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California Standards Alignment
How the Boss Kid Build 8-Kit Series maps to California'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 California Department of Education (CDE) CTE programs.
California's CTE Model Curriculum Standards organize instruction into industry sectors and pathways. The Marketing, Sales & Service sector houses the Entrepreneurship/Self-Employment pathway, whose coded pathway standards (C1.0–C5.0) cover the entrepreneur's role, entrepreneurial traits, the aspects of small business, creative thinking, and management functions — all reinforced by California's 12 Standards for Career Ready Practice. This document maps each Boss Kid Build kit to those standards.
Where Entrepreneurship Lives in California
Marketing, Sales & Service Sector (MSS): The CTE industry sector housing the Entrepreneurship/Self-Employment, Marketing, and Professional Sales pathways.
Entrepreneurship/Self-Employment Pathway: Coded pathway standards C1.0–C5.0: the entrepreneur's role in free enterprise, entrepreneurial traits, aspects of small business, creative/innovative thinking, and management functions.
Foundation Standards & Career Ready Practice: Eleven foundation standards (academics, communications, career planning, technology, problem solving, leadership) and California's 12 Standards for Career Ready Practice, based on the CCTC.
Modernized Cluster & CTSOs: California is rolling out a modernized Management & Entrepreneurship cluster; FBLA and DECA are the aligned CTSOs.
Kit-by-Kit Alignment
Each kit maps to the California 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 California's approved courses.
| Boss Kid Build Kit |
California Pathway (MSS) |
Aligned Pathway-Standard Focus |
|
Kit 1 — Find Your Big Idea
Stage 1: Discover
|
Entrepreneurship/Self-Employment |
C1.0: the entrepreneur's role in free enterprise; C2.0: entrepreneurial traits (vision, risk-taking, perseverance) |
|
Kit 2 — Know Your Customer
Stage 1: Discover
|
Entrepreneurship/Self-Employment; Marketing |
C3.6: analyze a proposed business situation and its potential market; identify customers |
|
Kit 3 — Build Your Brand
Stage 2: Build
|
Marketing Pathway |
Branding, promotion, and product/service management (Marketing pathway standards) |
|
Kit 4 — Make Your Product or Service
Stage 2: Build
|
Entrepreneurship/Self-Employment |
C3.3: differentiation and creating a unique product/service; operations |
|
Kit 5 — Set Your Price
Stage 3: Launch
|
Entrepreneurship/Self-Employment |
C1.4: supply and demand, pricing, and production; economic measurements |
|
Kit 6 — Spread the Word
Stage 3: Launch
|
Marketing Pathway |
Promotion and marketing communications (Marketing pathway standards) |
|
Kit 7 — Make the Sale
Stage 4: Grow
|
Professional Sales Pathway |
B1.0: the role of selling; customer relations and persuasive presentation |
|
Kit 8 — Lead & Level Up
Stage 4: Grow
|
Entrepreneurship/Self-Employment |
C4.0: creative and innovative thinking; C5.0: management functions and leadership; business plan |
A Note on Alignment Level
Boss Kid Build introduces these standards at an age-appropriate, awareness-and-application level for ages 8–12. California's secondary pathway carries them to mastery. The alignment reflects prerequisite readiness — the concepts and habits that let students arrive in the CDE Entrepreneurship/Self-Employment pathway already fluent in the language of business.
References the CDE CTE Model Curriculum Standards, Marketing, Sales & Service sector (Entrepreneurship/Self-Employment pathway, C1.0–C5.0) and California's Standards for Career Ready Practice. Standards are subject to revision; verify current frameworks at cde.ca.gov.
