Casey Solana

Holland CodeInvestigative

-problem solving -investigate

-observe -analyze

-learn -evaluate

Realistic

-athletic -animals

-plants -outdoors

Social -people

-inform -help

-cure -train

I like to always know what is going on

with other people and I like to solve

problems and figure things out. I am

always wondering what happened in

an accident or when I see an

ambulance.

I love to be outdoors and being

active, and I love all types of animals,

and I have many pets like horses,

turtles, dogs, frogs, and chickens.

I like to help people who are

having a problem or don’t know

how to do something and I like

to inform them.

Environment

I would like to work along side with other people, and either inside or outside

would be good, but if I did work inside I would want to be doing different things

and maybe teaching or moving around and not always doing the same thing.

Holland Code Cont.

For investigative it

gave me veterinarian,

surgeon, and animal

scientist. Veterinarian

and animal scientist fit

me because I like to

work with animals and

like to figure things

out and find out what

is wrong. Surgeon

fits because you get

to figure out what is

wrong with a patient.

The jobs that the Holland Code gave me reflect me because they are what I am

interested in.

For realistic it gave me

lifeguards, ski patrol, and

other recreational protective

service workers, veterinary

assistants and laboratory

animal caretakers, and

radiologic technologists. The

protective service workers fit

me because I already ski

during the winter and I love it,

and I love being outside and

helping people. A veterinary

assistant and caretaker would

suit me well because I love

animals. Radiologic

technologist fits me because

it is working with people and

helping them.

For social it gave me

emergency medical

technicians and

paramedics, special

education teachers,

secondary school, and

biological science

teachers,

postsecondary.

Medical fits me

because it is working

with people and helping

them. The teachers

suits me because it

involves working with

students, helping them,

and teaching them new

things.

Hospital Administrator- Description

• 12 hour days

• Manage the hospital

• Oversee staff concerns-relations service-programs-facilities

• Meetings and presentations during the day

• Squeeze in lunch and breakfast at meetings

• Set policies

• Balance multimillion-dollar budgets

• Responsible to hospital boards

• Develop programs and communication plans

• Highly educated

• Aredynamic managers

Hospital Administrator- Skills &

Knowledge

• Masters degree in hospital administration

• Masters in business administration

• Aware of others’s reactions

• Managing one’s own time

• Reading comprehension

• Looking for ways to help people

• Giving full attention to what others are saying

• Asking questions

• Understanding new information for current and future problem solving/ decision making

Hospital Administrator- Outlook

& Salary

• $61,640 average annual earnings

• $29.63 average hourly earnings

• Good outlook, increasing

• 250,000 service managers in 2000 in

medical and health

• 32.3% growth rate between 2000 to

2010

Special Education Teacher-

Description• Work with children with a variety of disabilities

• Some work with students with severe cognitive, emotional, or physical disabilities

• Teach them life skills and basic literacy

• Most work with students with mild to moderate disabilities

• Modify the general education curriculum to meet students needs

• Use various techniques to promote learning

• Substantial amount of paperwork documenting each students progress and work

• Establish meaningful relationships with the students

• Most work 10 month school year

• Some offer year round education

• A few disabilities are autism, mental retardation, hearing impairments, visual impairment, and emotional disturbances

Special Education Teacher- Skills &

Knowledge• Must be licensed

• At least a bachelors degree

• Completion of an approved training program

• Some states require a masters degree

• Long periods of training

• Teaching others how to do something

• Selecting training methods and procedures for certain situtaions

• Reading comprehension

• Giving full attention to what others are saying

• Ask questions

• Talking to others

• Conveying informations well

• Assesing your performance

• Monitoring others

• Managing ones time

Special Education Teacher- Outlook &

Salary

• $51,340 is median annual wages

• $41,810- $65,680 was middle 50%

• $35,150 was lowest 10%

• $82,000 was highest 10%

• 473,000 jobs were held in 2008

Who Will Hire Me?

Hospital Administrator

1. St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center

2. North Shore LIJ Huntington Hospital

3. Mount Sinai Medical Center

Special Education Teacher

1. Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD

2. Edison Learning, York, PA

3. Lighthouse Academies, Inc., Indianapolis,

IN

Shadowing

• Mentor: Mrs. Como

• Great Hollow Middle School

• My shadowing experience was fun and I learned a lot. I learned that in college you go for your masters or bachelors, and do a lot of observing and student teaching. I learned what type of things special education teachers do during the day and throughout the year. They have to do a lot of paperwork, and keep records on all their students and keep the parents informed of how they are doing. They make up IEP reports and goals for the students. I learned you have to be whatever the student needs at that time, and most of the time you don’t get to do what you need to do, because the student needs something else. I learned that you can have your own class with only your kids, or you might just be in the class with a regular teacher and help your kids out, an inclusion class. There is sometimes stress, because you have to form into what the kid needs at that time. I learned that it can be exciting at times and eventful.