Presented by three students of Wild Rose High School UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN – MADISON CHILD DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH PRESENTATION

 How would you get students to utilize career clusters as a tool to focus their career path to specific job positions? PROJECT CRITICAL QUESTION

 How long have you been in this career?  Why did you go into your field of work?  Where did you go for your education?  Two – year degree? Four – year degree?  Why did you choose the degree that you did?  How did you get where you are today?  What are your advancement possibilities?  Do you wish you would have chosen a different career?  What is the most rewarding part and what’s more difficult?  Were there any unforeseen circumstances?  What do you see as a critical issue in this field? INTERVIEW QUESTIONS FOR PROFESSIONALS IN THE FIELD

 Julie Trombley: University Professor, High School Counselor  Marsha Larson: UW-Stevens Point Professor, FCS Middle/High School Teacher  Angela Julius: Pre-school Teacher, mother of two high school children PROFESSIONALS INTERVIEWED

 Career Cluster: Human Services  3 Focused Careers  Child Care Assistant  Nannies  Pre-school Teacher/ Early Childhood WHAT WAS BEING FOCUSED ON

 Defined as: helps low-income families pay for child care while working or attending school or training  Salary: $20,350  Education Needed: Associates in Early Childhood, Bachelor’s (preferred) CHILD CARE ASSISTANT

 Defined as: to care for a person’s child/children while the parents are away, although they may also do light housework.  Salary: $26,000 per year  Education Needed: Complete high school, 2 plus years experience with related courses in Early Childhood Development, Health and Safety, and CPR, and experience in day care or toddler pre-school programs NANNIES

 Defined as: teaching young students between ages 4 and 5.  Salary: $35,000 – $49,000  Education Needed: Associates Degree or higher with at least 5 years and significant experience working with children.  * Interesting Fact: 12 states do NOT support pre-K education. PRE-SCHOOL/EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHER

 All deal with children  All need patience  Similar high school/college courses needed  All do some sort of teaching/ educating students COMMONALITIES OF THE 3 OCCUPATIONS

 We learned more in depth details of the jobs.  Education and experience needed to pursue this profession.  Background experience is helpful  How to minimize your decision to just one career cluster  Through the experience of the people we interviewed, we realized the changes in this field/profession through the years and advancements that have been made. WHAT WE LEARNED THROUGH THE CAREER CLUSTER RESEARCH