Future Readiness

Resources/Links

• Family Future Readiness Resources
  • Online resources to help families help their children plan for a successful future.
• Career & Technology Education
• Dual Credit Advantage Program
• High School Course Guide
• Middle School Course Guide
• Future Planning Guide
• FISD Guidance Canvas Page
• Graduation Requirements

College and Career Readiness

Link for Counselors

The mission of LINK for Counselors is to provide information that keeps High School and Transfer Counselors informed. Everything we provide to you is free, at no-cost to you or your school.

Resources LINK for Counselors:

• A blog of content from our award winning magazine and other sources that we think might be of interest to you
• College Profiles from Colleges and Universities that want to reach your students
• College Night Handouts that you can download free to use in your resource center or to hand out at College Fairs
• Easy registration to sign up for the magazine or our bi-weekly e-newsletter
• Texas Universities offering Free Tuition Based on Family Income

ACT, PSAT, SAT, TSI test prep program

• Enrollment procedures for test prep program

College and Career Development

Self-Assessments

• Your Free Career Test (Comprehensive interest tests that are useful for adults and students. You will not be asked to register or share any personal information.)
• Career One Stop Interest Assessment
• Career One Stop Skills Matcher
• O-Net My Next Move Interest Profiler
• Virginia Education Wizard Career Interests & Work Values Assessment
• Truity Career Tests
• Cool Jobs for Kids

Videos

• Career One Stop Career Videos
• Kidspiration Cool Jobs Videos - Career Resources for Kids
• Dr Kit Career Videos
• Roadtrip Nation
• Technolochicas

Texts

• Newsela Library Text Sets: College
• Newsela Library Text Sets: Careers
• Careers with STEM

Virtual Tours

• YourVisit
• Campus Tours

Additional Resources

• Time Management: Steps to Personalize a Study Schedule: An online hands-on counseling activity developed with middle school students developed by Stanford OHS Middle School Counselor Patricia Freitas
• Online Middle School Counseling: Transition to High School Series: Based on an SEL Comprehensive approach and students’ needs, this PowerPoint describes how counselors can work across different units of the school to help students prepare for high school.
• ​Team Work: Middle School Counselor and Instructor Online Collaboration: This resource created by Patricia Freitas from middle school counseling and Rebecca Shields and Anthony Bennette from Stanford Online High School’s Writing and Resource center focus on working collaborating among faculty to strengthen student support and skills development