AES LiteracyYouth ESB
Explore What You Can Become.
Business Skills, Career Exploration, and Confidence for Your Next Chapter.
You do not need to have a business or a perfect plan to start learning. Youth ESB introduces entrepreneurship and small business fundamentals through guided lessons, group discussion, and practical activities.
The ESB Readiness Lab helps young people connect ideas to real decisions while building communication, problem-solving, teamwork, and career awareness. Exam preparation and participation are supported when appropriate for the cohort and participant’s readiness.
Who This Pathway Is for
High School Learners
Young Adults
Schools and Youth-Serving Partners
How IT Works
Cohort Based Learning
Learn in a small group setting with structured instruction and guided support from experienced facilitators.
Hands-on Projects
Apply learning through real-world business activities that build practical and transferable skills and business knowledge.
Career Exploration
Explore entrepreneurship and career pathways while developing confidence in professional decision-making.
Prepare for the ESB Exam
Build readiness for an independent certification exam. Participants who pass earn the ESB credential; participation and learning remain meaningful outcomes.
Outcomes & Credential
- Foundational business and entrepreneurship knowledge
- Communication, teamwork, and problem-solving practice
- Career and postsecondary pathway exploration
- Supported exam readiness where appropriate
- Clear personal goals and next steps
Youth outcomes include participation, completion, confidence, career awareness, and business knowledge. AES also tracks exam participation and credentials earned where applicable. Completing the program does not automatically confer certification.
Program Delivery Options
Not Another Boring Program.
Explore how ideas become businesses, how businesses reach customers, and how money decisions shape what happens next. Practice with examples that make sense in real life and connect your learning to college, work, or entrepreneurship.
The cohort’s age eligibility, duration, weekly commitment, delivery format, and exam plan are confirmed before enrollment.
Structured lessons and facilitated activities help participants learn, practice, and revisit important concepts.
Use scenarios and projects to explore customers, pricing, communication, and business decisions.
AES works with interested partners to determine delivery, schedule, eligibility, support, and exam arrangements before a cohort opens.
Ready to Level Up?
Tell us you are interested. AES will share confirmed cohort information and the appropriate next step.
Questions?
Students, parents, educators, and youth-serving organizations can contact AES about the Youth ESB pathway and potential partner cohorts.