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Michigan Standards Alignment
How the Boss Kid Build 8-Kit Series maps to Michigan'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 Michigan Department of Education, Office of CTE (MDE-OCTE).
Michigan organizes CTE by Career Cluster and CIP code, with entrepreneurship in the Management & Entrepreneurship cluster alongside Marketing and Business Management & Administration. Michigan's CIP-specific program standards are expressed as knowledge and skill statements, performance elements, and sample indicators, and Michigan even publishes middle-school Management & Entrepreneurship competencies. This document maps each Boss Kid Build kit to those standards.
Where Entrepreneurship Lives in Michigan
Management & Entrepreneurship Cluster: Michigan's cluster (with a middle-school competency set) housing entrepreneurship instruction.
Marketing and Business Management & Administration: Companion clusters covering customers, branding, promotion, selling, and operations.
CIP-Specific Program Standards: Standards expressed as knowledge and skill statements, performance elements, and sample indicators for each CIP code.
MDE CTE Portal & CTSOs: Michigan's CTE Portal manages technical standards and competencies; DECA, BPA, and FBLA are the aligned CTSOs.
Kit-by-Kit Alignment
Each kit maps to the Michigan 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 Michigan's approved courses.
| Boss Kid Build Kit |
Michigan Cluster |
Aligned Standards Focus |
|
Kit 1 — Find Your Big Idea
Stage 1: Discover
|
Management & Entrepreneurship |
Entrepreneurial opportunity and mindset; knowledge and skill statements for entrepreneurship |
|
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
|
Management & Entrepreneurship |
Pricing; economics; financial basics |
|
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
|
Management & Entrepreneurship |
Business plan and management; leadership (DECA/BPA/FBLA) |
A Note on Alignment Level
Boss Kid Build introduces these standards at an age-appropriate, awareness-and-application level for ages 8–12. Michigan's secondary program carries them to mastery. The alignment reflects prerequisite readiness — the concepts and habits that let students arrive in Michigan's Management & Entrepreneurship program already fluent in the language of business.
References the MDE-OCTE Management & Entrepreneurship cluster and Michigan's CIP-specific CTE program standards. Standards are subject to revision; verify current frameworks at michigan.gov/mde.
