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New Hampshire Standards Alignment
How the Boss Kid Build 8-Kit Series maps to New Hampshire'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 New Hampshire Department of Education (NHED) CTE programs.
New Hampshire delivers CTE through regional career centers, organized around the National Career Clusters. Several centers run a dedicated, state-approved Entrepreneurship program — complete with student-run enterprises and business-plan competitions — alongside Business and Marketing programs. This document maps each Boss Kid Build kit to those pathways.
Where Entrepreneurship Lives in New Hampshire
Entrepreneurship Program: A dedicated, state-approved CTE program at several New Hampshire career centers, featuring student-run enterprises and business-plan competitions.
Business & Marketing Programs: Companion CTE programs covering business operations, finance, and marketing.
National Career Clusters: The framework organizing New Hampshire's CTE programs, 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 New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire's approved courses.
| Boss Kid Build Kit |
New Hampshire Program |
Aligned Focus |
|
Kit 1 — Find Your Big Idea
Stage 1: Discover
|
Entrepreneurship |
Opportunity recognition; the entrepreneurial 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
|
Entrepreneurship (student-run enterprise) |
Product/service; running the venture |
|
Kit 5 — Set Your Price
Stage 3: Launch
|
Business / 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
|
Entrepreneurship |
Business plan and management; leadership (DECA/FBLA) |
A Note on Alignment Level
Boss Kid Build introduces these skills at an age-appropriate, awareness-and-application level for ages 8–12. New Hampshire's secondary programs carry them to mastery. The alignment reflects prerequisite readiness — the concepts and habits that let students arrive in New Hampshire's Entrepreneurship program already fluent in the language of business.
References the NHED Office of Career & Technical Education Entrepreneurship, Business, and Marketing programs and the National Career Clusters Framework. Standards are subject to revision; verify current frameworks at education.nh.gov.
