LOOK iT uP
LOOk it uP! here are key words and phrases
used in this guide that you may not already know.
What
does
that mean?
Career guidance: structured Master’s degree: a degree awarded by
developmental experiences presented universities for study beyond a bachelor’s
systematically from kindergarten through degree.
12th grade that help students analyze and
evaluate abilities, skills, and interests. Postsecondary education:
education beyond high school. Middle
Career portfolio: a collection of student school and high school are referred to as
AchieveTexas: the name for Texas’s work indicating progress made in subjects, secondary education, so postsecondary means
college and career education initiative. activities, or programs. In career cluster after high school.
systems, portfolios are often used to assess
Articulation agreements: student performance in extended learning Program of study: a way of organizing
formal agreements between or among experiences. the curricula and educational activities
educational organizations (high schools, within a career cluster related to a student’s
community colleges, and universities) Doctoral degree: a degree awarded specific academic and career goal.
that align courses and majors in a way by universities for study beyond a master’s
that allows students to transition from degree. Also referred to as a Ph.D. or service learning: an extended learning
one institution to another without loss professional degree. experience in which students do volunteer
of course credit or time. work related to their career goals.
Dual credit: credit given in both high
Associate’s degree: a two-year school and college for college-level courses Targeted industry clusters:
degree awarded by a community or taken while in high school. six industry clusters that have been
technical college. identified by Texas as high-demand, high-
Extended learning experiences: growth sectors paying high wages. As they
bachelor’s degree: a four-year participation in career and technical student are developed by the State, these may be hot
degree awarded by a university. organizations, extracurricular activities, job areas in which to build a rewarding career.
shadowing, internships, or service learning.
Career and technical student
organizations (CTsOs): curricular financial aid: scholarships, grants, loans,
organizations for students that offer and work-study funds awarded to students
Texas Achievement Plan (TAP):
activities and competitions related to to pay for college expenses.
an education plan suggesting the high
particular careers.
school courses a student should take
internship: an extended learning
to prepare successfully for graduation
Career cluster: a way of organizing experience in which students work
and transition into postsecondary
curricula, instruction, and assessment temporarily at entry-level jobs in careers
education. The vision for AchieveTexas
around specific occupational groups (for that interest them.
is that eighth graders, in consultation
example, Information Technology or Health
with their parents/guardians,
Science) that offers students core academics, Job shadowing: an extended learning
counselors, and teachers, will select
coursework related to specific occupations, experience in which students observe
a program of study and create a TAP.
and extended learning experiences. professionals in particular careers as they go
TAPs are to be reviewed and revised at
through a day on the job.
least once each school year.
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