Develop and implement a targeted Specialist Entrepreneurial Program (7 - 12), with a focus on our target areas of advanced food and agriculture, engineering, energy technologies and tourism.

Program Goals

Students gain critical skills for life and work in the future. Skills that will help them to not only get a job but also create the jobs.

Creating strong links and relationships with local Business and Industry. Including Food and Agriculture, Tourism, Manufacturing and Engineering.

Life skills including:

fearlessness
ambition
self motivation
problem solvers
communication skills
self-directed learning

Future work skills including:

finance literacy
digital literacy
design thinking
project management
financing, marketing
opportunity assessment
self-directed learning

Wide array of General Capabilities engaged with in all Year Levels

Encourage big dreams

Active citizenship within the school, the community and the world

Students will gain insight into Entreprise as well as Entrepreneurship in its various forms, including sociopreneur and intrapreneur.

YEAR 7

Intro to Entrepreneurial Learning

10 Week (1 Term) block, on choice subject line.

Content Development

Financial literacy introduction
Interpreting and evaluating information
Analysing differing perspectives using comprehension strategies
Planning, organising and prioritising tasks
What are entrepreneurial capabilities?
Become confident, resilient and capable

Process

By the end of the term students will have analysed examples of small business in local area, including what makes the business a success, what drives someone to start a business, what knowledge is helpful to start a business. Students will create a small business selling a class product within the school community.

Australian Curriculum Links Examples:

DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY: Investigate the ways in which products, services and environments evolve locally, regionally and globally and how competing factors including social, ethical and sustainability considerations are prioritised in the development of technologies and designed solutions for preferred futures
HASS (ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS): students explain the importance of short- and long-term planning to individual and business success and identify different strategies that may be used. They describe the characteristics of successful businesses and explain how entrepreneurial capabilities contribute to this success.

YEAR 8

What is Entrepreneurship?

10 Week (1 Term) block, on choice subject line.

Content Development

Design thinking
Use pair, group and class discussions as learning tools to explore ideas, test possibilities and compare solutions
Protoype process
Business planning basics
Recognise personal goals and achievements
Setting goals, working to deadlines
Prototyping processes and planning

Process

By end of term students will have developed and executed a small business plan as a sociopreneur venture for a preferred future. Investing their earnings in a microloan programme, eg kiva.

Australian Curriculum Links Examples:

DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY: students develop criteria for success, including sustainability considerations, and use these to judge the suitability of their ideas and designed solutions and processes.
HASS (ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS): students propose a range of alternative responses to an issue and evaluate the costs and benefits of each alternative
MATHEMATICS: solve problems involving profit and loss, with and without digital technologies

YEAR 9

I'm an Entrepreneur!

20 Week (1 semester) block, choice subject line, by application, students able to complete two semesters

Semester 1

Content Development

Business finance literacy
Business models
Digital skills awareness
Career awareness
Developing strength sets in entrepreneurial thinking
Lifelong/self directed learning
Peer and self assessment

Process

Students study business models and create a digital business model for a virtual business. Pitching this business to peers, using round table and self reflection to suggest improvement.

Semester 2

Content Development (including General Capabilities)

Career awareness
Identification of changes in work, work places and career opportunities
Planning, researching, rehearsing and delivering presentations, in multimodal forms of delivery
Communication and interpersonal skills
Job sharing, equity and collaboration
Concept development
Seed funding process
Contribute to civil society

Process

Students create a social venture/enterprise after identifying needs within the school community. Student business plan created including work roles and responsibilities.

Australian Curriculum Links Examples:

WORK STUDIES: students understand the importance and components of self-directed and lifelong learning.
DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY: develop, modify and communicate design ideas by applying design thinking, creativity, innovation and enterprise skills of increasing sophistication.

YEAR 10

Working together.

20 Week (1 semester) block, choice subject line, by application, student able to complete two semesters

Term 1

Content Development

Business planning including prototyping
Marketing a product
Compose spoken, written, visual and multimodal texts
Financial management
Resume/cover letter/job applications
Interview skills

Process

Mentor programme within local community business people in small group internship style programme. Students apply for internship and complete work experience. Reflecting on process, experiences and self-reflection on improvements.

