TEACHERS
Early High School
9th and 10th Grade

Prepare students for college and career, even in 9th and 10th grade.
Even as students start high school, they can be making decisions that benefit their life after graduation! The resources on this page are available for you to share with students and families.
You can also use the Texas OnCourse Academy to learn the basics of college and career advising.
Put your best foot forward as you help students explore colleges, prepare for tests, and learn about the realities of the workplace.

Understand the many ways to prep for college and career.
Each student is on their own unique path. Whether you’re helping students prepare for college credit opportunities such as AP and dual enrollment or start gaining the skills for a technical trade, Texas OnCourse Academy trainings can help you gain mastery and anticipate students’ questions.

Communicate the weight of standardized tests.
Even in 9th and 10th grade, the weight of standardized tests begins to bear down on students. Prepare them for the PSAT and even SAT and ACT with our tools and trainings. Use our Texas OnCourse Academy training to understand the stages of the National Merit Scholarship Program.

Explore careers.
Students may have some ideas about what they’d like to do, but there are many more jobs out there than they can even imagine. Train up on how to use tools like labor market data and career learning experiences with the Texas OnCourse Academy. Direct students to tools like Share Your Road and Texas Reality Check to explore different career pathways on their own.

Introduce financial planning.
If you ask students and families what they’re most worried about after graduation, the answer is generally the same: money. Students are worried about finding good jobs after graduation or getting financial aid for college. Use the Texas OnCourse Academy modules on financial aid to prepare yourself on college costs and finances and share the tools listed below with students and families.
Featured tools for 9th and 10th grade teachers:
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Texas OnCourse Academy
Texas OnCourse Academy provides comprehensive learning on college and career advising to educators.
JOBS AND CAREERS
Share Your Road
Discover opportunities you never knew existed! Texans share their career journeys. Explore their stories and get inspired.
JOBS AND CAREERS
Roadtrip Nation
Students travel across the nation to talk to their heroes and job crushes and understand college and career decisions along the way.
Important dates and deadlines
FEB
GRADES 9 & 10
Select your courses for next year!
AUG
GRADE 10
Sign up for a PSAT prep class
All Resources for Early High School
Endorsements
Career Clusters and Endorsements
BLOG
What are the differences between Career Clusters and Endorsements, and how do they hang together?
This is the second in a series of posts on high school endorsements.

What were the endorsement choices of 9th graders enrolled in Texas Schools in 2015-16?
RESEARCH
Texas OnCourse has published a new 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.

Grad Requirements
An Introduction to Advising Highly Mobile Students
COLLEGE PLANNING
Students who move frequently, including children of military families or migrant workers, face unique needs and challenges. In this webinar, we walk you through our free online module to help you advise and support highly mobile students all over the U.S.

Highly Mobile Students: Strategies for Smooth Transitions
LESSONS & CURRICULUM
We’ve all been there. No matter our education, experience, or awards, starting over and being "the new kid" has its challenges. Read on for tips on how educators can best welcome and serve highly mobile students, or students that move more than six times in their K–12 career.

New Tools for Supporting Highly Mobile Students
LESSONS & CURRICULUM
Do you have highly mobile students? Texas OnCourse has the resources to help you best serve this unique group.

Advising Migrant Students
LESSONS AND CURRICULUM
Migrant students (not to be confused with immigrant students) are highly mobile children and youth whose families work in agriculture or in fishing. Do you know how to properly advise them?

Career Clusters and Endorsements
BLOG
What are the differences between Career Clusters and Endorsements, and how do they hang together?
This is the second in a series of posts on high school endorsements.

When and Why to Take the TSIA
BLOG
The Texas Success Initiative Assessments (TSIA) are part of the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) program designed to help a student's college or university determine if the student is ready for college-level coursework in reading, writing, and mathematics. Let us explain when and why to take the exam!

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

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

Jobs and Careers
May's Share Your Road Theme: Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security
JOBS AND CAREERS
In May, our career focus is on law, public safety, corrections, and security! We look to educators like you to help us collect stories for Share Your Road based on these specific career clusters. Do you know any fellow Texans working in these fields?

March's Share Your Road Theme: Architecture and Construction Plus Hospitality and Tourism
JOBS & CAREERS
In March, our career focus is architecture and construction along with hospitality and tourism! We look to educators like you to help us collect stories for Share Your Road based on these specific career clusters. Do you know any fellow Texans working in these fields?

