Prior to the event, teachers and guidance counselors discussed the nature of each participating business. Students then completed a registration form identifying those industry clusters they wished to visit on Career Day. They were prompted to choose industries based on their personal skills, abilities, and interest areas. Following the morning site visits, students met at SUNY Cobleskill to eat their bag lunch. A speaker from the New York State Department of Labor spoke with the students about job openings to end the afternoon.
Students work in teams to summarize visits and prepare a report and presentation for other students.
Name tags are provided to students which include the bus number they should board at the Vo-Tec Center. Chaperones are provided an attendance roster for their bus. Each district provided two buses to accommodate trips to the starting location, the Vo-Tec Center, and the industry sites. The activity itself was completed within one school day. District buses were used after the a.m. run and returned to the home school before dismissal.