Term 2

Content Development

Creating a pitch
Use language to interact with others
Combining visual and multimodal elements to present ideas and information, support opinions, engage and persuade audiences
HR skills
Leadership
Appreciate diverse perspectives
Building business relationships
Contribute to civil society

Process

Groups created to run small enterprise of choice. Roles and responsibilities allocated, pitch to shark tank style panel to secure seed funding, enterprise run activated, group and personal reflection upon completion.

Australian Curriculum Links Examples:

WORK STUDIES: students evaluate work-related communication tools and analyse the skills and capacities needed for 21st century workincluding appropriate communication skills, collaboration and teamwork.
HASS (ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS): developing texts for different audiences such as peers, businesses, the public, a business manager/entrepreneur, and for different purposes (for example, to persuade or inform)
DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY: Develop project plans using digital technologies to plan and manage projects individually and collaboratively taking into consideration time, cost, risk and production processes

STAGE 1

Business Innovation (10 or 20 credit subject)

Contexts

Start-up Business/Existing Business

Through the learning strands students demonstrate ability in

Business Skills

collaboration and communication in a variety of contexts
exploring problems/needs with critical and creative suggestions of possible solutions using the customer-focused approach
analysing business and financial information using assumption based learning tools to inform decision making
understanding and evaluating business models and their impact on communities
development of a business model based on suggested solutions to the problem/needs identified
utilisation of digital and emerging technology

Business Pitch

creation of a business pitch to be presented to prospective investors including a prototype of the solution to the problem/need
demonstrating communication skills in multimodal form to a panel with inclusion of plenary discussion and opportunity for feedback
evaluation of the success of business proposal in addressing customer needs utilising customer feedback

Integrated Learning: Entrepreneurism and Innovation (10 or 20 credit subject)

Focus

Students co-design a program with an entrepreneurial lens. It will have a real world situation, task or event or which has at it's centre the development of the capabilities.

Evidence of learning includes:

Practical Exploration

explore information, and develop knowledge,concepts and skills connected to entrepreneurial enterprises
demonstrate practical application of entrepreneurial knowledge, concepts and skills
collaborate on projects
communicate ideas and opinions

Connections

make connections between entrepreneurialism and the development of capabilities.
develop meaningful links and relationships with community and industry mentors.

Personal Venture

explore and develop an inquiry and/or practical based project with an entrepreneurial focal point.
present evidence of the development of the venture using multi-modal forms

STAGE 2

Business Innovation

Contexts

Designing Business/Sustaining Business/Transforming Business

Through the learning strands students demonstrate ability in

Business Skills

students find/anticipate and problems problems and needs that matter to customers
creation of viable solutions and strategies
opportunity for collaboration
business financial literacy demonstrated
design thinking; plan, prototype, refine, produce
develop understanding of personal and social impact of business
prototyping and testing product, utilising customer feedback for improvement
engagement with digital and emerging technologies

Business Model

business finance plan established
collaboration in planning business model
demonstrated decision making skills
understanding of the iterations of a business model
analysis of the effect of the digital age on business
self assessment and evaluation of business model, including effectiveness of project management and suggested strategies for improvement

Business Plan and Pitch

reflective measure of progress
clearly written goal and objectives
succinct identification of business, market, strategy and finances
pitch includes, values proposition, purpose and goals of business and future aspirations

Integrated Learning: Entrepreneurism and Innovation (20 credits/full year)

Focus:

Students choose a focus within an entrepreneurial context that interests them. They make links between their learning, their knowledge of themselves as learners and the development, extension and application of their capabilities.

Evidence of learning includes:

Practical Inquiry

demonstrate practical application and development of entrepreneurial knowledge, concepts and skills using industry and community links.
consider and analyse entrepreneurial concepts, ideas and skills from different perspectives
develop and use communication skills to pitch an entrepreneurial idea and seek seed funding using feedback from others to improve
evaluate learning and the development of identified capability/ies for preferred futures

Connections

develop capability/capabilities through entrepreneurial connections.
demonstrate and evaluate individual roles and responsibilities within a collaborative environment.

Personal Endeavour

explore an area of entrepeneurialism that is of personal interest.
explore and analyse relevant information, concepts, ideas and skills; and communicate ideas and opinions about them.
explore the link between a chosen capability and the area of entrepreneurial interest.

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