Earning a four-year degree is not the only postsecondary path to starting a successful career. In this January 2021 webinar, we covered alternative options available to students. Topics included Texas certification programs, community college programs, technical school offerings, and innovative concepts like coding bootcamps that offer skills in high-need areas.
Webinar: Alternative Opportunities to Four-Year Degree Programs
Topics: Jobs and Careers, College Planning, Educators, High School
Webinar: Essential Skills for Middle School Students
More and more school districts are implementing career exploration and postsecondary planning in middle school in a variety of ways. In our November 2020 webinar, we shared tips on how to incorporate college and career planning in middle school classrooms.
Topics: Middle School, Webinar, Jobs and Careers, Educators
Teacher Tips: CTE Online Lesson Plans
For many career and technical education (CTE) teachers, the sudden move to online learning is particularly challenging. CTE, after all, is often hands-on in nature. Here, we gather updates, tips, suggested practices, and resources around CTE online lesson plans into one place. Use them to supplement official guidance provided by your school or district. Our hope is to help you strengthen your online teaching skills as they relate to delivering CTE instruction remotely.
Topics: Middle School, Jobs and Careers, Coronavirus, High School
Military enlistment has long been a viable postsecondary option for students. Now, enlistment in the armed forces counts as a college, career, and military readiness (CCMR) indicator in Texas’ new A–F accountability system.
Topics: Grad Requirements, Jobs and Careers, Administrators
Four Steps to Find the Best-Fit Military Job
Do you have students who are interested in military enlistment? There are a few steps students can take to pursue their dreams of military enlistment and find their best fit.
Topics: Jobs and Careers
How Schools Can Partner with the Workforce for Work Based Learning in Texas
Ask any educator what their ultimate goal is for their students and you’re likely to hear something in regard to preparing them for the future. What does this boil down to? Typically a career that can provide for the individual and help them live a satisfying life. It makes sense that educational institutions partner more effectively with the workforce to make this goal more attainable through work based learning in Texas. We have great resources available through our partners at the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC). Below, we outline some ways you, as an educator, can take advantage of collaborating with TWC and other local workforce resources.
Topics: Jobs and Careers, Educators, High School, Academic Planning
As a middle school educator, are you looking for ways to enhance career exploration at your school? Helping middle school students investigate career options can be quite the task. First, be sure to take a look at our Middle School Resources for in-class activities. Second, consider hosting a middle school career fair! In addition to giving students a better understanding of various careers, a middle school career fair can show how specific careers fit with each of the five endorsements offered in high school. Third, be sure to check out our comprehensive blog on the Basics of Career Exploration for Students.
Topics: Middle School, Jobs and Careers, Endorsements, Educators, Curriculum Resources
Learning about career pathways during middle school is essential to prepare students for life beyond high school. This webinar covers career clusters and how the Texas OnCourse Academy can help support your instruction on this topic. Lori Knight, education outreach specialist for the Texas Workforce Commission, will discuss best practices to support students as they research and select career pathways.
Topics: Middle School, Jobs and Careers, Educators
Topics: Jobs and Careers, Educators
The College and Employment Outcomes of Career and Technical Education (CTE) Concentrators
Some students face a difficult choice: either take rigorous academic courses that prepare them for college or take career and technical education (CTE) classes that help them find a job after high school.
Topics: Research, Jobs and Careers