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Alabama Standards Alignment
How the Boss Kid Build 8-Kit Series maps to Alabama's CTE entrepreneurship standards.
Boss Kid Build is a pre-secondary, CTE-adjacent digital entrepreneurship curriculum for learners ages 8–12 (grades 3–6). It builds the vocabulary, mindsets, and habits students need to succeed in high school Career & Technical Education. Every kit develops competencies that align with the business instruction delivered under the Alabama State Department of Education's CTE programs.
Alabama's business and entrepreneurship instruction is governed by the 2021 Alabama Course of Study: Career and Technical Education, Business Management and Administration. Each course combines foundational standards (safety, employability, career exploration, digital literacy, and CTSO participation) with content standards grouped under topics. This document maps each Boss Kid Build kit to those course-of-study standards.
Where Entrepreneurship Lives in Alabama
Business Management & Administration Cluster: Houses Business Essentials and the Management concentration, where students learn to plan, launch, and run a business.
Foundational Standards: Required in every course: safety, employability skills, career exploration, digital literacy, and CTSO participation.
Content Standards (by Topic): Course-specific competencies grouped under topics — e.g., business structures, business plans, marketing, and management functions.
CTSOs: FBLA and DECA provide leadership and competitive-event experiences aligned to the standards.
Kit-by-Kit Alignment
Each kit maps to the Alabama course, cluster, or standard it most directly prepares students for. Boss Kid Build is pre-secondary and functions as a CTE on-ramp, not a replacement for Alabama's approved courses.
| Boss Kid Build Kit |
Alabama Course & Topic (BM&A) |
Aligned Content-Standard Focus |
|
Kit 1 — Find Your Big Idea Stage 1: Discover
|
Business Essentials — Business Concepts |
Generate a business idea; compare business structures; foundational employability standards |
|
Kit 2 — Know Your Customer Stage 1: Discover
|
Business Essentials — Marketing |
Market segments, target markets, and marketing strategies; customer focus |
|
Kit 3 — Build Your Brand Stage 2: Build
|
BM&A — Marketing |
Branding and marketing strategy; the relationship of marketing to business success |
|
Kit 4 — Make Your Product or Service Stage 2: Build
|
Business Essentials — Operations |
Develop a business plan for a proposed business; operations and organizational skills |
|
Kit 5 — Set Your Price Stage 3: Launch
|
BM&A — Finance |
Pricing, costs, and financial decision-making; credit and consumerism |
|
Kit 6 — Spread the Word Stage 3: Launch
|
BM&A — Marketing/Communication |
Promotion and communication; foundational digital literacy standards |
|
Kit 7 — Make the Sale Stage 4: Grow
|
BM&A — Marketing/Selling |
Retail vs. wholesale and the selling process; customer relations |
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Kit 8 — Lead & Level Up Stage 4: Grow
|
BM&A — Management |
Primary functions of management; effective decision-making; leadership and CTSO participation (FBLA/DECA) |
A Note on Alignment Level
Boss Kid Build introduces these standards at an age-appropriate, awareness-and-application level for ages 8–12. Alabama's secondary courses carry them to mastery. The alignment reflects prerequisite readiness — the concepts and habits that let students arrive in Alabama's Business Management and Administration courses already fluent in the language of business.
References the 2021 Alabama Course of Study: Career and Technical Education, Business Management and Administration. Standards are subject to revision; verify current frameworks at alabamaachieves.org.
