WHAT IS A
TAP
?
A
TAP is a Texas Achievement Plan, and it’s a smart postsecondary education goals. Don’t worry. You aren’t
idea to create one to guide your studies through locked into your choices. You should revisit your TAP
high school and into college or other postsecondary at least once a year to update it. You can change clusters,
education or training. Your TAP represents your chance programs of study, and career and postsecondary goals as
to take control of your education and career choices. your interests and ambitions change. Having a plan—even
Working with your parents/guardians and guidance if it changes—is smarter than having no idea of what you
counselor, you can pick the cluster on which you want to do and why you are attending school. Here’s how
want to focus your studies as well as your career and to fill out your TAP.
PICk a program of study within the
CHOOSE
LIST basic
cluster. There are five programs within
a career cluster on which to
information such as
the Health Science cluster (see page 12).
focus your high school and college or
your name and school.
postsecondary studies. The idea is to
offer you a seamless route to follow from
high school, through college or other
postsecondary education, and into a career. CHOOSE one or more occupations for
Not all Texas schools offer all clusters, so
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as
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lan
which you would like to prepare. Use
ask your guidance counselor which clusters Name:
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r Jon
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resources such as OSCAR (www.ioscar.
are available at your school. Schoo
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choo
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org/tx) to research your options.
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ter:
Heal
th sc
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ram
of S
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11th
Grad
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PLAN for what you want to do after high school.
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culus
9th Gra
de algeb
ra II
Your goal may be to attend a four-year university
geom
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glish
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algeb
ra I engl
ish II
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or two-year college, join the military, or enter an
engli
sh II
earch
and
desig
n
engli
sh I ph
ysics
scien
tific r
es
apprenticeship program. Your postsecondary goal ch
emis
try e
nt/ec
onom
ics
should influence the classes you take in high school;
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gy u.s. H
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orld H
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fine
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for example, you will need certain course credits to
worl
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phy
w
com
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lang
uage
s oth
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appl
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qualify for admission to a college. lan
guag
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ther
Than
engl
ish II
Than
engl
ish I
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th sc
ience
Tech
nolog
y III
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th/pe
or e
quiva
lent
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nolog
y app
licati
ons
pe or
equi
valen
t
or m
edica
l mic
robio
logy
or
Heal
th sc
ience
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nolog
y II
path
ophy
siolo
gy o
r
or a
natom
y and
phys
iolog
y
phar
maco
logy
or c
linica
l
SkETCH out your schedule of classes for your
Heal
th sc
ience
Tech
nolog
y I
of Hu
man
syste
ms o
r
nutri
tion o
r ge
ronto
logy
or
Intro
ducti
on to
or p
sych
ology
prec
alcul
us o
r
men
tal H
ealth
or p
sych
ology
high school years. Most of your time will be
Heal
th sc
ience
Tech
nolog
y
lang
uage
s oth
er Th
an
or s
tatist
ics o
r la
ngua
ges
engli
sh III
othe
r Tha
n eng
lish I
v
and
med
ical T
ermi
nolog
y
spent taking your core academic courses. By
carefully selecting your electives, you can get
the education and experience you need to start
natio
nal Y
outh
lead
ershi
p for
um o
n me
dicin
e,
toward the profession of your choice.
Curr
icula
r Exp
erien
ces:
Hea
lth o
ccup
ation
s stu
dent
s of a
meri
ca (H
osa
), na
sa r
esea
rch p
rogra
m, s
Tars
rese
arch
prog
ram
Extr
acur
ricu
lar E
xper
ienc
es: a
cade
mic d
ecath
lon, m
edica
l mis
sion
Trips
,
sp
ecial
olym
pics,
uIl unpaid,
Inter
nship
s, Jo
b sh
adow
ing
Caree
r Lea
rnin
g Ex
peri
ence
s: ca
reer
prep
arati
on—
paid
and
com
mun
ity se
rvice
volu
nteer
Serv
ice L
earn
ing E
xper
ienc
es:
PICk extended learning activities that complement
your classes (see page 14). Work on community
A Career Portfolio (see page 15) is a
service projects. Plan for paid and unpaid career good way to organize information about your
learning experiences, such as job shadowing and educational experiences, record results of
internships. All these extracurricular activities
career interest and abilities assessments,
can give you experience that will help you get into
and hold examples of your best work.
college or land a job.
Include a TAP in your portfolio.
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