The Entrepreneurial Imperative

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The Entrepreneurial Imperative

• Why your students need to learn about
  entrepreneurship more desperately than ever and
  how to incorporate entrepreneurship into your
  classroom
• (even if you dont teach business!)

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Why is entrepreneurship important?

• At a macro level, its important for the US
  economy
• Small businesses create 75 of all new jobs and
  all net new jobs
• Small businesses contribute more than 90 of the
  nations GDP
• Economic volatility makes jobs less permanent

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Why is entrepreneurship important?

• At the micro level its important for the
  community
• Nearly all businesses in the county are small
  businesses
• Yuma ranked in the top two places in the US to
  start a business according to Inc. Magazine
• Need to overcome skills deficit

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Entrepreneurship is important to our students and
schools

• We also know that more than 70 of American
  high-schoolers have interest in owning their own
  business.
• Students in entrepreneurship education programs
  show improved school performance and more
  ambitious goals for life after school.
• Studies from Philadelphias high school system
  show that at-risk students enrolled in
  entrepreneurship education have better
  attendance, have higher grades in math and
  English, and are more likely to graduate from
  school.

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Entrepreneurship education improves school
performance

• Encourages creative thinking and promotes a
  strong sense of self worth and accountability.
• The ability to recognize opportunities in ones
  life.
• The ability to pursue such opportunities by
  generating new ideas and marshaling needed
  resources.
• The ability to create and operate a new venture.
• The ability to think in a creative and critical
  manner.

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Entrepreneurship is important to local employers
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Entrepreneurship education

• Engages students
• Activity and product based
• Experiential
• Teaches students to think like owners rather than
  employees

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Free Resources

• All levels
• http//www.entre-ed.org/_teach/ideas.htm
• Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education
• The Kauffman Foundation
• Service Corps of Retired Executives
• Vanderbilt University
• Middle High School
• The Times 100
• Teacher Guide
• Skills USA
• Creativity tools
• DECA

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Paid Resources

• National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship