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Missouri Standards Alignment
How the Boss Kid Build 8-Kit Series maps to Missouri'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 Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) Business, Marketing & Information Technology Education (BMIT) programs.
Missouri organizes CTE around 14 career clusters, with entrepreneurship instruction concentrated in Career Cluster #11: Management and Entrepreneurship. DESE publishes Student Competency Profiles that define the competencies students master in business and marketing courses. This document maps each Boss Kid Build kit to that cluster and those competency profiles.
Where Entrepreneurship Lives in Missouri
Career Cluster #11: Management and Entrepreneurship: Missouri's modernized cluster (of 14) housing entrepreneurship instruction within Business, Marketing & IT Education.
DESE Competency Profiles: Missouri publishes Student Competency Profiles for business and marketing courses that define the competencies students must master.
Business & Marketing Education (BMIT): The DESE program area delivering business, entrepreneurship, and marketing courses.
Credentials & CTSOs: DESE-approved industry-recognized credentials; DECA (which prepares entrepreneurs) and FBLA are the aligned CTSOs.
Kit-by-Kit Alignment
Each kit maps to the Missouri 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 Missouri's approved courses.
| Boss Kid Build Kit |
Missouri Cluster / Course |
Aligned Competency Focus |
|
Kit 1 — Find Your Big Idea
Stage 1: Discover
|
Cluster #11 — Management & Entrepreneurship |
Role and importance of entrepreneurship and small business; entrepreneurial characteristics; opportunity recognition |
|
Kit 2 — Know Your Customer
Stage 1: Discover
|
Cluster #11; Marketing Education |
The marketing concept; identify target markets and customer needs |
|
Kit 3 — Build Your Brand
Stage 2: Build
|
Cluster #11; Marketing Education |
Branding and promotion; the marketing mix |
|
Kit 4 — Make Your Product or Service
Stage 2: Build
|
Cluster #11 — Management & Entrepreneurship |
Product/service development; business operations |
|
Kit 5 — Set Your Price
Stage 3: Launch
|
Cluster #11; Business Education |
Pricing; economics (supply and demand); cost-profit relationships |
|
Kit 6 — Spread the Word
Stage 3: Launch
|
Cluster #11; Marketing Education |
Promotion and marketing communications |
|
Kit 7 — Make the Sale
Stage 4: Grow
|
Cluster #11; Marketing Education |
The selling process and customer relations |
|
Kit 8 — Lead & Level Up
Stage 4: Grow
|
Cluster #11 — Management & Entrepreneurship |
Management functions; develop a business plan; leadership (DECA/FBLA) |
A Note on Alignment Level
Boss Kid Build introduces these competencies at an age-appropriate, awareness-and-application level for ages 8–12. Missouri's secondary courses carry them to mastery and credentialing. The alignment reflects prerequisite readiness — the concepts and habits that let students arrive in Missouri's Management and Entrepreneurship courses already fluent in the language of business.
References the Missouri DESE Career Cluster #11 (Management and Entrepreneurship) and DESE Business Education competency profiles. Standards are subject to revision; verify current frameworks at dese.mo.gov.
