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AchieveTexas in Action: Ensuring Success for Every Student, A Resource Guide for School Counselors.
Everything is bigger in Texas. AchieveTexas combines rigorous
academics with relevant career education to prepare Texas students to
compete and win in the global marketplace. The goal of AchieveTexas is to
prepare students and allow them to choose an education plan that is best
for their goals and talents.
AchieveTexas extends Tech Prep's relevant career preparation activities and focuses on lifelong learning for lifetime success. Students are encouraged to view learning as a process.
The Resource Guide for school counselors gives an overview of essential AchieveTexas information, how to implement Texas Achievement Plans (TAPs), enhance career guidance, and answer questions. For a copy of the Counselor's Guide, select the guide.
Related Websites
America's
Career Research Network
www.acrnetwork.org
America's Career Resource Network (ACRN) consists
of state and federal organizations that provide information,
resources, and training on career and education exploration. The
network is funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education
and operates in every state and territory.
American School
Counselor Association
www.schoolcounselor.org
This professional organization works
to support school counselors as they guide students in academic and
social development.
Association for
Career and Technical Education (ACTE)
www.acteonline.org
ACTE is the largest
national association dedicated to the advancement of education that
prepares students for careers. The association promotes
career-focused education through publications, teacher resources,
professional development activities, and public policy initiatives.
High Schools That
Work
www.sreb.org/programs/hstw/hstwindex.asp
An education reform
model, developed by the Southern Regional Education Board, High
Schools That Work (HSTW), emphasizes 10 key practices for
improving high school education including opportunities for
out-of-classroom education and higher standards for all students.
HSTW looks for methods to improve student performance and helps
schools apply them in their local settings.
National Centers for Career and Technical
Education
www.nccte.org
A consortium of five universities
noted for research in career and technical education, the National
Centers use their website to make available a wealth of information
on career-oriented education.
States’ Career Cluster Initiative
www.careerclusters.org
This organization
disseminates information on the 16 federally defined career
clusters. It has published brochures as well as knowledge and
skills structures (catalogs of knowledge and skills required for
different occupations) for each of the 16 clusters of jobs.
Both sets of publications are available online at the organization’s
website.
Texas Education
Agency
www.tea.state.tx.us
Keep up with the
latest developments in Texas education at the state’s education
website.
Texas High
School Project
www.tea.state.tx.us/ed_init/thsp/index.html
The Texas High
School Project is a $261million public-private initiative committed
to increasing graduation and college enrollment rates in every Texas
community. The project is dedicated to ensuring that all Texas
students leave high school prepared for college and career
success in the 21st-century economy.
U.S. Department
of Education
www.ed.gov
Explore volumes of
education information at the U.S. Department of Education website.
For AchieveTexas presentations done in the past year at symposia and conferences, click here.
Career Planning Resources
America’s Career
InfoNet
www.acinet.org/acinet
This is the place to search for occupational information,
industry information, and state-specific labor market information.
Bridges Transitions Co.
www.bridges.com
Bridges builds on a K
– 16 Framework that aligns student planning and programs of study to
career clusters and pathways. Bridges ignites the first spark of career
awareness when students are still in elementary school with Paws in
Jobland. By middle school, students start using Bridges' resources to
increase self-knowledge and explore all their options, as they create a
personalized Texas Achievement Plan (TAP) based on their assessment
results. Once in high school, students plan their coursework based on
their interests, aptitude, and career goals with an emphasis on college
readiness. All work is saved in a lifelong online portfolio as students
make the transition from middle school to high school and beyond.
Self-directed resources, in English and Spanish, guide all students and
their parents on a learning path toward secondary and postsecondary
success. Meanwhile, Bridges' professional development services,
customized to AchieveTexas implementation, empower educators to
effectively demonstrate the relevance between classroom learning and
career aspirations.
Career Voyages
www.careervoyages.gov
This is a career planning
resource for students, parents, career changers, and career advisors.
COIN Educational Products
http://www.coin3.com/
EBSCO’s Career Guidance System (COIN) provides automatically
generated, customized Texas Achievement Plans (TAP) specific to each
school and each student based on national and Texas-specific Career
Clusters; extensive reporting capabilities to help administrators make
data-driven decisions; Spanish- and English-language Interest, Skills,
and Self Assessments; a wealth of information on occupations, colleges,
financial aid and more; as well as information management capabilities
for both students and administrators.
College.gov
www.college.gov
College.gov is being built by the
U.S. Department of Education
in collaboration with students. This site is intended to be the go-to
source for information and resources about planning, preparing and
paying for postsecondary education (such as 2- or 4-year colleges and
universities, and vocational or career schools). Most importantly,
college.gov is intended to provide inspiration and hope to all students,
and encourage them to consider and pursue a postsecondary education.
CollegeforTexans.com
www.collegefortexans.com
Here is everything a Texan needs to know about preparing
for, applying for, and paying for college or technical school. And
it's all in one up-to-date, easy to navigate mega site almost as big as
the state itself. And remember, $4 billion is available every year
to help Texans attend college.
College Tech Prep of
Texas
www.techpreptexas.org
Tech-Prep is a way to start a college
technical major in high school. In a Tech-Prep program, you begin
your course of study in high school and continue in a community or
technical college. The result is a certificate or associate degree
in a career field.
Career Cruising
http://www.careercruising.com
Career Cruising is a user-friendly,
web-based career exploration and planning program that helps students
meet their educational goals and educators track their students'
success.
InDemand
www.careervoyages.gov/indemandmagazine-main.cfm
Check out InDemand—Connecting
today's students with the careers of tomorrow. Each
issue will explore careers in a different high growth industry. It
will provide students as well as guidance counselors, parents, and
teachers with interesting and relevant information about career
opportunities, education, and the skills needed for various jobs.
It offers resources to explore careers and tips about how to help
students build successful futures.
K U D E R
www.kuder.com
The Kuder system gives students
resources to help them make better informed decisions in planning their
futures. Students have lifetime access to an education planner,
resume builder, and educational and occupational exploration options.
Labor Market Career Information (LMCI)
www.cdr.state.tx.us
This site provides students,
teachers, parents, and counselors with links to products and services
offered by LMCI. Teachers and counselors will discover materials,
tools, and information that will help them to provide effective career
counseling.
National Tech Prep Network
http://www.cord.org/ntpn/
NTPN
is a membership organization for educators and employers involved in the
advancement of Tech Prep and related education reform initiatives.
O*NET
(Occupational Information Network)
online.onetcenter.org
Also available in schools and
libraries, O*NET provides full information on occupations, including
compensation, employment prospects, and skill matching for students.
Information on compensation is available on a state-by-state basis.
Reality Check
www.cdr.state.tx.us/RealityCheck/
This site allows
students to search for careers starting with the expenses they need to
cover, the salaries they want to make, or their career choices.
Texas Workforce
Commission
http://www.twc.state.tx.us/
The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) is the
state government agency charged with overseeing and providing workforce
development services to employers and job seekers of Texas.
U.S. Department of Labor
Occupational Outlook Handbook
www.bls.gov/oco
This nationally recognized
resource offers information on job responsibilities, earnings, working
conditions, and job prospects for the future.
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