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LCHS Chapter 26
Child Development Chapter 26 word
Term | Definition |
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aptitudes | Natural talents. |
abilities | Skills a person has learned or developed. |
career burnout | State in which a person becomes emotionally tired of a career |
career cluster | Model of 16 broad groupings of occupational and career specialties. |
career plan | Detailed list of steps a person must complete in order to enter a chosen career path. |
consultants | Professionals who share their knowledge, such as knowledge about children, with other adults. |
cover letter | Correspondence sent with a résumé to introduce the accompanying material. |
direct intervention | Term used to describe a child-related career in which a person works in close contact with children. |
entrepreneur | Person who creates and owns a business. |
formal leadership | People chosen by others to lead a group, such as elected or appointed officials and managers in organized groups. |
goals | Things a person wants to achieve or obtain. |
informal leaders | People who lead or guide others even though they are not officially chosen to lead. |
Leaders | Person who influences or motivates the thoughts, feelings, or actions of others. |
licensing personnel | Professionals who check the quality of services provided for children, such as the quality of child care centers. |
lifestyle | Typical way of life for a person, group, or culture. |
networking | Term used for making professional contacts with family, friends, and other people for job information or referrals. |
personal plan of study | Plan that identifies the core courses and other learning experiences a person must complete to meet his or her educational and career goals. |
personal qualifications | All the traits a person has that cannot be learned in career training. |
protfolio | Organized collection of materials that supports a person’s job qualifications. |
professional qualifications | Organized collection of materials that supports a person’s job qualifications. |
references | People who know a person well enough to discuss his or her qualifications for a job. |
resources | Tools a person can use in achieving his or her goals. |
resume | Short, written history of a person’s education, work experience, and other qualifications for employment. |
self assessment | Step in career planning that involves a person identifying his or her interests, aptitudes, and abilities. |
Values | Ideas, beliefs, and objects that are important and meaningful to a person. |
work ethic | Term used to refer to a standard of conduct and values for job performance. |