I made up this open house invitation for one of my school districts in Minnesota when they opened their PAES lab last fall, 2010. They invited parents, faculty, and even invited their local community newspaper to their open house. The newspaper sent a reporter, and their district was written up in their local newspaper touting their PAES program. The article also explained how PAES saved their school district money by offering this service in-house. Attached is the open house invitation, and the newspaper article.

One of my Minnesota teachers made this PAES Scheduling Helper, and also expanded the weekly planning form from the classroom manual to fit more students. The scheduling helper lists all PAES jobs at a glance and includes approximate minutes each job will take, as well as the prerequisites that are reccomended from the manuals (times are inflated slightly from the manual to allow for set up and clean up) . She really likes using these, so I thought I would post them here for others to use if they like.

MP1-3 Candleholder project. I found these great little glass candle holders that will fit the metal holder the students make in this project. I get them at Walmart and also pick up votive candles. When the student finishes the project, they get a glass holder and candle. This makes the candle holder a safe item for the student's use.

PA1-6 activities: The pipe assembly materials can be nicely organized by putting similar fittings into small cardboard boxes in the plastic storage tub. This makes it a little easier to find the different fittings and it emulates the manner in which a professional would organize fittings.

Time Cards: In the back of the work record crate, I keep calculators and several folders named "Time Card Helpers". Inside the folder is an example time card and a visual of a clock showing 1/4 hours and decimal equivalants. This helps the students maintain independence while learning how to keep and total their time sheets.

These are the checks I use for payroll. I print them on colored paper and sign each check.

I like to use a standard folder with 3-hole fasteners to hold the data collection sheets, the behavior points sheet and the adaptation sheets. This keeps data collection in one place. I put tabs on the separate work areas. I copy my version of the daily points record back-to-back and bind them into the data collection book and include a few sheets for adaptation notes. We then transfer the weekly total points into a summary spreadsheet for each student that can be printed out for IEP meetings.

Multiple labs: I run 3 labs/day. I have purchased colored folders with medical-style fasteners for the work records so each lab is a different color and easy to access out of the job crate. This simplifies planning because I'm not mixing up the different labs.

Considering using PAES with students that are Visually Impaired, Hard of Hearing or Deaf? Here is some information for you.

One of my PAES users organizes their student computer job disks in a folder for easy access.

Here is one of my PAES users tool wall. This keeps everything handy, and you always know if something is missing.

Here is the way one of my users keeps track of all of their PAES keys.

Here is an adaptation that one of my users made for job procedure checklist for non-readers. It is kept in the job folders so that it is only used for those who need it. A general adaptation note in kept in the students file.

One of my PAES labs made up this handy list of real world job correlations to PAES.

This is a bulletin board from one of my labs that runs multiple work shifts. It is a nice visual for the students, teachers and visitors.

Here are some adaptation descriptions for some of the PAES jobs.

One of my PAES labs made up this P.T.O. (paid time off) policy for his lab. It has helped his students take PAES serious as a workplace, and they have become more conscientious about their attendance in PAES since he introduced the policy.

Here is a new PAES student "Parent Welcome Letter" that one of my labs is using.

I need help. Can you tell me if there is a place that has all the forms and worksheets online for me to download?

We would like to put together a brochure of our PAES Lab for parents, special ed. directors, teachers, etc. Has anyone put one together that is specific to their PAES Lab?

Kenyonb, In response to your question about the forms and worksheets you should have a master CD on which all of the forms and worksheets are contained, if you do not have a master CD please contact us at info@talentassessment.com and we will be happy to get one to you. TAI

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