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HPAC.6 Share: Scholars' Day and Your Next Steps
Posters, pitches, thanking partners, and applying for your CHW certificate at 18
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What you will learn
- Design a clear research poster about your HPAC project
- Deliver a 30 second elevator pitch with confidence
- Thank and report back to community partners
- Map your steps to the Ohio CHW certificate after graduation
Start here
You have 30 seconds in an elevator with the mayor. What would you say about your project?
Lesson
Many ways to share
Share with the people who helped and the people who can help next.
- Research poster: The main way teams show their work at Scholars' Day.
- Talk or pitch: A short spoken story of your project for judges and partners.
- Video or slides: A digital story your school and families can watch.
- Creative work: A song, poem, spoken word, mural or photo collage about your project.
Building a strong poster
- Title: Short and clear; say what you did and for whom.
- Need: Your topic, two or three facts, and the upstream cause.
- Assets and partners: Who helped and what they brought.
- What we did: Your project in a few bullets with a photo.
- Results: Outputs, outcomes and one quote, reported honestly.
- Next steps: What you would change and who should act next.
Your 30 second elevator pitch
- Who we are: Our names, our school, and HPAC.
- The need: One fact that shows why it matters.
- What we did: One sentence on the project and our partners.
- What changed: One honest result.
- The ask: What you want the listener to do next.
Sharing to move upstream
- What we see: A Hough team found many students miss school because of asthma flare-ups.
- Why it happens (upstream): Older housing with mold and pests, and traffic fumes near the school, keep triggering attacks.
- What we can build on (assets): Scholars' Day judges, the school board, city council members, a housing nonprofit, and the team's own data.
Situation: the partner thank-you
Situation: Scholars' Day is over. Kayla's team in Lorain won an award. A library, a church pantry and a yoga teacher helped them all year. The team wants to celebrate and move on.
What should the team do before moving on?
- Send each partner a personal thank-you note or email
- Share the results and a photo of the poster
- Ask partners what they learned and if they want to continue
- Copy the adult supervisor on every message
After graduation: your CHW certificate
When you turn 18 and have your diploma:
- Confirm you finished: Our program sends the Ohio Board of Nursing written notice that you completed.
- Apply to the Board: File your own application with the $35 fee.
- Do the BCI check: Request a criminal records check through the Ohio BCI.
- Finish within a year: Applications not completed within one year become void.
- Renew every two years: Take continuing education to keep your certificate active.
Two roads that can run together
Work as a CHW
- Apply for your certificate at 18
- Work at clinics, schools, churches and nonprofits
- Earn while you keep learning
- Grow into supervisor and specialty roles
Go to college
- Join our College Health Professions CHW pathway (Pathway E)
- Build a pre-health portfolio with real community hours
- Aim for nursing, medicine, public health or social work
- Use CHW work to pay for school
Talk it over
- What is the one thing you want people to remember about our project?
- Which partner made the biggest difference, and how will we thank them?
- Where do you see yourself two years after graduation?
Study sheet
The big idea: Sharing our work honors our partners, moves leaders to act, and launches each of us toward a health career.
Key points
- Teams share through posters, talks, videos and creative work at Scholars' Day and in the community.
- A strong poster follows IDEAS: the need, partners, what we did, honest results, and next steps.
- A 30 second pitch covers who, the need, what we did, what changed, and the ask.
- Thank every partner personally, share results, and ask if they want to continue.
- At 18 with a diploma, apply to the Ohio Board of Nursing with the $35 fee and a BCI check.
- You can work as a CHW and go to college at the same time.
Remember
- Pitch: who, need, what we did, what changed, the ask
- Certificate: age 18, diploma, program completion, $35 fee, BCI check
- Finish your application within one year or it becomes void
- Only use photos of people who gave written permission
Ask yourself
- What did I learn about myself as a leader this year?
- What is my next step toward a health career, and when will I take it?
Vocabulary
| Word | What it means |
|---|---|
| Scholars' Day | HPAC's spring event where teams present their projects to students, families and health professionals. |
| Research poster | A large visual display that shows a project's question, methods, results and next steps. |
| Elevator pitch | A short, clear talk about your work that lasts about 30 seconds. |
| The ask | The specific action you request from a listener at the end of a pitch. |
| Dissemination | Sharing results with the people who can use them. |
| Stakeholder | Anyone who cares about or is affected by a project, such as partners, families and leaders. |
| BCI | Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation, which runs criminal records checks for the CHW certificate. |
| Continuing education | Classes taken after certification to keep skills current and renew your certificate. |
| Pre-health portfolio | A collection of hours, reflections and letters that shows your readiness for health careers. |
| Refresher | A short review course to update your skills if time has passed since training. |
Real-life situations
Nerves before the pitch
Jayden, a junior at Tri-C High Tech Academy, freezes when practicing his pitch for Scholars' Day judges.
What to do
- Help him write the five parts on one index card
- Practice with one teammate, then the team, then a mixed group
- Remind him judges want to hear the story, not a perfect speech
- Let him start with the part he knows best
Why: Confidence grows with practice and support. The team presents together, so no one carries it alone.
The poster photo
Rosa's team in Clark-Fulton wants to put a photo of children at their health fair on the poster. They only have verbal okay from one parent.
What to do
- Check the program's photo consent rules with the supervisor
- Use the photo only if written permission is on file for every person shown
- Otherwise use a photo of the table, the team or a drawing
- Note the consent in the team's records
Why: Children's privacy is protected. Written consent keeps the program and families safe.
The graduate ready to apply
Terrell finished the HPAC CHW pathway, graduated from a Glenville high school, and just turned 18. He asks what to do now.
What to do
- Confirm the program sent the Board notice that he completed training
- Help him start his Ohio Board of Nursing application and the $35 fee
- Remind him to request his BCI records check
- Tell him to finish everything within one year
- Share job leads and the college pathway if he wants both
Why: Clear steps help graduates turn their training into a certificate and a job.
Activity: Poster draft and pitch practice
About 45 minutes.
- Sketch your poster on one sheet of paper using the six sections.
- Write your 30 second pitch on one index card using the five parts.
- Pitch to another team; they time you and give one glow and one grow.
- Write a thank-you note to one partner, and have your supervisor review it.
- Write your own next step after graduation and a date to take it.
Post-test
Ten questions. You need 75% to pass, with one retake. Your result is saved in this browser.