1. CEW Governor’s Institute 2009 Project Overview Sue Fox

2. Academic Standards For Career Education and Work Pennsylvania Department of Education

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

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

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

6. our challenge…

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

8. Entrepreneurs are NOT Sasha Van Steenburgh

9. they become

10. If you ask a group of executives

11. talented competitive skilled creative innovative and entrepreneurial

12. we need innovators who combine skill with an ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDSET

13. 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.

14. 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.

15. Our Project…

16. 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

17. 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”

18. Your school is your business

19. Why a Business Plan format? =

20. Integration of the CEW standards is the service you provide

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

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

23. 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

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

25. What is expected? Project Product

26. 5 PowerPoint Slides The Project

27. 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

28. For each stakeholder Identify 1 or 2 new interventions or strategies

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

30. Slide Format Download at www.pacareerstandards.com/ governors-institute.php Notebook: Section 3

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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