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

our challenge…

BUILDING THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS

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Entrepreneurs are

NOT

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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.

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 schoolis

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?

How do we create a Business Plan?

System: Your Market and Partners

How do we create a Business Plan?

Concept & Plan

What is expected?

5 PowerPoint

Slides

The Project

Identify your school districtIdentify one stakeholder

1. Students2. Staff3. Parents4. Business/Community Partners5. 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

www.pacareerstandards.com/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?