Leander ISD offers a one-of-a kind opportunity for 12th-grade students to “try-on” a career before graduating high school. The structured, work-based experience places students inside an industry to understand the day-to-day life in a career path in which they are interested before committing to pursuing that career in their post-secondary life. 

Career Opportunities on Location (COOL) Week is now in its 22nd year at LISD.   The key goal of COOL Week is for students to become aware of the aptitude, education and training required to be successful in their chosen profession. The program focuses on the application of skills such as teamwork, critical thinking, problem solving and communication.

Before students are placed in a work environment, they are trained in the steps of a hiring process by participating in job matching. Students submit an application, and campus transition coordinators conduct interviews and training sessions to find the best fit for each student.

Check out the gallery below to see some of our students out in our local communities this year. Thank you to our business partners for making this experience a reality for our students!

COOL Week 2018 Business Partners:

  • A+ Credit Union – Cedar Park Branch
  • ABA Connect – Cedar Park
  • Achieve Pediatric Therapy and Rehabilitation
  • Acxiom
  • Ascension Seton
  • Austin Cancer Center
  • Austin Community College – Marketing Dept.
  • Austin Film Festival
  • Austin Radiological Association, Wilson Parke
  • Austin Radiological Association, Cedar Park
  • Austin Radiological Association, Quarry Lake
  • Austin Scottish Rite Theater
  • Austin Shoulder Institute
  • Austin Spurs
  • Azul0x Visuals
  • Bagdad Head Start
  • Blue Genie Art Industries
  • Brazos Valley Equine Hospital – Salado
  • Brotzman Sports Medicine
  • Bullock Texas State History Museum
  • Burnet Vet Clinic
  • Buttercup Veterinary Hospital
  • Caliber Collision
  • Canine Rehabilitation and Conditioning Center
  • Canyon Vista Middle School – Choir
  • Capital Engineering
  • CBS & Telemundo Austin – News
  • CBS Austin – Sports – Bpb Ballou
  • Cedar Park Fire Department
  • Cedar Park Regional Medical Center
  • Cedar Park Vision Center
  • Celestino
  • Central Texas Pediatric Orthopedics
  • Champion Performance
  • Childrens Medical Center Plano
  • City of Cedar Park – Information Services
  • Cook Elementary School, Austin ISD
  • Corvalent
  • Covenant School of Nursing
  • CTA Group
  • Cude Engineers
  • Cypress Creek Pet Care
  • Dana Curr Photography
  • Dana Incorporated
  • Datum Engineers, Inc.
  • Davis Elementary School
  • Deer Park Middle School, Deaf education
  • Dell EMC
  • Dell Medical School
  • Dianna Schisser Photography
  • DoubleTree Hotel Austin
  • Dr. Matthew Romberg
  • Economic Opportunities Advancement Corporation
  • Edward Jones Investments – David Martin
  • Effective Sign Solutions
  • Emerald Veterinary Service
  • Emmis Austin Radio
  • Entercom Radio
  • Evolution Dance Center
  • Facebook
  • Fallbrook Technologies Inc.
  • Farm Credit Bank of Texas
  • Foundation Auto Repair
  • Four Paws @ Four Points Veterinary Hospital
  • Gabrielle’s Salon & Boutique
  • Gene Arant Team at Keller Williams Realty
  • General Electric Aviation
  • Gensler
  • Google
  • Grisham Middle School – Band
  • Hill Country News
  • HYFN
  • IBM
  • Independence Title
  • Inks Dam National Fish Hatchery
  • Integral Ad Science
  • INTERA Incorporated
  • Jackson & Carter
  • Jamba Juice, Corporate Offices
  • Jonestown Police Department
  • Judge Scott Field – Third Court of Appeals
  • Judge Tim Sulak – 353rd District Court, Travis County
  • Kestra Financial
  • KLRU – Austin City Limits
  • KVUE Television
  • Lago Vista Middle School
  • Lake Travis Animal Hospital
  • Lakeline Mall
  • Launch Wellness – Dr. Griesemer
  • Leander High School ICAP
  • Leander ISD – Finance
  • Leander ISD – Occupational Therapy
  • Leander Police Department
  • Leander Veterinary Clinic
  • Mason Elementary – LISD – Speech Pathology
  • Mighty Fine Burgers, Fries, and Shakes
  • mindWireless
  • Mobile Loaves & Fishes
  • Moody Gardens – Aquarium
  • Moody Gardens – Rainforest
  • Moody Theater, Austin City Limits
  • Mrudula Deshpande, M.D.
  • Murfreesboro Clinic
  • Northeast Allergy, Asthma, Pulmonary & Sleep Diagnostic Clinic
  • Northwest Diagnostic Family Practice
  • Northwest Surgery Center
  • Norwegian People’s Aid
  • Oceaneering Subsea Distribution Solutions
  • Oceaneering Space Systems
  • Office of State Representative Tony Dale
  • Ojeda Middle School, Del Valle ISD
  • Optimize Neurology, PLLC
  • OT Connection
  • Personiv
  • Pilots’ Choice
  • Realty Austin – Ciccarelli
  • RetailMeNot, Inc.
  • Reveal Dental
  • Rudd and Wisdom, Inc.
  • S. Tipton Studio
  • SAMDI Tech, Inc.
  • Samsung Austin Semiconductor
  • Seton Medical Center Williamson
  • Signature Eye Care
  • SparkCognition
  • Stantec
  • Technology Pointe, Inc.
  • Tecra Systems, Inc.
  • Tescom
  • Texan Surgery Center
  • Texas A&M Health Science School of Nursing
  • Texas Breast Specialists
  • Texas Electric Cooperatives, Inc. – Georgetown
  • Texas Electric Cooperatives, Inc., Magazine – Austin office
  • Texas Family Eyecare
  • Texas Film Commission, Office of the Governor
  • Texas Orthopedics Physical Therapy – Barton Creek
  • Texas Orthopedics Physical Therapy – Cedar Park
  • Texas Orthopedics Physical Therapy – Midtown
  • Texas Orthopedics Physical Therapy – Quarry Lake
  • Texas Orthopedics Physical Therapy – Round Rock
  • Texas Orthopedics Surgery Center
  • Texas Stars Hockey – Marketing
  • Texas State Aquarium
  • Texas State Senate
  • Texas State Strutters
  • The Dog Alliance
  • The Driskill
  • The Key2Free
  • Therapy Corps
  • Travis County Emergency Service District 1
  • University of Texas Press
  • US Cryotherapy
  • UT Butler School of Music
  • UT, Hildebrand Dept. of Petroleum & Geosystems Engineering
  • VCA Lakeline Animal Care
  • VCA Premier Animal Hospital
  • Vmware
  • Weill Cornell Medicine/New York Presbyterian Hospital
  • Weinman & Associates
  • Whitestone Physical Therapy – Cedar Park
  • Whitestone Physical Therapy – Leander
  • Williamson Co. Sheriff’s Office – Crime Scene Investigation Unit
  • Williamson County JP, Pct.2
  • Windstream
  • Wired Orthodontics