Drew Appleby--What Can You Do With a Psych Major? Updated Resource

Dr. Drew Appleby has done it again. He has created this amazing chart showing the careers one can obtain with various degrees. This link has the original poster to print.

The larger, multi-page document with multiple links per career is available at http://www.teachpsych.org/resources/Documents/otrp/resources/An%20Online%20Vocational-Exploration%20Resource%20for%20High%20School%20Psychology%20Students%20(Poster).pptx

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What kind of a job can you get with a Psychology degree?

Do you know any high school psychology students who plan on majoring in psychology in college? If so, they may have heard some version of this question: What kind of a job can you get with a psych degree?

This APA article analyzes the question carefully and thoroughly, in my opinion. I like the comparison of skills and learning outcomes, and the final section about the most common jobs and their potential connections to undergraduate psychology training is potentially useful. Thanks APA!

Lighting The Way For Workplace-Bound Psychology Baccalaureates

http://psychlearningcurve.org/lighting-the-way-for-workplace/

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Careers in Psychology: Another Resource

The good folks at Internet Scout Report from Wisconsin have provided us with another source for careers in psychology. Below their description and link. Take some time to explore the site as there are many excellent ideas, including kinds of psychology I had no idea existed. Fashion psychology anyone? The site even has a job search function.

Careers in Psychology provides numerous tools and resources for young minds interested in the various degree paths and career options in mental health and psychology. The site opens with a big question: "Where will a career in Psychology take you?" From there, informative articles attempt to provide an answer through discussions of popular psychology trends and pressing issues. Organizational sections (Careers, Degrees, Jobs, Psychologists, Counselors, Social Workers, Therapists) let readers research specific careers, degree programs, licensure information, and even internship opportunities. For instance, selecting the Psychologists tab produces a drop-down menu with a number of subcategories, such as Psychologist Licensure, which lists the requirements for getting licensed as a psychologist in each of the 50 states, including degree requirements, clinical requirements, and other details.

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Careers!

The fantastic Drew Appleby (psych professor emeritus from Indiana University, and friend to high school psych teachers everywhere) wrote this excellent article about his response to recent "shots" some politicians took at psychology as a major and career path.

"A Call to Arms or a Call to Action: Responding to Governor Rick Scott's Challenge to Psychology"

Besides being a well written and clever article (e.g. "the Sunshine State has launched its second gubernatorial torpedo at psychology in less than four months." - ha!) the article is a great example of a scholar reflecting on an "attack" in a thoughtful way, and turning the situation into a productive educational opportunity. That's what we want to model for students, right?

The article links to two other useful resources:

• "How to Maximize the Blessings and Minimize the Curses of Being a Psychology Major"
• "Psychology Careers by the Hundreds"

I think high school psych teachers could use these resources to turn what is usually a lecture/presentation about psychology careers into a participatory project: high school students could answer the question like "Is it a good idea to major in psychology in college if I want a job eventually?" using this and other research, and convince themselves of an answer instead of being told an answer by the text or a teacher.

(thanks Drew!)



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Careers in Psych--Updated for the Online World

Last week, I posted a "Careers in Psychology" document from Drew Appleby, a retired psychology professor.  Someone shared the post with him and he sent me some updated sources that are great for the internet. Simply amazing stuff.  Check out this list, it has 172 majors of interest to psychology majors.  Included are multiple links for each profession.

http://www.teachpsych.org/resources/Documents/otrp/resources/appleby11.pdf


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What Can You Do With a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology?

This is a scanned copy of a document I received many years ago from Dr. Drew Appleby who has taught at Marian College and Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis who compiled it.  I share this with my students who are interested in majoring in psychology.  It is actually a five page document available at this link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1wCp40SmVkIbXJBd3ZsdWtjd1E/view?usp=sharing

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How to Find a High School Psych Teaching Job

Before I was hired for my first job, I was really clueless about how to find a job teaching psychology.  For the younger folks, this was in the days before the internet and before online job application forms.  Everything was either done by hand or very carefully on my IBM Selectric typewriter (insert groans or knowing smiles here).  I made lots of phone calls (remember long distance in the time before cell phones?) and checked the classifieds.  In any case, things are much easier now. 

In California, there is one website that nearly every school district uses to advertise jobs. That site is: http://www.edjoin.org/. If there is a school job in the state, it will be there.
There is also a site for community college jobs. https://www.cccregistry.org/jobs/searchForm.aspx.  These are site for all teaching jobs, and you will have to narrow your search.
In California, one will be probably not be able to teach only psychology—we often have to add other social science classes to our schedules (I've also taught US Government, Sociology, and World Religions here). It has to do with graduation requirements and the culture in the past 20 years or so.  Also, many electives in Cali are being cut as a result of the budget issues at the state level.
Here is where we really need your expertise--especially for those of you not in California. Since this blog is about teaching high school psychology, I suspect most of us will be at the high school or community college level. I'm not aware of any centralized location to seek out psych teaching jobs at the high school level across the US.

I recall that making contacts at the AP reading was a great place to find out what was available.  I vaguely remember how counties in Illinois had listings for their areas.  I can thank the Psych-News listserv for finding out about my current job. 

What is out there now?  If your state has such a web site(s) or services, please add the information and any insights in the comments section.  Thanks in advance for your contributions.

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Careers in Psychology

In the Winter 2008 (Volume:12, Issue: 2) edition of "Eye on Psi-Chi", the quarterly newsletter of the National Honor Society in Psychology, Debra Park of West Deptford High School (NJ) and Amy Fineburg of Spain Park High School (AL) wrote an article, Teaching High School Psychology as a Career Pathway.

Debra and Amy provide excellent advise for anyone interested in pursuing a career teaching high school psychology. The full article can be found at http://www.psichi.org/pubs/articles/article_664.asp


For additional information on careers in psychology, please refer to the APA's booklet, Psychology: Careers for the Twenty-First Century. This web-based resource provides detailed information on a number of career options for someone majoring in psychology.

While written more to a college student, this is an ideal reference for any high school student interested in going into psychology.

The booklet can be found on the APA's website at http://www.apa.org/topics/psychologycareer.html

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