In Texas, high school planning is required to start before high school does. Every school district must make sure each student receives instruction in preparing for high school, college, and a career at least once in grade 7 or 8. That instruction must cover how to create a Personal Graduation Plan, the distinguished level of achievement, each endorsement, college readiness standards, and potential careers and the education they require.
One Tool. Used for Years, Not Just One Afternoon.
- Grade 6: Discover. Students explore interests and strengths and see careers they may never have heard of.
- Grade 7: Connect. Students link the careers they like to Texas's five endorsement areas: STEM, Business and Industry, Public Services, Arts and Humanities, and Multidisciplinary Studies.
- Grade 8: Plan. Students compare endorsements, learn what the distinguished level of achievement means for college admission, and arrive at ninth grade ready to build their Personal Graduation Plan.
- Grades 9 through 12: Act. Everything students explored carries into their PGP, ready to guide course choices, CTE programs of study, and life after graduation.
Why This Matters in Texas
- The endorsement choice comes early. Students must specify in writing the endorsement they intend to earn when they enter ninth grade. A student who has explored careers in middle school makes that choice with purpose.
- The distinguished level opens doors. It is the path to automatic admission under the top 10 percent rule, so families need to understand it before high school begins.
- Grade 7 and 8 instruction is required, but time is short. Level All gives schools a ready-made way to deliver it, with lessons and activities students actually use.
Built to Connect the Dots
Career exploration in Level All is not a one-time quiz. What a sixth grader discovers becomes the foundation of an eighth grader's endorsement choice and a ninth grader's signed PGP. Every step builds on the last.
