Annual report 2012 - Peab

Participation, security
and confidence at the
Peab School
With a wave of retirements on the horizon Peab felt the need to ensure access to future employees. This
factor, together with a deep concern for elementary students that do not have all the grades they need to
go forward, was the foundation of the Peab School, launched in 2006.
The Peab School offers the secondary school Construction and Civil Engineering program and is based
on a pedagogic where focus is just as much on students becoming secure, aware community members as
becoming skilled workers. The key to this is participation, security and confidence. Theory is mixed with
practice at Peab’s own worksites and around 70 percent of students who get their diploma have begun to
work at Peab.
The Peab School’s pedagogic methods are based on four cornerstones:
Actively working with everyday values – Ethics and values are cemented in a person’s teens. We
educate both community members and community builders and we take this responsibility seriously.
An education in reality – All possible professional know-how that can be taught at a workplace will
be taught there - in real life situations.
Comprehensive view and context – All the subjects are connected together and integrated into
projects.
The individual in focus – Goals and demands are the same for everybody but the way to reach and
meet them is different depending on circumstances. Everyone is challenged to achieve their full potential.
This innovative pedagogic has generated good results. The majority of students leave the school with a job
and a complete set of secondary school grades – even the students that came with almost nothing from
elementary school.
There are currently Peab schools in Ängelholm, Malmö, Gothenburg, Solna and Upplands-Väsby with some
450 students in total. All the schools are quality certified as a Trade Recommended School by BYN (the
Swedish Construction Industry Training Board) except for the new school in Gothenburg and an application
will be sent in soon for that school as well.
PEAB ANNUAL REPORT 2012
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ REPORT