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Montana Standards Alignment
How the Boss Kid Build 8-Kit Series maps to Montana'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 Montana Office of Public Instruction (OPI) CTE programs.
Montana teaches entrepreneurship within its Business & Marketing Education program area, which spans management, marketing, personal and business finance, accounting, and entrepreneurship. Instruction is governed by the Montana Content Standards for Career and Technical Education for K-12 (effective July 2021), adopted in the Administrative Rules of Montana. This document maps each Boss Kid Build kit to those standards.
Where Entrepreneurship Lives in Montana
Business & Marketing Education: Montana's CTE program area (165+ programs statewide) covering management, marketing, finance, accounting, and entrepreneurship.
Montana CTE Content Standards (K-12): Coded content standards effective July 2021 (Administrative Rules of Montana, Title 10, Chapter 53) that define what students learn across CTE.
Functional Areas of Business: Entrepreneurship sits alongside management, marketing, finance, economics, and business law.
Credentials & CTSOs: Industry-recognized credentials for business and marketing; BPA, DECA, and FBLA are the aligned CTSOs.
Kit-by-Kit Alignment
Each kit maps to the Montana 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 Montana's approved courses.
| Boss Kid Build Kit |
Montana Program Area |
Aligned CTE Content-Standard Focus |
|
Kit 1 — Find Your Big Idea
Stage 1: Discover
|
Business & Marketing Education |
Entrepreneurship as a functional area of business; opportunity recognition (Montana CTE Content Standards) |
|
Kit 2 — Know Your Customer
Stage 1: Discover
|
Business & Marketing Education — Marketing |
Market research; identify customers; marketing |
|
Kit 3 — Build Your Brand
Stage 2: Build
|
Business & Marketing Education — Marketing |
Branding and promotion |
|
Kit 4 — Make Your Product or Service
Stage 2: Build
|
Business & Marketing Education — Management |
Operations and product/service development |
|
Kit 5 — Set Your Price
Stage 3: Launch
|
Business & Marketing Education — Finance/Economics |
Pricing; economics; personal and business finance |
|
Kit 6 — Spread the Word
Stage 3: Launch
|
Business & Marketing Education — Marketing |
Promotion and communication |
|
Kit 7 — Make the Sale
Stage 4: Grow
|
Business & Marketing Education — Marketing |
Selling and customer service |
|
Kit 8 — Lead & Level Up
Stage 4: Grow
|
Business & Marketing Education — Management |
Management; business planning; 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. Montana's secondary courses carry them to mastery. The alignment reflects prerequisite readiness — the concepts and habits that let students arrive in Montana's Business & Marketing Education programs already fluent in the language of business.
References the Montana OPI Business & Marketing Education program and the Montana Content Standards for CTE (K-12, effective July 2021). Standards are subject to revision; verify current frameworks at opi.mt.gov.
