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Arizona Standards Alignment
How the Boss Kid Build 8-Kit Series maps to Arizona'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 Arizona Department of Education (ADE) Career & Technical Education program.
Arizona offers a dedicated Entrepreneurship program (52.1800.50) within Business & Marketing Education, defined by numbered CTE Program Technical Standards (Standards 1.0–10.0) that are validated by the Arizona CTE Quality Commission and assessed by an end-of-program Technical Skills Assessment. Arizona also offers grades 6–8 Career Exploration (eCTE) that introduces students to these high school programs. This document maps each Boss Kid Build kit to those standards.
Where Entrepreneurship Lives in Arizona
Entrepreneurship Program (52.1800.50): The secondary CTE program in Business & Marketing Education, with numbered Technical Standards covering the role of entrepreneurship, economics, marketing, financial concepts, and business-decision tools.
CTE Program Technical Standards: Standards 1.0–10.0 — e.g., Standard 1.0 (evaluate the role of entrepreneurship in society), Standard 4.0 (foundational economics), Standard 9.0 (financial concepts in business decisions), Standard 10.0 (information systems and tools such as SWOT).
Grades 6–8 Career Exploration (eCTE): Arizona's middle-grades program that introduces high school CTE programs — the natural next step after a Boss Kid Build foundation.
Assessment & CTSOs: An end-of-program Technical Skills Assessment (TSA) validated by the AZ CTE Quality Commission; FBLA and DECA are the aligned CTSOs.
Kit-by-Kit Alignment
Each kit maps to the Arizona 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 Arizona's approved courses.
| Boss Kid Build Kit |
Arizona Program Area (52.1800.50) |
Aligned Technical Standards Focus |
|
Kit 1 — Find Your Big Idea
Stage 1: Discover
|
Entrepreneurship — Role & Opportunity |
Standard 1.0: evaluate the role of entrepreneurship in society; identify opportunities and generate ideas; entrepreneurial mindset |
|
Kit 2 — Know Your Customer
Stage 1: Discover
|
Entrepreneurship — Marketing & Customers |
Identify customers and markets; customer surveys and needs analysis (customer-focused standards) |
|
Kit 3 — Build Your Brand
Stage 2: Build
|
Entrepreneurship — Marketing/Brand |
Branding, promotion, and market positioning (marketing standards) |
|
Kit 4 — Make Your Product or Service
Stage 2: Build
|
Entrepreneurship — Operations |
Develop a product/service; operations and resource management |
|
Kit 5 — Set Your Price
Stage 3: Launch
|
Entrepreneurship — Economics & Finance |
Standard 4.0 (economics: scarcity, supply and demand) and Standard 9.0 (pricing, costs, and financial concepts) |
|
Kit 6 — Spread the Word
Stage 3: Launch
|
Entrepreneurship — Marketing & Technology |
Promotion and marketing communications; Standard 10.0 (technologies and tools for business decisions) |
|
Kit 7 — Make the Sale
Stage 4: Grow
|
Entrepreneurship — Selling & Metrics |
The selling process; customer relations; success metrics and KPIs (e.g., Net Promoter Score) |
|
Kit 8 — Lead & Level Up
Stage 4: Grow
|
Entrepreneurship — Management & Planning |
Standard 10.0 management tools (SWOT, long-range planning); business plan; leadership (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. Arizona's secondary program carries them to mastery and the end-of-program Technical Skills Assessment. The alignment reflects prerequisite readiness — the concepts and habits that let students arrive in the ADE Entrepreneurship program already fluent in the language of business.
References the ADE Entrepreneurship program (52.1800.50) CTE Program Technical Standards, validated by the Arizona CTE Quality Commission. Standards are subject to revision; verify current frameworks at azed.gov/cte.
