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7th and 8th Grade

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.

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.

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 are endorsements? For parents and guardians, hearing that their eighth grader will have to select an endorsement can be confusing. After all, when today’s adults were in school, such a thing didn’t exist!

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 provides comprehensive learning on college and career advising to educators.

Prepare students to select high school endorsements with labor market and career information.

This guide includes lesson plans aligned to TEKS for college and career readiness and investigating careers. 

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.

Do you have highly mobile students? Texas OnCourse has the resources to help you best serve this unique group.

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?

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.

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 are endorsements? For parents and guardians, hearing that their eighth grader will have to select an endorsement can be confusing. After all, when today’s adults were in school, such a thing didn’t exist!

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

Prepare students to select high school endorsements with labor market and career information.

This guide includes lesson plans aligned to TEKS for college and career readiness and investigating careers. 

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!

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.

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.  

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.

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.

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.

Lead a space voyage in this web and mobile game exploring the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed for a variety of careers.

Discover opportunities you never knew existed! Texans share their career journeys. Explore their stories and get inspired.

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

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

This guide includes lesson plans aligned to TEKS for college and career readiness and investigating careers. 

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!

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.

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?

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.

Prepare students to select high school endorsements with labor market and career information.

This guide includes lesson plans aligned to TEKS for college and career readiness and investigating careers. 

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.

Do you have highly mobile students? Texas OnCourse has the resources to help you best serve this unique group.

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?

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.  

What are endorsements? For parents and guardians, hearing that their eighth grader will have to select an endorsement can be confusing. After all, when today’s adults were in school, such a thing didn’t exist!

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.

Lead a space voyage in this web and mobile game exploring the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed for a variety of careers.

Discover opportunities you never knew existed! Texans share their career journeys. Explore their stories and get inspired.

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

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

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

This guide includes lesson plans aligned to TEKS for college and career readiness and investigating careers.