36 weeks · 180 lessons
The CCE year
Follow the sequence by six-weeks chapter, or search for a career, skill, TEKS code, or instructional move.
Six Weeks 1
IT & Manufacturing
Week 0
1SW Wk0: CCE Routines and Career Self-Discovery
Students will establish one retrievable CCE notebook route, complete the required H&L self-discovery activities, use those results in the mapped My Career Journey Minor, and…Week 1Week 1: Built by Bots — Robotics & Manufacturing Careers
Students explore the Manufacturing career cluster through Hats & Ladders and the Find Your Future workbook, complete the required Xello What is CTE and Matchmaker tasks, solve…Week 2Week 2: Code Your Future — Programming Careers in IT
Students explore the Information Technology cluster through Hats & Ladders and the district-customized Find Your Future workbook, focus on Programming and Software Development,…Week 3Week 3: Computer Science & Networking Careers
Students continue exploring the IT cluster through the Find Your Future workbook, fixed career evidence, and optional Hats & Ladders exploration. They compare networking and…Week 4Week 4: Tech Support Careers and MakeCode
1st Six Weeks | Information Technology Cluster | 5 class periods (50 minutes each)Week 5Week 5: Cybersecurity, Favorite Clusters, and Capstone
1st Six Weeks | Information Technology Cluster | 5 class periods (50 minutes each)Six Weeks 2
Law, Public Service & Health Science
Week 1
Week 1: Order in the Court — Legal Careers
Students explore the Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security career cluster through the Find Your Future workbook and fixed career evidence, with Hats & Ladders available as…Week 2Week 2: First Responders — Evidence, Response, and Handoff
2nd Six Weeks | Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security | 5 class periods (50 minutes each)Week 3Week 3: Nursing Science - Routes, Simulation, and Handoff
Students compare preparation, responsibility, and pay across four nursing-related careers; build and test a micro:bit vital-signs simulator; and use fictional patient…Week 4Week 4: Dental Science and Health Data
2nd Six Weeks | Health Science | 5 class periods (50 minutes each)Week 5Week 5: Communication and Goal Setting
Students will practice conflict resolution, active listening, advocacy, and written communication, then show how one communication skill transfers between two careers. Students…Week 6Week 6: Science Meets Medicine
Students compare three biomedical careers using dated evidence, write a practice cover letter for a fictional lab job, design a medical nanobot in the workbook's…Six Weeks 3
Agriculture, Hospitality, Human Services & Business
Week 1
3SW Week 1: Veterinary Science
Students compare veterinary careers with dated evidence, apply observation and prioritization in a fictional triage simulation without diagnosing, complete the required Xello…Week 2Week 2: Plant Science and Agricultural Communication
Students investigate three ways people improve plant and food systems. They diagnose a fictional hydroponic problem in Grow System Rescue, respond to the fictional Sunny Fields…Week 3Week 3: Sustainable Engineering and Pest Patrol
Students connect current sustainable-engineering careers to water, energy, and agriculture problems. They read the three field reports in Find Your Future "Ag-Tech Pest Patrol"…Week 4Week 4: Culinary Arts and Hospitality
Students explore three hospitality careers, use the Find Your Future Culinary Twist, Motivation, Hotel Rescue, and Cater and Create activities, compare three careers with fixed…Week 5Week 5: Style, Service, and Cosmetology Careers
Students explore Human Services careers through the Find Your Future Cosmetology chapter, plan and build a safe special effects texture model, evaluate and revise the design,…Week 6Week 6: Build, Test, and Pitch a Business Idea
3rd Six Weeks | Business, Marketing, and Finance | 5 class periods (50 minutes each)Six Weeks 4
Career Planning, Transportation & Engineering
Week 1
Week 1: Build Your Mid-Year Career Blueprint
Students pause at mid-year to examine how their interests have changed, investigate the work behind one career, and identify an Irving ISD pathway that deserves a closer look.…Week 2Week 2: Mapping My Future - High School Course Planning
Students use current Texas and Irving ISD planning sources to build a counseling-ready four-year course-plan draft, compare AP and dual-credit options, investigate multiple…Week 3Week 3: Cleared for Takeoff - Aviation Routes and Airport Operations
Students use the Find Your Future Transportation Survey Project, a dated FAA/BLS aviation evidence guide, and a classroom airport-operations simulation to study aviation…Week 4Week 4: Drone Engineering: Design, Evidence, and Responsible Testing
4th Six Weeks | Engineering / Transportation | 5 class periods (50 min each)Week 5Week 5: Automotive Evidence and Training Routes
4th Six Weeks | Transportation, Distribution & Logistics | 5 class periods (50 minutes each)Week 6Week 6: Skills That Transfer: Evidence, Organizations, and Mid-Year Reflection
Students use a fictional truck scenario to practice analytical reasoning without pretending to diagnose or repair a real vehicle, compare transferable skills across six…Six Weeks 5
Architecture & Construction
Week 1
Week 1: Blueprint Builders — Architecture Careers
5th Six Weeks | Architecture & Construction | 5 class periods (50 minutes each)Week 2Week 2: Building Strong — Civil Engineering Evidence
5th Six Weeks | Engineering / Architecture & Construction | 5 class periods (50 minutes each)Week 3Week 3: Built to Last — Construction Evidence
Students compare construction careers and preparation routes, investigate the steps for a Registered Apprenticeship and a Dallas College construction program, classify…Week 4Week 4: Power, Water, and Heat: Skilled-Trades Evidence
5th Six Weeks | Architecture and Construction | 5 class periods (50 minutes each)Week 5Week 5: MoneySkills — Build a Budget That Explains Your Choices
5th Six Weeks | Cross-cluster financial planning | 5 class periods (50 minutes each)Week 6Week 6: Real Estate: Licensing, Variable Income, and Evidence
Students compare real-estate careers and their Texas regulatory boundaries, sequence the current TREC Sales Agent route, calculate a clearly fictional commission scenario, make…Six Weeks 6
Education, Arts, Business & Capstone
Week 1