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CEW Governor’s Institute 2009 Project Overview Sue Fox
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
Sasha Van Steenburgh
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?