February's Share Your Road Challenge: Manufacturing & Transportation
JOBS AND CAREERS
In February, our career focus is Manufacturing and Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics! We look to educators like you to help us collect stories for Share Your Road based on these specific career clusters. Do you know any fellow Texans working in these fields?

Join us in Celebrating Career and Technical Education (CTE) Month!
JOBS AND CAREERS
We’re just a few short days away from February and the kickoff of CTE Month! Career and technical education pathways are so important for Texas students because they prepare them for high-wage, in-demand careers. CTE Month is a way to raise awareness of the values of career and technical education and celebrate the achievements of CTE programs nationwide.

Reward Yourself with Leisurely Learning and Earning this Holiday Season
LESSONS AND CURRICULUM
If you find yourself with some extra time this holiday season, we recommend getting comfy, preparing a hot drink, and settling down with your laptop -- this could be a great time to earn up to $450 and complete CPE credits with the Texas OnCourse Academy!

The December Share Your Road Challenge: STEM
JOBS & CAREERS
It's a new month, with a new career focus! December is all about Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. We depend on educators like you to recruit career stories for Share Your Road based on these specific career clusters. If you know any professionals in STEM, we want to hear from them!

The November Share Your Road Challenge
JOBS & CAREERS
Each month, we ask educators like you to recruit career stories for Share Your Road based on specific career clusters. November's career clusters are Government and Public Administration, and Human Services. Spread the word!

The October Share Your Road Challenge
JOBS AND CAREERS
Each month, we ask educators like you to recruit career stories for Share Your Road based on specific career clusters. This month’s career clusters are Arts, A/V Technology & Communications and Information Technology.

Follow Along as Texas Students Hit the Road to Find Their Future
JOBS AND CAREERS
We’re excited to announce the premiere of Room to Grow, the Roadtrip Nation documentary fueled by Texas OnCourse. With four half-hour episodes, Room to Grow will air on public television throughout Texas starting in September.

Career Clusters and Endorsements
BLOG
What are the differences between Career Clusters and Endorsements, and how do they hang together?
This is the second in a series of posts on high school endorsements.

College and Career Advising in Texas
RESEARCH
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.

The College and Employment Outcomes of Career and Technical Education (CTE) Concentrators
RESEARCH
For our Data Note No. 2, we investigated how college and employment outcomes vary based on whether students concentrated in CTE (defined as taking three or more courses in the same CTE subject) and in what discipline they concentrated.

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.

Share Your Road
JOBS AND CAREERS
Discover opportunities you never knew existed! Texans share their career journeys. Explore their stories and get inspired.

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

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.

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.

Roadtrip Nation
JOBS AND CAREERS
Students travel across the nation to talk to their heroes and job crushes and understand college and career decisions along the way.

College Planning
How Texas OnCourse Follows Through
COLLEGE PLANNING
Educators, picture this: You’ve attended an inspiring professional development session that left you energized and excited to use the tools you just discovered. When you get back to the office, however, your excitement fades because you have no idea how to implement these great new ideas in your district.

New Year, New Goals!
COLLEGE PLANNING
At Texas OnCourse, we love the new year as a time for reflection and intention setting. This doesn’t necessarily mean out with the old, in the with the new – rather, what’s been working well and what are some new things to try? With that in mind, we tapped our dedicated community of leader fellows to see what their visions are for themselves and their students in 2019.

Sharing Our Gratitude
COLLEGE PLANNING
With Thanksgiving around the corner, we’re mindful of all of the things we’re grateful for. In particular, we are thankful for you, Texas educators. As of last week, more than 10,000 of you have registered for the TexasOnCourse Academy, our free online resource offering premium content for educators. Thanks to you, countless students across the state are equipped to plan for success after high school.

October Office Hours Recap -- All About FAFSA
APPLYING TO COLLEGE
Did you miss October’s digital office hours on FAFSA? We’d like to share the top three questions and answers that came up!

New Tools for Supporting Highly Mobile Students
LESSONS & CURRICULUM
Do you have highly mobile students? Texas OnCourse has the resources to help you best serve this unique group.

Advising Migrant Students
LESSONS AND CURRICULUM
Migrant students (not to be confused with immigrant students) are highly mobile children and youth whose families work in agriculture or in fishing. Do you know how to properly advise them?

Follow Along as Texas Students Hit the Road to Find Their Future
JOBS AND CAREERS
We’re excited to announce the premiere of Room to Grow, the Roadtrip Nation documentary fueled by Texas OnCourse. With four half-hour episodes, Room to Grow will air on public television throughout Texas starting in September.

