1. THE IMPORTANCE OF A CREATIVE BRAIN IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP & STEM Sandra Mittelsteadt And Karen Shores

2. THE IMPORTANCE OF STEM TO OUR ECONOMY http://www.ed.gov/stem

3. THE IMPORTANCE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP TO OUR ECONOMY http://www.bls.gov/bdm/entrepreneurship/ entrepreneurship.htm

4. SMALL BUSINESS BIRTHS/DEATHS & EMPLOYMENT

5. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SMALL BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

6. CURRENT INITIATIVES IN CALIFORNIA THAT SUPPORT ENTREPRENEURSHIP & STEM California Career Pathways Trust Grants California Career Technical Education Incentive Grants Carl D. Perkins Grants California Partnership Academies Specialized Secondary Programs California Mathematic and Science Partnership Grants Doing What Matters for Jobs and the Economy Regional Occupational Programs & Joint Powers Agreements ConnectEd and Linked Learning Pathways After School and Summer Programs District and School-based Career Pathways

7. WHAT IT THE MOST IMPORTANT SKILL FOR An Entrepreneur? A Research Scientist? A Construction Engineer? A Software Designer? A Forensic Mathematician? http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/5813-creativity-in- entrepreneurship.html

8. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU THOUGHT CREATIVELY, OR HAD A CREATIVE SOLUTION?

9. EVERYONE HAS THE GIFT OF THINKING IN A CREATIVE WAY As a child As an adult Mindsets Frozen Mindsets How can mindsets impede creative thinking? Role of “Point of View” or “Perspective”

10. FROZEN MINDSETS

11. POINT OF VIEW Structure Order Relationship Level

12. POINT OF VIEW

13. THE PROCESS OF CREATIVE THINKING Point of view (structure, order, relationship, level) Logical process Risk Taking Flexibility Perseverance Adaptable leadership

14. ENCOURAGING CREATIVE THINKING http://glencoe.com/sec/busadmin/entre/teacher/creative/index.htm

15. BREAKING OUT

16. WHAT IF?

17. GO FOR IT! BUST UP THOSE MINDSETS AND LET YOUR CREATIVE SELF LOOSE! Thank you. Sandy Mittelsteadt: smittelsteadt@gmail.comsmittelsteadt@gmail.com and Karen Shores: kshores@cde.ca.govkshores@cde.ca.gov