The PAVE program at Key West College focuses on performance and production-based education, using a hands-on laboratory setting for student learning. Students engage in various activities such as writing, creating, and presenting their projects, with a public performance serving as the final evaluation. The program emphasizes an enjoyable learning experience while requiring a structured grading system and necessary resources for effective teaching and presentations.

1. PAVE
The Department of Performing and Visual Arts Education
Key West College, 2008
Tom Shaker
Program Director
Overview Let’s do a show. My dad’s got a barn!
PAVE is a performance, presentation and production based
education module. A practical laboratory setting serves as the focal
“classroom”. Cyber curricula, distance learning and support by the
general public are key goals and objectives ingredients.
Students defend their work before a live and cyber audience
consisting of their peers, instructors and friends.
Edu-Tainment Students love to learn. They hate being taught.
If it isn’t fun, why do it?
PAVE approaches the teaching, training and counseling of candidates
from a professional production and arts perspective. In other words,
the student will work in an authentic “fishbowl”, writing, creating,
editing, rehearsing, staging, shooting, downloading and finally
presenting and defending the designated project.
Structure Go with what you know.
 Each course offered will mirror existing Florida State College
Catalog courses
 A public preformance/presentation will serve as the final grade
for each PAVE department course
 Grading formula is as follows:
o 50% final project
o 30% group production
o 20% classromm attendance and participation

2. Space Needs If you build it, they will come.
 30 foot square barrier free room to be converted into studio,
black box and distance learning lecture space
 Access to the Tenessee Williams Theatre for instruction,
rehearsal and performance
Staff
 Department Director
 Full-time department administrator
 Adjunct faculty as needed
Income Sources
 Tuition
 Audience ticket sales
 Program sponsorship
 Grants and Development