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Idaho Standards Alignment
How the Boss Kid Build 8-Kit Series maps to Idaho'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 Idaho Division of Career Technical Education (IDCTE).
Idaho teaches entrepreneurship within its Business & Marketing Education career area — through the Business Management & Administration and Marketing programs — where students explore leadership, entrepreneurship, and financial literacy. These programs are defined by numbered Idaho CTE Content Standards and Performance Standards. This document maps each Boss Kid Build kit to those standards.
Where Entrepreneurship Lives in Idaho
Business & Marketing Education (BME): Idaho's CTE career area covering the Business Management & Administration and Marketing programs.
Business Management & Administration: Focuses on planning, organizing, directing, and evaluating business functions — where entrepreneurship, leadership, and financial literacy are developed.
Content & Performance Standards: Program standards organized into numbered Content Standards and Performance Standards (e.g., Marketing Content Standard 3.0: economic systems, supply and demand, and price).
Workplace Readiness & CTSOs: Idaho's Workplace Readiness standards (creativity, initiative, and problem-solving); BPA, DECA, and FBLA are the aligned CTSOs.
Kit-by-Kit Alignment
Each kit maps to the Idaho 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 Idaho's approved courses.
| Boss Kid Build Kit |
Idaho BME Program Area |
Aligned Content-Standard Focus |
|
Kit 1 — Find Your Big Idea
Stage 1: Discover
|
Business Management & Administration |
Explore entrepreneurship and business functions; opportunity recognition; Workplace Readiness: creativity and problem-solving |
|
Kit 2 — Know Your Customer
Stage 1: Discover
|
Marketing |
Describe the marketing concept and its impact on the consumer; identify customers |
|
Kit 3 — Build Your Brand
Stage 2: Build
|
Marketing |
Marketing strategies for products, services, and ideas; branding and promotion |
|
Kit 4 — Make Your Product or Service
Stage 2: Build
|
Business Management & Administration |
Plan, organize, and direct business functions; product/service and operations |
|
Kit 5 — Set Your Price
Stage 3: Launch
|
Marketing — Content Standard 3.0 |
Economic systems: supply, demand, and equilibrium; scarcity and price; pricing |
|
Kit 6 — Spread the Word
Stage 3: Launch
|
Marketing |
Promotion and marketing communications; marketing activities |
|
Kit 7 — Make the Sale
Stage 4: Grow
|
Marketing |
Selling and customer service; the impact of marketing on the consumer |
|
Kit 8 — Lead & Level Up
Stage 4: Grow
|
Business Management & Administration |
Management functions; develop a business plan; leadership (BPA/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. Idaho's secondary programs carry them to mastery. The alignment reflects prerequisite readiness — the concepts and habits that let students arrive in Idaho's Business & Marketing Education programs already fluent in the language of business.
References the Idaho Division of Career Technical Education Business & Marketing Education Content and Performance Standards. Standards are subject to revision; verify current frameworks at cte.idaho.gov.
