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Maine Standards Alignment
How the Boss Kid Build 8-Kit Series maps to Maine'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 Maine Department of Education (Maine DOE) CTE programs.
Maine organizes CTE around the National Career Clusters Framework, and each program adopts national or state-level industry standards. For Business Studies — spanning Business Management & Administration, Finance, and Marketing — Maine references the National Business Education Association (NBEA) standards. This document maps each Boss Kid Build kit to those business areas.
Where Entrepreneurship Lives in Maine
Business Studies: Maine's CTE area covering Business Management & Administration, Finance, and Marketing — including entrepreneurship.
NBEA National Standards: The National Business Education Association standards Maine references for its business programs.
National Career Clusters Framework: The organizing tool Maine uses for CTE curriculum design and instruction, with middle-school exploration.
CTSOs: DECA and FBLA provide leadership and competitive-event experiences aligned to the programs.
Kit-by-Kit Alignment
Each kit maps to the Maine 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 Maine's approved courses.
| Boss Kid Build Kit |
Maine Business Area |
Aligned Standards Focus |
|
Kit 1 — Find Your Big Idea
Stage 1: Discover
|
Business Management & Administration |
Entrepreneurship; opportunity recognition and mindset |
|
Kit 2 — Know Your Customer
Stage 1: Discover
|
Marketing |
Market research; identify customers |
|
Kit 3 — Build Your Brand
Stage 2: Build
|
Marketing |
Branding and promotion |
|
Kit 4 — Make Your Product or Service
Stage 2: Build
|
Business Management & Administration |
Product/service; operations |
|
Kit 5 — Set Your Price
Stage 3: Launch
|
Finance |
Pricing; financial literacy; economics |
|
Kit 6 — Spread the Word
Stage 3: Launch
|
Marketing |
Promotion and marketing communications |
|
Kit 7 — Make the Sale
Stage 4: Grow
|
Marketing |
Selling and customer relations |
|
Kit 8 — Lead & Level Up
Stage 4: Grow
|
Business Management & Administration |
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. Maine's secondary programs carry them to mastery. The alignment reflects prerequisite readiness — the concepts and habits that let students arrive in Maine's Business Studies programs already fluent in the language of business.
References Maine DOE's Business Studies area, the NBEA national standards, and the National Career Clusters Framework. Standards are subject to revision; verify current frameworks at maine.gov/doe.
