1. Career Research Project
Tameerah Wilson
September 24, 2015
4th Hour

2. 3 Jobs that Interest Me
Special Educational Teacher – one who specializes in working with children who needs special support in order to reach their full education potential.
Veterinarian Physician – a professional who practices veterinary medicine by treating disease, disorder, and injury in animals.
Social Worker - specialize in social care who work with people to support them through difficult times.

3. Special Educational Teacher
The typical work activities and responsibilities:
Prepare lessons and resources
Provide instructional support to the students
Instruct students in academic subjects using a variety of techniques
Enforce rules for behavior
Provide a safe environment & provide conductive learning for all students
Develop plans for effective communication skills
Values:
The students
A compassion for teaching
Working environment:
Public school, private school, charter school, childcare center

4. Working with data-people-things:
Work with students and tools to teach them. Teachers have to keep up with special records to keep track of the student's growth.
Working hours:
Typically 5 days out of the week, during school hours (7am-3pm)
Aptitudes and abilities:
Communication skills, courage, public speaking, leadership
Education and training:
It’s required to have at least a bachelor’s degree and a state issued license. A 2 week long program is mandatory where you learn about the different types of disabilities and how to present information where the children understand.
Salary and benefits:
The annual wage for special educational teachers is $55,060

5. Career outlook:
Employment has an growth of 10% in the past 5 years
International career outlook:
Low growth employment growth.
Lifestyle goal:
plan to live a more modest lifestyle. I want to have two cars of my choice, a beautiful home, and I want to travel the world.
Location:
Any school or child care center of my choice.
Job Cluster:
Education and training

6. I volunteered at a recreational center this past summer and was with the special education students majority of the time. Each and every child was unique in their own way and I enjoyed every second there. This is why I want to become a special educational teacher one day.

7. “Social Worker” Typical work activities & responsibilities:
Responsible for helping individuals, groups, and families with their problems.
Values:
Their patients!
Social Perceptiveness
Critical Thinking
Working Environment:
A location where the patients feel very, very comfortable, safe, and wanted (school, hospital, office, home)
Working with data-people-things:
Work with humans and help solve their problems.

8. Working hours:
Typically from 9AM – 5PM
Aptitude and Abilities
Active listening, speaking, decision making, and judgment, strong people skills, and time management
Education and training
A bachelors degree in the social work field is required, you can strive for a masters to be very advanced, then become liscensed.
Salary and Benefits
Social work is very respected, The annual salary for a social worker is $60, 479.
Career outlook:
This field is expected to grow 25% every year and almost every year it reaches that point

9. Location:
Anywhere that I would like. Preferably a hospital, school, or office of my own.
Job Cluster:
Human services
International Career outlook:
14% Career growth

10. Lifestyle Goal
When I become a social worker I want a realistic lifestyle. I want a beautiful home, that I’ll never want to leave and a beautiful truck of my choice. I want to be able to go out and get whatever I want, without having to worry about my bills.

11. “Vet” The typical work activities & responsibilities:
Clean animals teeth
Health Check Ups
Fixing bones of animals
Treating infections of animals
Perform needed surgeries on animals
Small and Large animal practices
Education and training:
A Baccalaureate in Veterinary medicine and also, a program of 8 months is required.
Career outlook:
Employment growth of 12% yearly
International Outlook:
Employment growth of at least 27% yearly

12. Working with people-thing-people:
Veterinarian work with small, large, animals. Vets have many different tools that they use to treat the animals like x-rays, brushes, braces, swings, etc.
Working environment:
Environments may vary. Some settings may be in a clinic, which may be comfortable but noisy due to different animals being in the same place while some may work on farms for the health of cows, horses, etc.
Working Hours:
Veterinarians work flexible hours or whenever theyre availobile. Typically a 9AM-5Pm.
Values:
Direct animal care
Caring
Well respected

13. Aptitude & abilities
Communication skills
Compassion
Customer service skills
Dedication
…..and most importantly, a passion for animals
Salary and Benefits
The key concept of being a vet is that they work directly with animals on a daily basis. The wages of “vet” is also a good benefit, the annual salary of a veterinarian is $90, 460.
Location:
Anywhere. Typically in a clinic or on a farm.
Job Cluster:
Agriculture and natural services