Roadtrip Texas: Getting Involved in High School
PLANNING FOR COLLEGE
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.

Roadtrip Texas: High School Courses Impact College
COLLEGE PLANNING

When and Why to Take the TSIA
BLOG
The Texas Success Initiative Assessments (TSIA) are part of the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) program designed to help a student's college or university determine if the student is ready for college-level coursework in reading, writing, and mathematics. Let us explain when and why to take the exam!

Resources to Share: National Merit Scholarship
BLOG
The fall is PSAT season, which means students have questions about the National Merit Scholarship. Often, students don’t fully understand why the PSAT is important, except as a practice for the SAT. We've created simple graphics that can help you guide your students.

College and Career Advising in Texas
RESEARCH
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.

ACT vs. SAT
COLLEGE PLANNING
Students often ask themselves, do I take the SAT or the ACT? Here is a chart detailing the similarities and differences between the two major college exams.

How University Application Rates Vary by Race/Ethnicity
RESEARCH
If Texas colleges want to boost attainment and college completion rates, we need a clear picture of how students are actually applying to college. This inaugural Texas OnCourse Data Note investigates how university application rates vary according to race and ethnicity.

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.

Share Your Road
JOBS AND CAREERS
Discover opportunities you never knew existed! Texans share their career journeys. Explore their stories and get inspired.

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

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

College for All Texans
COLLEGE PLANNING | FINANCES
Find out your options on how to pay for college education costs. Understand tuition and fees, financial aid, and scholarships and loans.

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.

Roadtrip Nation
JOBS AND CAREERS
Students travel across the nation to talk to their heroes and job crushes and understand college and career decisions along the way.

Khan Academy SAT Prep
COLLEGE PLANNING
Prepare students for the SAT with lessons and practice tests from this official partner of the College Board.

Applying to College
October Office Hours Recap -- All About FAFSA
APPLYING TO COLLEGE
Did you miss October’s digital office hours on FAFSA? We’d like to share the top three questions and answers that came up!

Advising Migrant Students
LESSONS AND CURRICULUM
Migrant students (not to be confused with immigrant students) are highly mobile children and youth whose families work in agriculture or in fishing. Do you know how to properly advise them?

ACT vs. SAT
COLLEGE PLANNING
Students often ask themselves, do I take the SAT or the ACT? Here is a chart detailing the similarities and differences between the two major college exams.

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

Finances
Resources to Share: National Merit Scholarship
BLOG
The fall is PSAT season, which means students have questions about the National Merit Scholarship. Often, students don’t fully understand why the PSAT is important, except as a practice for the SAT. We've created simple graphics that can help you guide your students.

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

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.

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

College for All Texans
COLLEGE PLANNING | FINANCES
Find out your options on how to pay for college education costs. Understand tuition and fees, financial aid, and scholarships and loans.

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.

Financial Roadmap (Infographic for download)
FINANCES
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.

Lessons & Curriculum
Get Your Secondary Classroom Tools In Formation with Texas OnCourse
LESSONS & CURRICULUM
The beginning of a new school year is the perfect time to revamp outdated tools -- check out my top resources to get you and your students engaged in CCMR in the classroom this year!

Earn $175 and Support Your Fellow Educators!
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Earn $100 for pilot testing a new module for the Texas OnCourse Academy and $75 for reviewing a new middle school curriculum guide for social studies.

Reward Yourself with Leisurely Learning and Earning this Holiday Season
LESSONS AND CURRICULUM
If you find yourself with some extra time this holiday season, we recommend getting comfy, preparing a hot drink, and settling down with your laptop -- this could be a great time to earn up to $450 and complete CPE credits with the Texas OnCourse Academy!

Highly Mobile Students: Strategies for Smooth Transitions
LESSONS & CURRICULUM
We’ve all been there. No matter our education, experience, or awards, starting over and being "the new kid" has its challenges. Read on for tips on how educators can best welcome and serve highly mobile students, or students that move more than six times in their K–12 career.

Advising Migrant Students
LESSONS AND CURRICULUM
Migrant students (not to be confused with immigrant students) are highly mobile children and youth whose families work in agriculture or in fishing. Do you know how to properly advise them?

My Top Resources to Sharpen Your Career and Technical Education Skills
BLOG
Did you know that February is Career and Technical Education Month? CTE Month is a public awareness campaign initiated by the Association for Career and Technical Education.

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.
