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Create Your TAP You should set up a TAP that takes you through
Once you have a better idea of your interests and career preparation after high school, revising your
abilities, you are ready to plan for high school and plan as needed as you go along. If your career plans
Government &
beyond. The Texas Achievement Plan, or TAP, is include college study, ask your counselor about tests
Public Administration
your plan for preparing for the career of your choice. required for admission to college, such as the PSAT,
“Students first choose a cluster,” says Terry Brock, SAT, or ACT.
ctSos
“not a particular occupational goal. In the eighth
one of the best ways to acquire
grade a student might choose Health Science and seek Out special Programs
experience in your chosen career is by
then later become interested in a narrower field such Many Texas schools offer innovative programs
joining a career and technical student
as surgery or radiology technology.” to prepare students for specific career areas.
organization (cTso). In government
The program of study you choose—your plan— These include career and technical education
& public administration, the most
does not stop with graduation from high school, (CTE) programs, academies, and magnet schools.
helpful cTsos are:
Brock emphasizes. “A student could then pursue a Once you’ve decided on a career direction, ask
two-year degree as an x-ray technician or a four-year your counselor about special programs in your
• Business Professionals
degree as a radiologist.” area that may provide related experiences in your
of America (BPA)
chosen career. www.texasbpa.com
Samuel Odamah, an undergraduate student in
architecture enrolled at the University of Texas
• Future Business Leaders
of America (FBLA)
at Arlington, found his career calling at Dallas’s
www.txfbla.org
Skyline Career Development Center, a high school
with career programs in a number of different fields. • SkillsUSA
“Skyline is one of the few schools in the country
www.txskillsusa.org
that offer programs in architecture,” Odamah says.
“In some careers, Skyline students could even get
professional certifications or licenses right in high
school. It was a great place because you could find
out whether you really wanted to enter a career.”
Odamah says that the career cluster system at
Skyline taught him the value of planning for his
career and his life. “We learned about planning
ahead,” he says. “Those who plan things
ahead of time don’t have to catch up. It’s just
a matter of what a person wants out of life.
Planning gives you a better platform
for success.”

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