posterinstructions

**Creating Your Poster**

 * You may work together in small groups (no bigger than four) if you have the same career interests.**


 * __Heading__: Provide a title for your poster. It should be the general category/field you're interested in...like, "Education" "Criminal Justice" "Medicine" "Beauty and Cosmetology" "Childcare"**

__**Different Careers**__**: What are the different careers you can have in this field or category?**
 * Example: __Heading__: Criminal Justice.....__Careers__: lawyer, police officer, counselor, court enforcer, probation officer etc.**

__**Educational Requirements**__**: Make a list of requirements to enter into that career. Do you have to go to college? Do you need a graduate degree? What kind of degree or certification do you need to do this job? How many years of school or years of training do you need to do? What do you have to "major" in college to fulfill your requirements for this degree? What classes do you have to take?**


 * __It Helps to Be...__: What do you need to be good at or interested in to pursue this career? Example: __Career__: lawyer**
 * It helps to be....**
 * -interested in the law, psychology, criminal behavior**
 * -a good people-person: someone who gets along with others**
 * -s****omeone who wants to do good and help society**

__**On the Job**__**: What do you do as part of this job? Example:**
 * - read about a lot of court cases (this could be very boring)**
 * -learn the law (a lot of reading)**
 * interpret statistics (this requires Math skills!)**


 * In your presentations of your posters, you must share one fact or interesting thing you learned about this career.**


 * "The most interesting I learned about this career path is...."**
 * "Why I really want to be a ___________ is because__________"**
 * "I think I would really enjoy this job because__________"**
 * "The best part of being a ____________ is __________"**