Only students from school districts and home schools with whom TSTC has an agreement are eligible to participate. Courses taken by high school students must be approved by the school district.

Students may need to meet placement test criteria in order to participate.

Grades will be recorded on a permanent transcript, which can affect future college/university admissions, scholarships and financial aid, just to name a few.

It is important for dual enrollment students to be committed to the program and course work they have chosen.

TSTC is excited to offer Performance-Based Education (PBE)! PBE is the name of TSTC’s course-based Competency-Based Education (CBE) initiative. This modality will help students to focus on mastery of specified industry skills or competencies. It is often self-directed and is either conducted fully online or in a blended learning environment that flips traditional lecture to online and places the emphasis on hands-on learning in a technical lab environment

To find out more about PBE and what that means for your DE students, please see the following resources:

The crosswalks listed here are designed to assist our partnering ISD’s identify high school course equivalency for each course completed in our dual enrollment pathways.

Texas State Technical College has designed their crosswalks to align with a specific Program of Study. It is ultimately the high school’s responsibility to determine that each college course meets the high school, private, charter or home school’s TEKS/learning outcomes and to determine if any additional outcomes need to be supplemented by the school/ district.

The suggested crosswalks are not mandated to be used as it is the school district’s responsibility/ authority to choose how to award high school credit in a dual enrollment program.

All active High School Partners must update the College with sufficient notification to review the College’s obligations and obtain necessary approvals for a proposed partnership for all grant applications.

A copy of the proposal and/or a detailed statement of work must be provided to TSTC a minimum of thirty (30) days before the grant application is due.

TSTC will provide a written response (approval or disapproval) within two weeks of receipt of the request and the appropriate documentation.

Additionally, an active MOU must be in place for the College to provide any grant support approval.

The TSTC PTECH Information Sheet can be viewed by clicking here.

Offsite credentialing is available for facility (ISD site) and faculty in certain TSTC Hybrid programs. You can find the instructions on how to begin the credentialing process here: TSTC Faculty and Facility Credentialing Process

TSTC Dual Enrollment pathways that are eligible for credentialing as well as the requirements for site and faculty can be found below.

Auto Collision
Automotive Technology
Building Construction Craftsman
Culinary Arts
Cybersecurity
Diesel Equipment Technology
Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Technology (HVAC)
Industrial Robotics and Controls Technology
Industrial Systems
Precision Machining Technology
Structural Welding Technology
Wind Energy Technology

Course Delivery

On a high school campus with college credentialed high school instructors.

Onsite at one of our 10 TSTC campuses.

Online through distance learning with TSTC.

Student Considerations