of a button.

During this PD webinar, we share important knowledge and updates to improve your counseling and advising practice with your military-bound students.

Earning a four-year degree is not the only postsecondary path to a successful career. In this webinar, we cover alternative options available to students.

Texas OnCourse administered a survey to K-12 counselors and advisers throughout Texas to better understand the state of college and career advising. Feedback from school counselors is crucial to maximizing the impact of our counseling and advising resources. Texas OnCourse is committed to using the data supplied in this survey to maximize the services we provide to our community.

We investigated how college and employment outcomes vary based on whether students concentrated in CTE and on what discipline they focused.

Texas OnCourse Academy provides comprehensive learning on college and career advising to educators.

Curious how your college and career path will impact your future income? How easy it will be to pay off student loans? Find out.

Learn about hundreds of careers with this career search for high school students. Explore salaries, popularity, and more. 

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.

Students travel across the nation to talk to their heroes and job crushes and understand college and career decisions along the way.

High schoolers explore careers and gain real-world experience in order to become more workforce ready. Employers also take the challenge.

Help students explore the difference between future careers and how much they pay with this simple tool from the Texas Workforce Commission.

This resource helps students quickly locate O*Net codes, used to find more information on specific occupations, by simply typing in keywords or phrases.

This resource from the Texas Workforce Commission enables students to look at available jobs and explore technical education options.

In this resource from the US Department of Labor, explore the skills, education, and even the personality traits necessary for various careers.

Earning a four-year degree is not the only postsecondary path to a successful career. In this webinar, we cover alternative options available to students.

Our November webinar on financial aid answers all of your questions about FAFSA and TASFA with Leah Smalley, Asst. Director of Financial Aid with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

Do you have the most up-to-date information on the Preliminary SAT? Learn the ins and outs of the PSAT from Martha Morris, Director of K12 Outreach and Resources from the College Board.

Getting involved in clubs and activities in high school can help set you up for success in college. In this video, students share how their after-school activities helped them learn about passions and time management.

Going to college can be scary because it means finding a whole new group of friends and study buddies. College students from all different backgrounds talk about how they found their footing in this video.

The summer after high school can be overwhelming if you're college-bound. Financial aid, registration, planning -- your to-do list can get pretty lengthy. Students like you describe how they conquered it in this video.

Heading to college means more self-direction, so study habits are important. College students from different backgrounds and schools share their experience shaping a study schedule that works in this video.

High school students, explore the reality of moving away to college through the eyes of these students who have already made the decision. Interviews with college students from varied backgrounds can give you a better idea of the pros and cons of leaving home, and what's right for you.

Texas OnCourse administered a survey to K-12 counselors and advisers throughout Texas to better understand the state of college and career advising. Feedback from school counselors is crucial to maximizing the impact of our counseling and advising resources. Texas OnCourse is committed to using the data supplied in this survey to maximize the services we provide to our community.

Since 1965, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) has provided low-interest student loans in Texas to Texas residents who are eligible to pay in-state tuition. 

Texas OnCourse Academy provides comprehensive learning on college and career advising to educators.

Access financial aid information, money management tools, and scholarship opportunities as students prepare to pay for college.

Understand exactly how FAFSA funds are distributed and benefit students with this tool from the US Department of Education.

Find out your options on how to pay for college education costs. Understand tuition and fees, financial aid, and scholarships and loans.

Compare colleges and universities based on information such as average cost, graduation rate, and salary after graduation.

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.

Learn what colleges offer your major, where you can get in, how much schools cost, and more with this College Board resource.

Learn about hundreds of careers with this career search for high school students. Explore salaries, popularity, and more. 

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.

Students travel across the nation to talk to their heroes and job crushes and understand college and career decisions along the way.

Prepare students for the SAT with lessons and practice tests from this official partner of the College Board.

In this resource from the US Department of Labor, explore the skills, education, and even the personality traits necessary for various careers.

The Common Application provides this resource full of college essay writing tips, guidance on college recommendations, understanding application fees, fee waivers, and more.

Free and fully online, Texas College Bridge is a personalized, adaptive learning platform that helps prepare high school seniors for college.

Future Focused TX is a campaign to keep our Texas students on course to college despite COVID-19.

College and Career Support offers step-by-step guidance for juniors and seniors preparing for college. And don’t miss a supplemental advising guide from Texas OnCourse.

It's college application season. Make sure you're up-to-date on systems changes to ApplyTexas and the Common App before the new school year starts!

In this webinar, we explore college application essays, writing samples, and resumes, and connect with representatives from the Common Application and ApplyTexas.

Our November webinar on financial aid answers all of your questions about FAFSA and TASFA with Leah Smalley, Asst. Director of Financial Aid with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

Texas OnCourse Academy provides comprehensive learning on college and career advising to educators.

Apply to all Texas two- and four-year public schools, and some private schools, with this streamlined application.

The Common Application is a central application to public and private universities across the country. Understand and apply.

Federal funding is the largest source of financial aid. Apply for grants, loans, and other types of aid with this free application.

The Coalition Application makes applying to college more accessible for low-income and first-generation students.

The Common Application provides this resource full of college essay writing tips, guidance on college recommendations, understanding application fees, fee waivers, and more.

This webinar includes scholarship resources from Texas OnCourse, as well as information about TASFA verification and scholarships from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation.

Our November webinar on financial aid answers all of your questions about FAFSA and TASFA with Leah Smalley, Asst. Director of Financial Aid with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

Many students feel stress and apprehension about paying for college. In this video, students like you discuss the ways in which they tackled this problem, from school selection to scholarship applications and more.

Since 1965, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) has provided low-interest student loans in Texas to Texas residents who are eligible to pay in-state tuition. 

Texas OnCourse Academy provides comprehensive learning on college and career advising to educators.

Curious how your college and career path will impact your future income? How easy it will be to pay off student loans? Find out.

Access financial aid information, money management tools, and scholarship opportunities as students prepare to pay for college.

Federal funding is the largest source of financial aid. Apply for grants, loans, and other types of aid with this free application.

Understand exactly how FAFSA funds are distributed and benefit students with this tool from the US Department of Education.

This financial aid application allows students that are ineligible to complete the FAFSA to apply for state financial aid programs in Texas.

Find out your options on how to pay for college education costs. Understand tuition and fees, financial aid, and scholarships and loans.

Compare colleges and universities based on information such as average cost, graduation rate, and salary after graduation.

Learn what colleges offer your major, where you can get in, how much schools cost, and more with this College Board resource.

Learn about hundreds of careers with this career search for high school students. Explore salaries, popularity, and more. 

Help students explore the difference between future careers and how much they pay with this simple tool from the Texas Workforce Commission.

Texas OnCourse created this graphic for educators to hang in their offices and classrooms. Whether students are headed to career, college or the military after graduation, help guide them to financial security.