What Do You Want to Do When You Grow Up?
Designed By: Tonisha Carter
Catherine GattisJake Hill
Theresa Tigh
Introduction
This lesson was developed to support career exploration in middle school. The promotion of career exploration can aid students in selection of secondary elective courses as well as in preparation for postsecondary choices
Essential Question: How can exploring careers in middle school aid in making good postsecondary choices?
Task• Will be to
explore possible career options available
• Select a choice that might be a good match for you
Have You Considered Technology?
Did you know?
4 of the 10 high growth
occupations are in
technology
Computer Animator
What they do: manipulate graphics to create the illusion of movementEducation required: 2 year college+ Earnings: Average $35,000 to
$100,000/year
Dispatcher
What they do: send out help as part of an emergency response team
Education required: high school diploma with good computer and communication skills
Earnings: Average between $20,000 and $45,000 per year
To see if a technology career might be right for you, go to www.careercruising.comSign in with user name snellville, password cometsClick on the careers section on the tab at the top of the pageGo to search by career cluster and select careers in computers and telecom
Technology
What About Education?What do teachers do
everyday?
What is so important about being a teacher?
How much does a teacher get paid?
Do teachers really get the whole summer off?
Your first task for this part of the quest will be to answer these questions.
Go to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics website.
You will read the information available
on the teaching profession.
You will complete the answers to the questions presented
Teachers Make A Difference
Next you will visit Careers:Education and Training
You will read about the different types of teachers and watch
Videos about the profession.
After you complete this task, you will write a paragraph about
what teachers do and what your thoughts are on becoming a teacher.
Teachers Make A Difference
Have You Considered Health Careers?
Do something that matters. For yourself. For others!!
Healthcare CareersYou already know that nursing and other healthcare jobs are an important way for people to help other people. And you know that a career in healthcare gives you a promising future.
You also know that picking a career is serious business. But all work and no play is no fun at all!
To learn more click here: http://www.healthmanagementcareers.org/execs.cfm
EDUCATION
CAREER CHOICECAREER
CAREER
Certified Coding Associate or SpecialistEntry-level education into the career requires successful completion of Entry Level Competency Exam (CCA) or Advanced Level Competency Exam (CCS) which is knowledge based with requirement of high school diploma.
Approximate starting salary varies according to job selection (coder, supervisor, manager, director); total career salary ranges from $20,000-40,000, depending on experience, education and position.
DESCRIPTION
Coding personnel evaluate health care data to assign the appropriate medical codes necessary for reimbursement, research and data retrieval in a variety of health care setting.
Certified Home Health Aide
Starting salary: $9-$10/hr
A home health aide is an individual trained to provide assistance with bathing, eating and other activities of daily living in a patient's home.
Healthcare Careers
Certified Nursing Assistant
Starting salary: N/A
Certified nursing assistants provide hands-on patient care under the direction and supervision of a nurse. Because of their direct and frequent contact with patients and families, certified nursing assistants are often the first healthcare provider to notice early symptoms or changes in the patient's condition, making them valuable members of the healthcare team.
Diagnostic Medical Sonographer
Entry level for a sonographer is an Associate in Applied Science degree (AAS), which takes two years to complete, plus a 12-week clinical practicum.Starting salary: $15-$17/hr.
Sonographers are experts in the use of ultrasound--high-frequency sound waves--to detect diseases and abnormalities of internal organs or to view a fetus in the mother's body
Healthcare Careers
CAREER
Dietetic Technician
Entry level for a dietetic technician is an Associate in Applied Science degree, which takes two years to complete.Starting salary: $13-$15/hr.
DESCRIPTION
Dietetic technicians work under the supervision of a registered dietician to assess, plan and implement food services
and nutrition care Plans
Legal Nurse Consultant
Entry level for a legal nurse consultant is a certificate as a legal nurse consultant, which takes ten months to complete and a minimum of two years nursing experience.rating salary: Consulting fee
Legal nurse consultants apply their nursing skills to medically related issues of the law.
Healthcare Careers
CAREERS
Nurse AnesthetistEntry level for a nurse anesthetist is a master's of science in nursing and a minimum of one year of acute care nursing.
Starting salary: $45/hr
DESCRIPTIONS
Nurse anesthetists administer anesthesia and manage the care of patients receiving anesthesia during selected surgical procedures
Nuclear Medicine TechnologistEntry level for a nuclear medicine technologist is either a diploma in nuclear medicine technology from a hospital-based program or an associate in science degree; either option takes approximately three years to complete.Starting salary: $17/hr.
Nuclear medicine uses small amounts of radioactive materials that are administered to the patient to evaluate the status of organs and tissues. Nuclear medicine technologists use specialized detectors and
computers to perform these tests.
Healthcare Careers
Take this simple quiz to find out. If you answer yes to even one of these questions, there is a job in healthcare to match your strengths, interests and professional goals…..
Are You Interested?
Do you enjoy health and science classes?
Do you like working with technology and equipment?
Do you like helping people?
Do you work well in stressful situations?
Do you speak and write well?
Do you like working with computers?
Do you take and follow directions well?
Do you like to learn about the human body and how it works?
Do you like being part of a team?
Do you take pride in doing a job well?
QUIZ
More Questions for YouAre you able to explain things easily to people?
Can you delegate responsibilities to others?
Do you consider yourself or would you like to be a leader?
Do you enjoy solving mysteries and puzzles?
Do you like doing something different every day?
Do you want a job that you can start immediately after high school?
Do you want a college education?
Do you want to work in an environment that supports professional growth and development?
Are you ready for a career change?
The Choice is YoursDo something that matters.
For yourself. For others.
Have You Considered Animal Care?
Veterinarian
Conservation Ranger
Animal Control Officer
VeterinarianProvide Animals with
Treatment and Diagnoses of Injuries and Diseases
Education – Undergraduate degree with a 3.5 GPA, Animal Related Experience, Graduate from Veterinary School
Pass National Board Examination
Salary - $77,500-$98,500 per year Click the Picture & Find 10 Facts
Conservation RangerAlso Known as Game
Warden Enforces Laws
Obtaining to Wildlife Management
Education – College Degree & Graduate from Officer Training School
Salary – $18,000 - $42,000 per year
Click the Picture & Find 10 Facts
Animal Control OfficerAids in Animal
Protection
Helps with Stray Animals and Investigates Animal Cruelty Cases
Education – On the Job Training and State Mandated Courses
Salary - $12.88 – $24.50 per hour
Click the Picture & Find 10 Facts
Process Rubric Circle Appropriate Number
Fair GoodVery Good
Excellent
Completed all work on time
1 2 3 4
Worked independently
1 2 3 4
Stayed on task
1 2 3 4
Used computer and books as resources
1 2 3 4
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Teacher. (n.d.). Retrieved September 8, 2007, from U.S. Department of Labor Web site: http://www.bls.gov/k12/help01.htm
Careers: Education and Training. (n.d.). Retrieved September 7, 2007, from http://http://www.iseek.org/sv/12000.jsp?code=05
Careers in Healthcare Management. (2005). Retrieved September 8, 2007, from http://http://www.healthmanagementcareers.org/execs.cfm
American Veterinary Medical Assoociation. (2007). Retrieved September 8, 2007, from http://http://www.avma.org/default.asp
Game Warden / Wildlife Officer. (n.d.). Retrieved September 9, 2007, from http://http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~envjobs/job18.html
National Animal Control Association. (2006). Retrieved September 9, 2007, from http://http://www.nacanet.org/