Career Development

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Career and technical education instruction provides content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills for students to further their education and succeed in current or emerging professions. Career development is a lifelong pursuit of answers to the questions: Who am I? Why am I here? What am I meant to do with my life? It is vital that students have a clear sense of direction for their career choice.

Career planning is a critical step and is essential to success. 19 TAC Chapter §127 addresses career development Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for both middle school and high school courses.

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In this section you will find suggestions and resources for adding value to career development classroom instruction and for creating partnerships with industry to enrich Work Based Learning opportunities.

• Work Based Learning
• Industry Partnership Information
• Link to WBL teacher training
• Unemployment Insurance Benefits Information (http://www.twc.state.tx.us/ui/bnfts/employerinfo.html) (outside source)

This section contains Texas Education Agency (TEA ) required forms and suggested forms for Career Preparation and Practicum courses. Please refer to the teacher Work Based Learning (WBL) online course for information on TEA required forms.

• Career Prep Student Packet
• Career Prep Employer Packet
• Texas Child Labor Law Poster (English) (http://www.twc.state.tx.us/ui/lablaw/llcl70.pdf) (PDF, 56KB)
• Texas Child Labor Law Poster (Spanish) (http://www.twc.state.tx.us/ui/lablaw/llcl70s.pdf) (PDF, 56KB)
• Training Plan Agreement for Paid Work-Based Instruction (http://tea.texas.gov/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=4342&libID=4360) (PDF, 38KB)
• Training Plan Agreement for Unpaid Work-Based Instruction (http://tea.texas.gov/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=4343&libID=4361) (PDF, 34KB)
• Occupations in Agriculture Particularly Hazardous for the Employment of Children Below the Age of 16 (http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=48d6ee3b99d3b3a97b1bf189e1757786&rgn=div5&view=text&node=29%3A3.1.1.1.30&idno=29#29:3.1.1.1.30.6) (outside source)

In this section you will find the TEKS, Scope and Sequence documents and suggested lesson plans for the courses in 19 TAC Chapter 127.
Career Development courses available for middle school are §127.2. Investigating Careers and §127.3. College and Career Readiness, both adopted in 2015 for implementation in 2017-2018.
Courses available for high school are §127.12. Project-Based Research (One Credit), §127.13. Applied Mathematics for Technical Professionals (One Credit), §127.14. Career Preparation I (Two Credits), §127.15. Career Preparation II (Two Credits), and §127.16. Extended Career Preparation (One Credit), all adopted in 2015 for implementation in 2017-2018.

• Links to the TEA TEKS (https://tea.texas.gov/Academics/College,_Career,_and_Military_Prep/Career_and_Technical_Education/CTE_Texas_Essential_Knowledge_and_Skills_for_2017-2018/)
• Link to TCRC filtered search – scope and sequence documents (https://www.txcte.org/resource-index/?f%5B0%5D=sm_field_resource_type%3Ascope)
• Link to TCRC filtered search - lesson plans (https://www.txcte.org/resource-index/?f%5B0%5D=sm_field_resource_type%3Alesson)

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Students are encouraged to participate in extended learning experiences such as career and technical student organizations and other leadership or extracurricular organizations. Please refer to the CTSO binder (https://txcte.org/binder/career-and-technical-student-organizations) for suggestions on how to integrate CTSO activities into classroom instruction, to provide additional valuable student experiences.

In this section you will find valuable interactive student activities and resources for career exploration.

• O*NET Online (https://www.onetonline.org/)
• Occupational Outlook Handbook (https://www.bls.gov/ooh/)
• Career Onestep (http://txcte.org/resource/career-onestop)
• TWC Links  (http://www.twc.state.tx.us/)