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Indiana Standards Alignment
How the Boss Kid Build 8-Kit Series maps to Indiana'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 Indiana's CTE programs (IDOE and the Commission for Higher Education).
Indiana teaches entrepreneurship within its Business, Marketing, Information Technology & Entrepreneurship (BMIT&E) program area, delivered through Next Level Programs of Study — four-course sequences (Principles, Concentrator A, Concentrator B, Capstone) built on Indiana Academic Standards and informed by the NBEA and MBA Research national standards. This document maps each Boss Kid Build kit to that structure.
Where Entrepreneurship Lives in Indiana
Business, Marketing, IT & Entrepreneurship (BMIT&E): Indiana's CTE program area housing business and entrepreneurship instruction.
Next Level Programs of Study (NLPS): Four-course sequences — Principles, Concentrator A, Concentrator B, and Capstone — with defined course standards and competencies.
Indiana Academic Standards: The state standards for BMIT&E courses, informed by NBEA and MBA Research national business standards.
CTSOs: DECA, FBLA, and BPA provide leadership and competitive-event experiences aligned to the standards.
Kit-by-Kit Alignment
Each kit maps to the Indiana 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 Indiana's approved courses.
| Boss Kid Build Kit |
Indiana Program Area (BMIT&E) |
Aligned Standards Focus |
|
Kit 1 — Find Your Big Idea
Stage 1: Discover
|
BMIT&E — Principles / Entrepreneurship |
Entrepreneurial opportunity and mindset; forms of business ownership |
|
Kit 2 — Know Your Customer
Stage 1: Discover
|
BMIT&E — Marketing |
Market research; identify customers |
|
Kit 3 — Build Your Brand
Stage 2: Build
|
BMIT&E — Marketing |
Branding and promotion |
|
Kit 4 — Make Your Product or Service
Stage 2: Build
|
BMIT&E — Management |
Product/service; operations |
|
Kit 5 — Set Your Price
Stage 3: Launch
|
BMIT&E — Finance |
Pricing; economics; money management |
|
Kit 6 — Spread the Word
Stage 3: Launch
|
BMIT&E — Marketing |
Promotion and marketing communications |
|
Kit 7 — Make the Sale
Stage 4: Grow
|
BMIT&E — Marketing |
Selling and customer relations |
|
Kit 8 — Lead & Level Up
Stage 4: Grow
|
BMIT&E — Capstone |
Business plan and management; 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. Indiana's secondary programs carry them to mastery. The alignment reflects prerequisite readiness — the concepts and habits that let students arrive in Indiana's BMIT&E programs already fluent in the language of business.
References Indiana's BMIT&E program area, Next Level Programs of Study, and Indiana Academic Standards. Standards are subject to revision; verify current frameworks at in.gov/doe and in.gov/che/cte.
