TEACHERS
Endorsements
Students choose the right focus for their interests.
Understand Texas' endorsement requirement.
Boost your own knowledge about endorsements and how they connect to career pathways and graduation plans in the Texas OnCourse Academy. Log in or create an account, and find a ton of information and resources under Career Pathways > Academic Planning.
Let us plan your lessons for you.
Access a flexible, TEKS-aligned college and career readiness curriculum for middle school. The Texas OnCourse Middle School Curriculum Guide provides flexible, plug-and-play lessons to ensure that students explore careers and understand how their choice of endorsements will help them reach their dreams.
Make your students endorsement pros.
Our interactive website, MapMyGrad, was designed especially for middle school students. On it, students can take a short quiz to determine their best-fit endorsement. They can explore career descriptions, salary info, and education requirements. And they can even draft, save, and print a high school graduation plan to share with their counselor.
Make this big decision fun!
Our MiddleGalaxy game takes students on a mission into space. But it also teaches about careers along the way! Featured careers are based on data about future Texas workforce needs. Students can play this fun game on their computer, phone, or tablet and use what they learn to choose an endorsement or two.
Featured Tools
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Texas OnCourse Academy
Texas OnCourse Academy provides comprehensive learning on college and career advising to educators.
JOBS AND CAREERS
MiddleGalaxy
Lead a space voyage in this web and mobile game exploring the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed for a variety of careers.
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!
FEB-MAR
GRADES 7 & 8
Select your courses for next year!
All Resources for Endorsements
Middle School
MapMyGrad: Using and Implementing the Website in Schools
ENDORSEMENTS
This webinar walks you through using MapMyGrad, Texas OnCourse's interactive website, for endorsement selection and graduation planning. It starts with a simple quiz for your students that reveals their passions, leads to an endorsement, and ends with suggested courses at your actual school! We'll also discuss suggestions for implementing the tool in the classroom and point out some helpful lesson plans that integrate MapMyGrad.
Using MiddleGalaxy in the Classroom
LESSONS & CURRICULUM
This webinar will walk you through setting up and playing MiddleGalaxy, Texas OnCourse's space-themed career exploration game. We'll also discuss suggestions for implementing the game in the classroom and point out some helpful lesson plans that incorporate the game.
Course Planning and Endorsements
ENDORSEMENTS
Find out everything you need to know about effective course planning and endorsement selections for your students. We'll hear from professionals from Keller ISD about their proven best practices in these areas.
The High School Readiness Report
RESEARCH
The High School Readiness Report presents benchmark data from Texas OnCourse regarding middle school students’ knowledge and awareness about endorsements and graduation planning. In general, the findings from this report suggest that students lack knowledge on these topics. Texas OnCourse seeks to bridge this gap.
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.
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.