The Achieve Texas in Action Best Practices Guide has been released. (Click here to download –7 megabytes).
The guide collects some of the best of what Texas educators are doing to implement AchieveTexas, the state’s college and career initiative. This booklet is organized around the eight steps featured in the AchieveTexas Implementation Guide. Using a color-coded map, readers can find specific examples of Texas school districts that have implemented the eight steps.
The goal of the booklet is to provide educators and other AchieveTexas stakeholders around the state with step-specific, real-world examples of what their colleagues are doing to fulfill each step by featuring perspectives from students, counselors, and community partners.
The core of AchieveTexas is the 16 career clusters (see back cover) that are divided into 122 programs of study. The programs of study provide a model of the courses and extended learning opportunities that secondary students should experience in order to prepare for more education or employment in a specific career. This guide is designed to spread the word about what schools are doing in implementing AchieveTexas, so that these best practices can spread across the state.
Suzanne Haley, Health Science Technology Teacher at Vidor High School is featured on Page 38 of the manual. The article features the collaborative the Vidor High has with Oak Manor nursing home.
“The facility welcomes dozens of high school seniors throughout the school to assist in residents’ daily care. Such activities include everything from helping seniors get up and down out of chairs to assisting them when they brush their teeth. The program has been a part of the VHS Career and Technical Education (CTE) program for 16 years and was a natural fit for the school’s AchieveTexas initiative,” the article points out.
