Career Information

School to Life Program

Ms. Kathleen DeFreest coordinates the School to Life program. Ms. DeFreest sets ups Job Shadow Day, supervises students who are getting Work Experience credit, develops Transition Plans, and helps students create a personal career plan. She works closely with members of the English Department to administer career interest inventories to help students develop ideas about their futures. Click on the links for information about Careers, Career Inventories, and the Occupational Outlook Handbook. Click on the Department of Labor Website for information about working papers.

Web Resources

• Career Zone: career inventories and description of jobs
• Personality Test
• Dutchess BOCES Career & Technical Institute [CTI]
• The Career Key
• New York State Department of Labor [NYSDOL]: Working Papers
• Occupational Outlook Handbook

• Dutchess BOCES Visitation Slip