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Developing Intrapreneurial Employees & Entrepreneurs Across Business Education Courses (VBEA Conference)

Teachers will understand/review that the Innovation and Gig Economy requires students to graduate with an entrepreneurial mindset (opportunity recognition, critical thinking, problem-solving, creativity, innovation, initiative, collaboration, etc.) even if they do not start their own business.  Entrepreneurial skills are an increasingly essential part of workforce development and overlap with the workplace readiness skills employers say they want in new hires in a rapidly changing, innovation-based workplace. Additionally, teachers will brainstorm opportunities to integrate entrepreneurship content as a real-world instructional context in existing business education courses in a way that optimizes student engagement and motivation by unleashing students’ potential to pursue their own unique interests, hobbies, and passions in the classroom. Free, field-tested curriculum and classroom-ready resources will be shared that are highly adaptable across grades, core academic subjects, and CTE courses, including in business education, so students have the option to own their own business in any career field. The curriculum and resources are also aligned with the U.S. Entrepreneurship Certification Examination approved by the Virginia Board of Education.  The Exam Resources Package will also be shared at no cost.

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Mini-Economy Institute

The Mini-Economy is an experienced-based program used to teach entrepreneurship, economics and government. Students immerse themselves in a classroom economy: applying for jobs, running businesses, paying taxes, making investments. Your students will master essential economics principles while getting cross-curricular exposure to math, reading and writing.  On top of invaluable teamwork and negotiation skills, students learn their role in the world marketplace.

Participants will receive a number of engaging, classroom-ready lessons and activities for 3rd grade through middle school.  The institute also includes performance assessments for 3rd grade. All materials were created and tested by experienced mini-economy teachers.

Participants who attend the entire institute and successfully pass a test will be acknowledged as VCEE Certified Economic Educator: Mini-Economy.

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Silk Roads and Sunken Cities: Economics in World History Institute

Economics has moved world history in surprising ways: it has been central in the spread of culture, ideas, money, and even diseases. This institute will prepare teachers with fun and engaging inquiry-based lesson plans.

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Connecting the Dots: Economics, Virginia Standards, and Fostering Civil Discourse in Your Classroom

Join us for this immersive exploration of instructional strategies to build civil discourse centered on incorporating the economic standards taught in Virginia’s social studies classrooms.

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