Why Entrepreneurship Education? This section provides you with a number of items to explain the need for entrepreneurship education in a variety of educational settings. Feel free to copy these articles for local use. They provide a number of viewpoints on the importance of this new area of education. They are suitable for reprinting in newsletters or for use as handouts at workshops or in classrooms. Please be sure to give credit to the author.
* WHAT IS A JOB? - Let's Discuss...WHAT ARE YOUR CHOICES? 2011
What percent of American businesses have NO EMPLOYEES? How does this compare with the number of Americans who are UNEMPLOYED? Share the ideas and information in this newsletter article (Entrepre-News and Views - Vol 18-1) with your colleagues Continue...
* ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN EVERY CLASSROOM - Introducing a New Look at National Content Standards - 2011
Now you can identify which of the 403 performance indicators fit best at each of the 5 stages of the CONSORTIUM'S LIFELONG LEARNING MODEl. Share the ideas and information in this newsletter article (Entrepre-News and Views - Vol 18-1) with your colleagues Continue...
* 2010 CHALLENGE TO EDUCATORS - Career Ready with Entrepreneurship ....a Key 21st Century Skill !
The Consortium's CALL TO ACTION for National Entrepreneurship Week 2010 challenges educators to include entrepreneurship literacy skills as an essential component of preparing "career-ready" students. We support the Partnership for 21st Century Skills and their message about entrepreneurship as essential to youth education. Share the ideas and information in this paper with your colleagues Continue...
* ENTREPRENEURIAL OCCUPATIONS IN EVERY CAREER CLUSTER
The Consortium developed this paper in response to the work we were asked to do for the US Department of Labor. It addresses the importance of entrepreneurship competencies in every industry. Please review this perspective on how entrepreneurship should be available in different ways in every Career Cluster and share with your colleagues. Continue...
* 2009 CHALLENGE TO EDUCATORS - Entrepreneurship Empowers Everyone!
The Consortium's proposal for National Entrepreneurship Week 2009 is designed to share with educators that have not recognized the power of entrepreneurship education to engage and motivate their students. Share the ideas and information in this paper with your colleagues Continue...* ENTREPRENEURSHIP EVERYWHERE: The Case for Entrepreneurship Education
The Consortium's White Paper is a call for spreading the word about the synergy created by support for entrepreneurship education. Help us really get "the conversation" going by sharing this White Paper with your networks Continue...* Entrepreneurship as Lifelong Learning
...An explanation of our lifelong learning model for entrepreneurship education. It doesn't just happen by taking one course. (Source: The Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education, Columbus, OH) Continue...* ENTREPRENEURSHIP EVERYWHERE - A Free Online Database
.. The Consortium is pleased to be able to provide access to programs, people, and ideas in this free online database....open to everyone as a contributor. Just send us your Profile. Continue...
* NATIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION CONTENT STANDARDS
. . . Click here to launch the Standards Toolkit containing the Standards and Performance Indicators as well as other resources to support teachers' use of the Standards.The Standards and performance indicators were developed based on focus groups with entrepreneurs across the US, asking what they do and what they need to know to do it. Standards are presented in three sections: ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS, READY SKILLS, AND BUSINESS FUNCTIONS. Contact Cathy Ashmore for additional information. Check out the Standards Toolkit link on this web site to obtain your copies of the entire National Standards List and the supporting Toolkit FREE.
* Criteria for Youth Entrepreneurship Education Programs - the NATIONAL STANDARDS of PRACTICE for ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION
Design your entrepreneurship education program with this criteria in mind. National leadership groups developed the Criteria and the accompanying brochure to help the field of entrepreneurship education grow successfully. The National Standards of Practice are intended to provide encouragement and ideas to facilitate entrepreneurship education with the structure to assure a consistent and high-quality result. The Standards are just like a "recipe book" for establishing effective entrepreneurial learning opportunities for students at all levels of the Lifelong Learning model! There is also an assessment rubric that allows program developers and deliverers to examine their status in relationship to the National Standards of Practice. Continue.* CREATIVE THINKING
It is not enough to enable students to learn about "what is". Edward deBono encourages us to think about "what can be" and to practice creative thinking processes. We do very little about "what can be" even though our future depends entirely on this aspect." Continue...* TWEENS - Research on Youth and Entrepreneurship
...A summary of two research projects conducted by the Kauffman Foundation to determine the outlook of youth about careers and entrepreneurship. (Source: The Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education, Columbus, Ohio). Continue...* Let's Ask WHY?
Hear what our winning teachers say about why entrepreneurship education is so important in their schools (Source: The Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education, Columbus, Ohio) Continue...* States Value Entrepreneurship Education
...A summary of a survey of state career technical education directors that shows growing support for entrepreneurship education, especially as part of the School-to-Work programs. (Source: The Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education, Columbus, Ohio). Continue...* Entrepreneurship Means Change
High school students come in all shapes, colors, and sizes. But, they often have one thing in common. They are motivated to prepare for their careers via a specialized route...career technical education and entrepreneurship. Continue...* Building An Entrepreneurial Culture
When we think about the challenges of downsizing big business, as well as major reductions in the size of government, the wise person asks where the jobs of the future are going to be. Continue...* Preparing for the New Century
This article addresses the needs for entrepreneurship as a basic skill in the American educational system. Even when there are no jobs available there is always "work to be done" and our youth need this entrepreneurial experience to teach them how to be effective in the workplace. > Continue...* Opportunity Versus Risk
Fear of Failure is a mentality that leads to loss of opportunity. For those advising youth about their futures it is essential that we see entrepreneurial thinking as an opportunity rather than a risk. Continue...* Entrepreneurship Vital to Rural America's Future
"Lifting Appalachia's capacity to grow its own businesses and to generate its own jobs will help the region control its own economic destiny," according to Jesse White, former Federal Co-Chairman of the Appalachian Regional Commission. Continue...