Vocabulary:
Career - A job or profession someone does for a long period in their life.
Salary - A set amount of money someone gets paid for getting the work done.
Monday: Money
- How does money work? Where does it come from? Money is a form of currency that is traded for a good or service. The trading of a good or service is what makes the paper or coin money valuable.
- If you make $20.00 an hour and work 40 hours per week, how much do you make every two weeks on your paycheck? You would make $1600 per paycheck and $3200 per month
- What if you made that $20 per hour because you didn't go to college, but made $40 per hour if you went to college?
- What if your rent is $1200 per month (utilities are included), your food is $300 per month, your phone bill is $50 per month, your car payment is $350 per month, your gas is $50 per month, your car insurance is $100 per month, your toiletries are $20 per month, and your pet's food is $50.00 per month? How much would you have left over from that $3200 to go to the Pokémon store? To buy a game from the Playstation Store?
- What if you want to go to a movie for $35? What if you want to go on a $2,000 vacation?
Tuesday: Budgets, Investments, Bills, and Taxes
- Finance Playlist
- Set a goal, set a budget, and set up a savings account
- You also have the option to invest your money: For every $1 you put into investments, I (the stock market) will give you $2 to borrow it, so at the end of the month, you will have $3 for every $1 you invested
- Bills are your food, electronics
- Taxes are for federal taxes, state taxes, Social Security, and Medicaid. For every $22 you make, I take $2 for taxes
- This week, you will make $22 per hour for class, $2 of that will automatically be taken for taxes, $5 will be taken away for every hour of electronics, $1 for every sugary drink, $1 for every snack, breakfast/lunch/dinner are free and water is free
- What are you saving for?
Wednesday: Finding A Job
- Jobs I Can Have When I Grow Up
- Complete the "Whey I Grow Up" handout
- Get more info on their desired career fields
- What is great about your chosen job environment? How does your career match your personal interests? How will it fulfill you?
- Do you need to go to college for your career? Will you make more money if you go to college? How do you go to college for free?
- What is your career plan? How do you get a job? How does school now help you then?
- How to become an Orca Trainer?
- How to become a Marine Mammal Trainer
- A day in the life of a Marine Mammal Trainer
- Some of the best things to do moving forward: practice swimming, join your school swim team, get large animal experience, complete the summer programs at Sea World, get scuba-certified, become a lifeguard, and work at Sea World over the summer when a teenager
- Need to go to college for an Animal Behavior major
- Dolphin Research Center's Training Program
- Unpaid internships
- Husbandry Assistant
- Sea World Swim Test: 10-min time limit, 5-min water tread, hands above water, 240ft freestyle (80secs), diving in or pushing off underwater hold breath for 80ft or longer, dive down 26ft, get 2 6lb weights where the weights broke the surface before you do, haul out to your feet from the water, script over a microphone
- How to become an Animal Rescuer?
- Animal Rescuer Careers
- What is the best way to become an Animal Rescue or Shelter Worker?
- Can definitely consider a bachelor's degree, especially to work with wildlife
- Need strong communication skills
