Career Planning

Counselor's Corner

High School Guidance and Counseling

Lorry Royal, Counselor

P.O. Box 128 Tom Bean, Texas 75489 Phone: 903-546-6319 ext. 226 Fax: 903-546-6319

What is AchieveTexas?

Welcome to AchieveTexas which is a new education initiative designed to prepare all students for a lifetime of success. It allows ALL students to achieve excellence by preparing them for secondary and postsecondary opportunities, career preparation and advancement, meaningful work, and active citizenship.

AchieveTexas is a system designed to help students (and their parents) make wise education choices. It is based on the belief that the curricula of the 21st century should combine rigorous academics with relevant career education. When schools integrate academic and technical education, students can see the “usefulness” of what they are learning. The system also facilitates a seamless transition from secondary to postsecondary opportunities.

This initiative uses the sixteen federally defined Career Clusters of the States’ Career Clusters initiative (www.careerclusters.org) as the foundation for restructuring how schools arrange their instructional programs. A Career Cluster is a grouping of occupations and broad industries based on commonalities. The sixteen Career Clusters provide an organizing tool for schools, small learning communities, academies, and magnet schools. Programs of Study (POS) have been developed for each of the Career Clusters. The POS represent a recommended sequence of coursework based on a student’s interest or career goal.

Tom Bean High School offers a variety of courses to meet the needs of all of our students. The courses that Tom Bean offers for each pathway are listed below. For additional information regarding a career pathway, please click on the pathway icon. Achieve Texas Website
	The production, processing, marketing, distribution, financing, and development of agricultural commodities and resources including food, fiber, wood products, natural resources, horticulture, and other plant and animal products/resources.	Ag 101/102, InAgMech/Home Maint., Ag Struct/Ag Metal Fab., Ag Power Tech/Ag Electronics, Inhort/Landscape, Per Skils Dev/Ag Communciations. AgBusi/Adv Ag Busi, Wildlife/Range Mgt., Animal Sci/Pant & Animal Prod., Nutrition/Food Science, upper level science courses
	Careers in designing, planning, managing, building and maintaining the built environment.	Housing/Interior Design, InAgMech/Home Maint., Bus Image, Multimedia, Digital Graphics, Accounting I, II, Computer Sci., Bus Ownership/Mgt, Intro Bus/Bus Law, BCIS I, II, any college prep electives, upper level math courses
	Designing, producing, exhibiting, performing, writing, and publishing multimedia content including visual and performing arts and design, journalism, and entertainment services.	Art I, Art II, Band, Theater Arts. Bus Image, Multimedia, Digital Graphics, BCIS I, II, Desktop Publishing, any college prep electives,
	Business Management and Administration careers encompass planning, organizing, directing and evaluating business functions essential to efficient and productive business operations. Business Management and Administration career opportunities are available in every sector of the economy.	Accounting I, II, Bus Ownership/Mgt, Intro Bus/Bus Law, BCIS I & II, Admin Procedures,Desktop Publishing, Computer Sci, Bus Image, any college prep courses, upper level math courses
	Planning, managing and providing education and training services, and related learning support services.	Prep for Parenting/Child Dev, Office Aide at Elem School, any college prep courses
	Planning, services for financial and investment planning, banking, insurance, and business financial management.	Accounting I, II, Bus Ownership/Mgt, Intro Bus/Bus Law, BCIS I & II, Admin Procedures, any college prep courses
	Executing governmental functions to include Governance; National Security; Foreign Service; Planning; Revenue and Taxation; Regulation; and Management and Administration at the local, state, and federal levels.	Accounting I, II, Bus Ownership/Mgt, Intro Bus/Bus Law, BCIS I & II, Admin Procedures, any college prep courses
	Planning, managing, and providing therapeutic services, diagnostic services, health informatics, support services, and biotechnology research and development.	Prep Parenting/Child Dev, Nutrition/Food Sci, BCIS I & II, Bus Image, Multimedia, Digital Graphics, upper level science and math courses, any college prep courses
	Hospitality & Tourism encompasses the management, marketing and operations of restaurants and other foodservices, lodging, attractions, recreation events and travel related services.	Accounting I, II, Bus Ownership/Mgt, Intro Bus/Bus Law, BCIS I & II, Admin Procedures, Bus Image, Multimedia, Digital Graphics, Per Family Dev, Prep Parenting/Child Dev., Nutrition/Food Sci., Housing/ Interior Design, Desktop Pub.
	Preparing individuals for employment in career pathways that relate to families and human needs.	Per Family Dev, Prep Parenting/Child Dev., Nutrition/Food Sci., Housing/ Interior Design, Accounting I, II, Bus Ownership/Mgt, Intro Bus/Bus Law, BCIS I & II, Admin Procedures, Bus Image, Multimedia, Digital Graphics, Desktop Pub.
	Building Linkages in IT Occupations Framework: For Entry Level, Technical, and Professional Careers Related to the Design, Development, Support and Management of Hardware, Software, Multimedia, and Systems Integration Services.	BCIS I, II, Bus Image, Multimedia, Digital Graphics, Desktop Pub., Computer Science, any college prep courses
	Planning, managing, and providing legal, public safety, protective services and homeland security, including professional and technical support services.	Accounting I, II, Bus Ownership/Mgt, Intro Bus/Bus Law, BCIS I & II, Admin Procedures, Bus Image, Multimedia, Digital Graphics, Per Family Dev, Prep Parenting/Child Dev., Nutrition/Food Sci., Housing/ Interior Design,
	Planning, managing and performing the processing of materials into intermediate or final products and related professional and technical support activities such as production planning and control, maintenance and manufacturing/process engineering.	Ag 101/102, InAgMech/Home Maint., Ag Struct/Ag Metal Fab., Ag Power Tech/Ag Electronics, Inhort/Landscape, Per Skils Dev/Ag Communciations. AgBusi/Adv Ag Busi, Accounting I, II, Bus Ownership/Mgt, Intro Bus/Bus Law, BCIS I & II, Admin Procedures, Bus Image, Multimedia, Digital Graphics, any college prep electives, Desktop Publishing
	Planning, managing, and performing marketing activities to reach organizational objectives	.Accounting I, II, Bus Ownership/Mgt, Intro Bus/Bus Law, BCIS I & II, Admin Procedures, Bus Image, Multimedia, Digital Graphics, any college prep electives, Desktop Publishing
	Planning, managing, and providing scientific research and professional and technical services (e.g., physical science, social science, engineering) including laboratory and testing services, and research and development services.	Accounting I, II, Bus Ownership/Mgt, Intro Bus/Bus Law, BCIS I & II, Admin Procedures, Bus Image, Multimedia, Digital Graphics, any college prep electives, upper level science and math courses
	Planning, management, and movement of people, materials, and goods by road, pipeline, air, rail and water and related professional and technical support services such as transportation infrastructure planning and management, logistics services, mobile equipment and facility maintenance.	Accounting I, II, Bus Ownership/Mgt, Intro Bus/Bus Law, BCIS I & II, Admin Procedures, Bus Image, Multimedia, Digital Graphics, any college prep electives, Desktop Publishing
All courses taught at Tom Bean High School are taught based upon class size and availability of the instructor. Courses listed will provide a foundation and general information in choosing a career pathway. Job shadowing and research into the chosen career pathway will also provide more opportunities to explore the pathway that’s right for each individual student’s needs.