Park Naturalist

School Psychologist

Teacher

Zoologist and Wildlife Biologist

Mental Health Counselor

Environmental Scientist and Specialist, Including Health

By Noah Salwen

ABOUT MELifestyle Choices :- Making a significant contribution to

the world- Work with people- Energy level: moderate

I want to…- Conduct research- Help/educate others - Work with the environment

Learning Style:

- Visual

About me

Work Values:- Achievement: I WANT TO BE ABLE TO USE MY BEST ABILITIES AND SEE THE

RESULTS OF MY EFFORTS.

- Relationships: I WANT CO-WORKERS THAT ARE FRIENDLY. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO BE OF SERVICE TO OTHERS.

- Support: WHEREVER I WORK, I WANT THE COMPANY TO STAND BEHIND ITS WORKERS AND I WANT TO BE COMFORTABLE WITH MANAGEMENT’S STYLE OF SUPERVISION.

Unique Qualities:- Social- Helpful

Park Naturalist • Holland Code: Social• Tasks: Educating visitors, and planning and developing programs to teach

visitors about the scientific features of natural areas.• Wage: $40,000 per year.• Education: Bachelor’s degree is forestry, environmental science, or wildlife

management.

MY REACTION: This job would require me to educate people about the environment. The fact that my surroundings wouldn’t be a classroom but rather a park or nature center attracts me to this particular career.

School Psychologist• Holland Code: Investigative• Work Values: good relationships with co-workers, achievement, and independence.• Tasks: counseling, conducting research to generate new knowledge, assessing the

needs of an individual student, and selecting, administering and scoring psychological tests.

• Required Knowledge: Therapy and counseling, English language, education and training, sociology and anthropology, and mathematics.

MY REACTION: This job would fulfill my work values, and my desire to help others. It would also satisfy my ongoing curiosity when it comes to psychology. Also, I could see myself being a school psychologist because I have both a very social and investigative personality.

Teacher

• A Day In The Life: teaching a specific grade or a specific subject, creating lesson plans tailored to the overall ability of their students, grabbing the students’ attention and engaging them, advising some sort of extra-curricular activity.

• Major Employers: the Colorado Department of Education, the Louisiana Department of Education, and the Chicago Board of Education.

• Major Associations: the American Association of Colleges for teacher Education, the American Federation of Teacher, and the National Education Association.

• Related Majors: child care, art education, and sociology.

MY REACTION: Being a teacher would be something I’d be very good at because I am a naturally sociable person and I enjoy helping people. I feel that being a teacher would be a very rewarding job, especially teaching a subject I enjoy. However, I would also be interested in teaching young children as well.

Zoologist and Wildlife Biologist• Median Wages (2011): $27.60 hourly, $57,420 annual

• Top industries (2010): Government Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services• Tasks: Studying animals in their natural habitats, organizing and conducting

experimental studies with live animals in controlled or natural surroundings, preparing collections of preserved specimens or microscopic slides for species identification and

study of development or disease

MY REACTION: Working with animals is something I’m very interested in. I also like biology and science, therefore I don’t think I would be bored with the research I would have to conduct. Lastly, I am both an investigative person and a person who values achievement. I feel this job would satisfy both traits.

M e n t a l H e a l t h C o u n s e l o r

• Tasks: Counseling with emphasis on prevention, working with

individuals to promote optimum emotional and mental health• Average Wage: $45,000• Education: Most of these occupations require graduate

school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or

J.D. (law degree).

MY REACTION: I personally believe one’s mental health is one of the most important aspects to someone’ s life. If I can help maintain peoples’ mental health, that would be great. I thoroughly enjoy helping people and that is why this job is definitely something I could see myself doing.

E n v i r o n m e n t a l Scientist And Specialist, Including Health

Skills: Science, Speaking, Decision Making

Abilities: Written Comprehension, Inductive Reasoning, Problem Sensitivity

Knowledge: Mathematics, Biology, Law and Government

Median wages (2011): $30.25 hourly, $62,920 annual

Main Task: Collect, synthesize, analyze, manage, and report environmental data

MY REACTION: This career involves preventing peoples’ health problems, and working with the environment. I like this combination because I want to be able to help people and make a significant contribution to the world. In my eyes, maintaining to environment and keeping it safe for people is a pretty significant contribution. :

The Career That Most Appeals to Me is a…

Being a park naturalist allows for the perfect balance between working with the environment and educating people. If I don’t have to be in a classroom, then I won’t. Being a park naturalist, I’ll be able to walk around at my own pace and educate people on something I thoroughly enjoy learning about myself.

PARK NATURALIST