CEW Governor’s Institute 2009 Project Overview Sue Fox

Academic Standards For Career Education and Work Pennsylvania Department of Education

THE ACADEMIC STANDARDS 1. Career Awareness and Preparation 2. Career Acquisition (getting a job) 3. Career Retention and Advancement 4. Entrepreneurship

Thinking Like an Entrepreneur Entrepreneurship is a process through which people pursue opportunity, use resources, and initiate change to create value.

Compare 21 st Century Skills Personal Traits of an Entrepreneur PA CEW Standards

our challenge…

BUILDING THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS HHHS Adventure Club--Alaska

Entrepreneurs are NOT Sasha Van Steenburgh

they become

If you ask a group of executives

talented competitive skilled creative innovative and entrepreneurial

we need innovators who combine skill with an ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDSET

Entrepreneurial Mindset? Problem Solvers: –Can anticipate and troubleshoot problems –Looks at problems as opportunities Networks –Connects with others and builds strategic relationships. Market Awareness –Can scan the marketplace and assess potential needs and gaps.

Entrepreneurial Mindset? Low Support Needs –Provides for own needs with little support from others. Rational Decision Maker –Has a basis for making effective decisions. Good Judgment –Can pick the right people to help execute vision.

Our Project…

To develop a Business Plan for the implementation of the CEW Standards in your school district. Gaps Barriers Concept Opportunity Benefits Market Choosers Users Implementation

Why a Business Plan format? Forces us to put our ideas and plans in a format that is familiar to the “rest of the world”

Your school is your business

Why a Business Plan format? =

Integration of the CEW standards is the service you provide

Why a Business Plan format? CEW Standards + Career Development Interventions and Strategies = Services & Deliverables

How do we create a Business Plan? System: Climate Survey (Staff)

Career Education & Work BP What is the need/market (opportunity) for CEW standards in your school district? Parents Business Partnerships Post Secondary Students How do we create a Business Plan? System: Your Market and Partners

How do we create a Business Plan? StudentsStaff Post- Secondary Business & Community Partners Parents Concept & Plan

What is expected? Project Product

5 PowerPoint Slides The Project

Identify your school district Identify one stakeholder 1.Students 2.Staff 3.Parents 4.Business/Community Partners 5.Postsecondary Partners Each of the 5 will

For each stakeholder Identify 1 or 2 new interventions or strategies

For each stakeholder What you need to implement How you will communicate

Slide Format Download at governors-institute.php Notebook: Section 3

Additional Entrepreneurial Resources in your notebook A Business Plan Workbook The Importance of a Business Plan And The Essential Questions a Business Plan Addresses

Importance of a Business Plan 1.A business plan makes you think about all aspects of your CEW implementation process.

2. A business plan may help you secure funding for your ideas. Importance of a Business Plan

3. A business plan helps you communicate your ideas to others. “the great communicator” Importance of a Business Plan

4. A business plan can serve as a tool for managing your CEW program. Importance of a Business Plan

Essential Questions of the CEW BP What are your CEW standards gaps and what is your concept for CEW standards implementation?

Essential Questions of the CEW BP What is the need/market (opportunity) for CEW standards in your school district?

Essential Questions of the CEW BP What are the costs associated with your CEW implementation concept?

Essential Questions of the CEW BP How will this fit into your existing program?