Career planning

By Timmy MasciaBy Timmy Mascia

Police Detective Police Detective

TasksTasks Witness in court.Witness in court. Obtain evidence from Obtain evidence from

suspects.suspects. Prepare and serve search Prepare and serve search

and arrest warrants.and arrest warrants. Note, mark, and photograph Note, mark, and photograph

location of objects found and location of objects found and you have to make you have to make measurements of the scene.measurements of the scene.

Police DetectivePolice Detective

Tools and technology- Tools and technology- Word processing software Word processing software

(Microsoft Word), Presentation (Microsoft Word), Presentation software (Microsoft Power point), software (Microsoft Power point), Spreadsheet software (Microsoft Spreadsheet software (Microsoft excel), and environment excel), and environment software (ABC Programming software (ABC Programming language).language).

Police DetectivePolice Detective

KnowledgeKnowledge Sociology- You need to know how to socialize with Sociology- You need to know how to socialize with

people.people. Public Safety- Be aware of your own actions and Public Safety- Be aware of your own actions and

what risks you will have to take in your life to what risks you will have to take in your life to investigate someone who potentially has a gun or investigate someone who potentially has a gun or a weapon.a weapon.

Education and training- You need to know how to Education and training- You need to know how to find people you are looking for.find people you are looking for.

Computers and Electronics- If you need to Computers and Electronics- If you need to investigate someone you need to look up the investigate someone you need to look up the person you are investigating. person you are investigating.

Police DetectivePolice Detective

SkillsSkills Critical thinking- You have to know what Critical thinking- You have to know what

you are doing before you are doing it.you are doing before you are doing it. Active Listening- You need to be paying Active Listening- You need to be paying

attention at all times because being a attention at all times because being a police detective is not the same job every police detective is not the same job every day. It varies on the number of day. It varies on the number of investigations.investigations.

Social Perceptiveness- Being aware of how Social Perceptiveness- Being aware of how others feel about the situation.others feel about the situation.

Negotiations- Bringing others together and Negotiations- Bringing others together and trying to talk out their differences.trying to talk out their differences.

School CounselorSchool Counselor

TasksTasks Counsel individuals to help Counsel individuals to help

them with problems that they them with problems that they can not cope with.can not cope with.

Help the kid out with individual Help the kid out with individual problems that occur in school.problems that occur in school.

Encourage the individual to do Encourage the individual to do more activities.more activities.

Identify cases such as family Identify cases such as family problems and try to encourage problems and try to encourage parents to seek from mental parents to seek from mental health professionals.health professionals.

School CounselorSchool Counselor

AbilitiesAbilities Speech Clarity- The ability to speak clearly so the Speech Clarity- The ability to speak clearly so the

people you are talking to can understand you. people you are talking to can understand you. Speech Recognition- The ability to understand Speech Recognition- The ability to understand

what others are saying to you when you are what others are saying to you when you are speaking to another person.speaking to another person.

Oral Comprehension- The ability to listen and Oral Comprehension- The ability to listen and understand information that others are saying to understand information that others are saying to you. you.

Deductive reasoning- The ability to make rules to Deductive reasoning- The ability to make rules to specific problems that make sense.specific problems that make sense.

School CounselorSchool Counselor

KnowledgeKnowledge Psychology- Knowledge of human Psychology- Knowledge of human

behavior and performance. behavior and performance. Therapy and Counseling- Knowledge Therapy and Counseling- Knowledge

of principles and methods to treat of principles and methods to treat physical and mental problems. physical and mental problems.

Education and Training- Knowledge Education and Training- Knowledge of principles and methods for the of principles and methods for the curriculum of solving problems. curriculum of solving problems.

Customer and Personal Service- Customer and Personal Service- Meeting the quality standards to Meeting the quality standards to benefit someone’s needs.benefit someone’s needs.

School CounselorSchool CounselorSkillsSkills Speaking- Talking to Speaking- Talking to

others to convey others to convey information in an information in an effective way. effective way.

Social Perceptiveness- Social Perceptiveness- Being aware of how Being aware of how others feel and why others feel and why they feel that way.they feel that way.

Critical Thinking- Using Critical Thinking- Using logic and reasoning to logic and reasoning to try and figure out try and figure out solutions to different solutions to different problems.problems.

Complex Problem Complex Problem Solving- Understanding Solving- Understanding complex problems and complex problems and trying to learn ways to trying to learn ways to figure out solutions. figure out solutions.

TeacherTeacher TasksTasks Enforce rules for Enforce rules for

behaviors and make behaviors and make policies for the students.policies for the students.

Teach socially Teach socially acceptable behavior, acceptable behavior, reinforce the rules reinforce the rules constantly. constantly.

Prepare materials and Prepare materials and classroom for class classroom for class activities. activities.

Establish clear Establish clear objectives for each objectives for each lesson, unit, or project.lesson, unit, or project.

TeacherTeacher SkillsSkills Instructing- Teaching others Instructing- Teaching others

how to do something.how to do something. Speaking- Talking to others Speaking- Talking to others

and explaining the and explaining the information effectively so information effectively so the students could learn it the students could learn it properly.properly.

Coordination- Adjust your Coordination- Adjust your action in relation to other action in relation to other student’s Time student’s Time Management- Managing of Management- Managing of your time and the your time and the managing of others time.managing of others time.

actions.actions.

TeacherTeacher

Abilities- Abilities- Speech Clarity- The ability to Speech Clarity- The ability to

speak clearly so the students speak clearly so the students you are teaching could you are teaching could understand you.understand you.

Problem Sensitivity- The Problem Sensitivity- The ability to tell when an answer ability to tell when an answer looks wrong.looks wrong.

Written Expression- The ability Written Expression- The ability to communicate ideas while to communicate ideas while writing to help students writing to help students understand.understand.

Oral Expression- The ability to Oral Expression- The ability to communicate information and communicate information and ideas to students so that they ideas to students so that they can understand.can understand.

TeacherTeacherRelated OccupationsRelated Occupations Health EducatorsHealth Educators Graduate Teaching Graduate Teaching

AssistantsAssistants Vocational Vocational

Education TeachersEducation Teachers Elementary School Elementary School

TeachersTeachers Teacher AssistantsTeacher Assistants

My Best CareerMy Best Career

The career I think is the best out of The career I think is the best out of the 3 would be a school counselor. I the 3 would be a school counselor. I think that this would be a good job think that this would be a good job for me because I am good at dealing for me because I am good at dealing with people and I am good at solving with people and I am good at solving peoples issues. peoples issues.