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 a career cluster on which to
LisT basic
cluster. There are four programs within the
focus your high school and college or
information such as
Hospitality & Tourism cluster (see page 12).
postsecondary studies. The idea is to
your name and school.
offer you a seamless route to follow from
high school, through college or other
postsecondary education, and into a career.
lan
CHoose one or more occupations
not all Texas schools offer all clusters, so
tex
as
Ac
hie
vem
en
t P
for which you would like to prepare.
ask your guidance counselor which clusters
Nam
e: Ta
ylor
jone
s
Use resources such as osCAR (www.
are available at your school.
Sch
ool:
spr
ingfi
eld H
igh s
choo
l
ioscar.org/tx) to research your options.
Clus
ter:
Hosp
italit
y & T
ouris
m
Prog
ram
of S
tudy
: Tra
vel a
nd T
ouris
m
Care
er G
oal:
Trav
el an
d To
urism
dire
ctor
12th
Grad
e
Pos
tsec
ond
ary
Goa
l: Tra
vel a
gent
cer
tifica
te, b
ache
lor’s
deg
ree i
n To
urism
man
agem
ent
11th
Grad
e
10th
Grad
e
PLAn
algeb
ra II
for what you want to do after high school. 9t
h Gra
de mathem
atica
l mod
els
Your goal may be to attend a four-year university
geom
etry
with
appl
icatio
ns
engli
sh Iv
algeb
ra I
or two-year college, join the military, or enter an
engli
sh III
engli
sh II environ
men
tal s
ystem
s
apprenticeship program. Your postsecondary goal eng
lish I
phys
ics
chem
istry
should influence the classes you take in high school;
biolo
gy
u.s.
Histo
ry
gove
rnme
nt/ec
onom
ics
for example, you will need certain course credits to
worl
d His
tory
worl
d ge
ogra
phy
qualify for admission to a college.
lang
uage
s oth
er Th
an en
glish
I
lang
uage
s oth
er Th
an en
glish
II
com
mun
icatio
n ap
plica
tions
fine
arts
Hosp
itality
serv
ices
II
Heal
th/pe
or e
quiva
lent
Tech
nolog
y app
licati
ons
pe or
equi
valen
t
or b
usine
ss
Hosp
itality
serv
ices
I
com
mun
icatio
ns o
r fam
ily
Indiv
idual
and
fami
ly lif
e
or
and c
areer
man
agem
ent
lang
uage
s oth
er Th
an en
glish
III
or In
depe
nden
t stu
dy o
r
skeTCH
pers
onal
and f
amily
deve
lopm
ent or mana
geme
nt or

or
out your schedule of classes for your
or
Intro
ducti
on to
Hos
pitali
ty an
d
lang
uage
s oth
er Th
an
Trav
el an
d Tou
rism
Inter
natio
nal b
usine
ss
engli
sh Iv
high school years. Most of your time will be
Intro
ducti
on to
busi
ness

Touri
sm o
r
mark
eting
spent taking your core academic courses. By
carefully selecting your electives, you can get

, stu
dent
gove
rnme
nt
the education and experience you need to start
Curr
icula
r Exp
erien
ces:
busi
ness
prof
essio
nals
of am
erica
(bpa
); de
ca; f
amily
, car
eer a
nd
co
mmu
nity l
eade
rs of
ame
rica (
fccl
a); f
uture
busi
ness
lead
ers o
f am
erica
(fbl
a)
toward the profession of your choice.
Extr
acur
ricu
lar E
xper
ienc
es: l
angu
age I
mme
rsion
prog
rams
, sch
ool n
ewsp
aper,
spe
ech a
nd d
ebate
Team
, pee
r Tut
oring
/pee
r me
ntori
ng
Caree
r Lea
rnin
g Ex
peri
ence
s: ca
reer
prep
arati
on—
paid
and u
npaid
, Inte
rnsh
ips, j
ob sh
adow
ing
ienc
es: c
ampu
s ser
vice
orga
nizat
ions,
com
mun
ity se
rvice
volu
nteer
Serv
ice L
earn
ing E
xper
PiCk extended learning activities that complement
your classes (see page 14). Work on community
A Career Portfolio (see page 15) is a
good way to organize information about your
service projects. Plan for paid and unpaid career
educational experiences, record results of
learning experiences, such as job shadowing and
career interest and abilities assessments,
internships. All these extracurricular activities
and hold examples of your best work.
can give you experience that will help you get into include a TAP in your portfolio.
college or land a job.
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