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New Mexico Standards Alignment
How the Boss Kid Build 8-Kit Series maps to New Mexico CTE and the Common Career Technical Core.
Boss Kid Build is a pre-CTE entrepreneurship curriculum for learners ages 8–12 (grades 3–6), designed as the on-ramp to high school Career & Technical Education. Every kit develops competencies that align with entrepreneurship instruction delivered through the New Mexico Public Education Department (NMPED) College & Career Readiness Bureau.
New Mexico organizes Career & Technology Education (CTE) around the National Career Clusters® Framework, and its Programs of Study are built to master the Common Career Technical Core (CCTC) and Career-Ready Practices, meeting the standards set in NMAC 6.29.3. The crosswalk below maps each kit to the relevant clusters and CCTC focus areas.
Where Entrepreneurship Lives in New Mexico
Management & Entrepreneurship Cluster: Planning, launching, leading, and managing a business venture.
Marketing & Sales Cluster: Customer discovery, branding, promotion, and selling — including school-based enterprise experiences.
Common Career Technical Core (CCTC): The national standards set NM Programs of Study are built to master — cluster/pathway knowledge & skills plus the 12 Career-Ready Practices (CRP).
NMAC 6.29.3: The New Mexico Administrative Code section establishing the academic and technical standards every CTE course must meet. DECA, BPA, and FBLA-aligned CTSOs support the pathways.
Kit-by-Kit Alignment
Each kit maps to the New Mexico cluster it prepares students for, and to the Common Career Technical Core focus areas and Career-Ready Practices New Mexico CTE is built upon.
| Boss Kid Build Kit |
NM Cluster (Nat'l Career Clusters Framework) |
CCTC Focus & Career-Ready Practices |
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Kit 1 — Find Your Big Idea Stage 1: Discover
|
Management & Entrepreneurship |
Opportunity recognition & idea generation · CRP6 Creativity & innovation · CRP8 Critical thinking |
|
Kit 2 — Know Your Customer Stage 1: Discover
|
Marketing & Sales |
Understand customers & markets · CRP4 Communicate clearly · CRP7 Valid & reliable research |
|
Kit 3 — Build Your Brand Stage 2: Build
|
Marketing & Sales |
Marketing: promotion & product/service management (brand identity) · CRP6 Creativity & innovation |
|
Kit 4 — Make Your Product or Service Stage 2: Build
|
Management & Entrepreneurship |
Develop & deliver an offering · CRP2 Apply academic & technical skills |
|
Kit 5 — Set Your Price Stage 3: Launch
|
Marketing & Sales; Financial Services |
Pricing & financial literacy · CRP3 Attend to financial well-being |
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Kit 6 — Spread the Word Stage 3: Launch
|
Marketing & Sales |
Promotion & marketing communications · CRP11 Use technology to enhance productivity |
|
Kit 7 — Make the Sale Stage 4: Grow
|
Marketing & Sales |
Selling & customer relationships · CRP12 Work productively in teams |
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Kit 8 — Lead & Level Up Stage 4: Grow
|
Management & Entrepreneurship |
Manage & grow a venture · CRP9 Integrity & effective management · CRP10 Plan career paths |
A Note on Alignment Level
Boss Kid Build introduces these focus areas at an age-appropriate, awareness-and-application level for ages 8–12. New Mexico's secondary Programs of Study carry them to the mastery and completer level. The alignment reflects prerequisite readiness — the concepts and habits that let students arrive in New Mexico CTE already fluent in the language of business.
References the New Mexico Career Clusters framework, the Common Career Technical Core (CCTC), and NMAC 6.29.3. Standards are subject to revision; verify current frameworks at web.ped.nm.gov.
