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Washington, DC Standards Alignment
How the Boss Kid Build 8-Kit Series maps to Washington, DC'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 through the District of Columbia Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) CTE programs.
Washington, DC organizes CTE around the 16 National Career Clusters — including Business Management & Administration and Marketing — and builds its Programs of Study on the Common Career Technical Core (CCTC) standards and Career-Ready Practices. Every DC CTE course includes a work-based learning opportunity. This document maps each Boss Kid Build kit to those standards.
Where Entrepreneurship Lives in Washington, DC
Business Management & Administration and Marketing: Two of the District's 16 National Career Clusters, covering business operations, entrepreneurship, and marketing.
Common Career Technical Core (CCTC): The national standards and Career-Ready Practices OSSE uses to build its Programs of Study, including a path of entrepreneurship.
Programs of Study: Course sequences that progress from broad career-cluster content to occupation-specific instruction.
Work-Based Learning & CTSOs: Every DC CTE course includes a work-based learning opportunity; DECA and FBLA are the aligned CTSOs.
Kit-by-Kit Alignment
Each kit maps to the Washington, DC 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 Washington, DC's approved courses.
| Boss Kid Build Kit |
DC Cluster |
Aligned CCTC Focus |
|
Kit 1 — Find Your Big Idea
Stage 1: Discover
|
Business Management & Administration |
CCTC: entrepreneurship and opportunity recognition; Career-Ready Practices |
|
Kit 2 — Know Your Customer
Stage 1: Discover
|
Marketing |
CCTC Marketing: customers and market research |
|
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; 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; 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. The District's secondary programs carry them to mastery. The alignment reflects prerequisite readiness — the concepts and habits that let students arrive in Washington, DC's business and marketing programs already fluent in the language of business.
References the OSSE Business Management & Administration and Marketing clusters and the Common Career Technical Core (CCTC) standards. Standards are subject to revision; verify current frameworks at osse.dc.gov.
