The PAES Lab is a research-based, hands-on program that offers:
Career & life skills training
Performance based assessments
Career exploration
Work behavior development
Data Collection
Assessment & Training in:
Hard Skills
Soft Skills
Employment Skills
Life Skills
A simulated work environment:
Teacher becomes the supervisor
Student becomes the employee
Students complete work tasks in any of The Five Work Areas:
Business/Marketing
Computer Technology
Construction/Industrial
Consumer Services
Processing/Production
Students follow a specific PAES Procedure Checklist to complete these work tasks and rate their own interest in the work task every time a work task is completed.
Supervisor monitors the student completing the work task(s) and provide feedback and assistance when needed.
A Student Performance Summary is created from the assessment data collected from the student performance and their interest ratings.
The Five Work Areas of PAES have Real World Job Correlations.