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CURRICULUM OVERVIEW

Statistics show that the vast majority of students do not start a business immediately upon high school or college graduation, even if they experienced entrepreneurship curricula and extracurricular activities (Cleveland & Cleveland, 2006).

Knowing that lessons learned and practiced in entrepreneurship courses translate to more highly skilled, adaptable young employees, employers seek out students who possess an intrapreneurial mindset. Employees of the global economy, whether self-employed or who work for others, will increasingly need to demonstrate higher levels of interpersonal skills, leadership, and teamwork abilities (Afterschool Alert, 2007).

The ten to twelve-week course is designed lesson-by-lesson with objectives, lessons to be learned, the approach, Ice Breakers/Team Builders, activities that will engage participants in active learning and lesson reflections built into each topic.

The curriculum explores entrepreneurship characteristics, the student’s own interest, and appropriate social and business skills necessary for success in business and in Life.

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Module I Mission Statement (Brain Dump) Students will be introduced to the importance of creating a Mission Statement. This Mission Statement will become the “credo” that will define the Business and govern the decisions that the students will make as they develop and operate their business.

Module II Market Analysis 1 (Field Work S.W.O.T ) To expose and introduce students to other entrepreneurs thriving in their own neighborhood. Since students must believe that they can transcend their circumstances to have a future beyond the negative statistics that plague our communities, they will talk to and or shadow entrepreneurs, business owners and or leaders, who are able to be successful in businesses in spite of their own personal, socioeconomic and or educational barriers.

Module III Market Analysis 2 (Field Work) To assist students with developing a product line. We’ll gather critical information about the specific benefits of their product – from their customers' perspective.

Module IV Organization & Management To assist students with staffing employees for their Business. We will use one of this generation’s most recent staffing models called “Speed Interviewing”. It’s a perfect opportunity for students to experience a simulated method of interviewing that they very well might encounter one day.

Module V Funding Requests & Financial Projections Students will learn how to make projections for funding their ventures as well as to determine their Financial Projections for the business of their choosing (Final Phase in the Business Plan)