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Alaska Standards Alignment
How the Boss Kid Build 8-Kit Series maps to Alaska'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 entrepreneurship instruction delivered through the Alaska Department of Education & Early Development (DEED) CTE programs.
Alaska organizes CTE around the 16 national Career Clusters, with entrepreneurship instruction in the Business Management & Administration cluster. DEED uses the Common Career Technical Core (CCTC) standards and Career-Ready Practices, together with the Alaska Employability Standards, as the foundation for its DEED-approved Programs of Study. This document maps each Boss Kid Build kit to those standards.
Where Entrepreneurship Lives in Alaska
Business Management & Administration Cluster: One of the 16 national Career Clusters DEED uses; houses business and entrepreneurship instruction.
Common Career Technical Core (CCTC): The national standards set and Career-Ready Practices DEED uses as its curriculum development foundation.
Alaska Employability Standards: Alaska's cross-cutting employability skills, applied across CTE programs.
Programs of Study & CTSOs: DEED-approved Programs of Study aligned with industry standards; DECA, FBLA, and BPA are the aligned CTSOs.
Kit-by-Kit Alignment
Each kit maps to the Alaska 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 Alaska's approved courses.
| Boss Kid Build Kit |
Alaska Cluster (16 Career Clusters) |
Aligned CCTC & Career-Ready Practice Focus |
|
Kit 1 — Find Your Big Idea
Stage 1: Discover
|
Business Management & Administration |
CCTC: opportunity recognition and entrepreneurship; Career-Ready Practice: creativity and critical thinking |
|
Kit 2 — Know Your Customer
Stage 1: Discover
|
Marketing |
CCTC Marketing: customers and markets; Alaska Employability Standards (communication) |
|
Kit 3 — Build Your Brand
Stage 2: Build
|
Marketing |
CCTC Marketing: branding and promotion |
|
Kit 4 — Make Your Product or Service
Stage 2: Build
|
Business Management & Administration |
CCTC: develop and deliver a product/service; operations |
|
Kit 5 — Set Your Price
Stage 3: Launch
|
Business Management & Administration; Finance |
CCTC: pricing and financial literacy; economics |
|
Kit 6 — Spread the Word
Stage 3: Launch
|
Marketing |
CCTC Marketing: promotion and communications |
|
Kit 7 — Make the Sale
Stage 4: Grow
|
Marketing |
CCTC Marketing: selling and customer relationships |
|
Kit 8 — Lead & Level Up
Stage 4: Grow
|
Business Management & Administration |
CCTC: manage and grow a venture; business plan; Career-Ready Practice: ethical leadership (DECA/FBLA) |
A Note on Alignment Level
Boss Kid Build introduces these standards at an age-appropriate, awareness-and-application level for ages 8–12. Alaska's secondary programs carry them to mastery. The alignment reflects prerequisite readiness — the concepts and habits that let students arrive in Alaska's Business Management & Administration programs already fluent in the language of business.
References the DEED Business Management & Administration cluster, the Common Career Technical Core, and Alaska Employability Standards. Standards are subject to revision; verify current frameworks at education.alaska.gov/cte.
