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New York Standards Alignment
How the Boss Kid Build 8-Kit Series maps to New York'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 York State Education Department (NYSED) CTE programs.
New York teaches entrepreneurship within Business & Marketing Education, spanning business management & administration, finance, and marketing. Programs are grounded in the New York State Learning Standards for Career Development and Occupational Studies (CDOS) — with business content in Standard 3b, Career Majors: Business/Information Systems — and the Career & Financial Management framework. This document maps each Boss Kid Build kit to those standards.
Where Entrepreneurship Lives in New York
Business & Marketing Education: NYSED's CTE area spanning business management & administration, finance, and marketing — including entrepreneurship.
CDOS Learning Standards: New York's Career Development and Occupational Studies standards; business content is in Standard 3b, Career Majors: Business/Information Systems.
Career & Financial Management (CFM): A required framework of employability and financial-management content embedded in every CTE program.
CTSOs & School-Based Enterprise: Entrepreneurship and school-based enterprise count as work-based learning; DECA and FBLA are the aligned CTSOs.
Kit-by-Kit Alignment
Each kit maps to the New York 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 York's approved courses.
| Boss Kid Build Kit |
New York Area |
Aligned Standards Focus |
|
Kit 1 — Find Your Big Idea
Stage 1: Discover
|
Business & Marketing — Entrepreneurship |
Entrepreneurial opportunity and mindset; CDOS career development |
|
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 |
Product/service; operations |
|
Kit 5 — Set Your Price
Stage 3: Launch
|
Finance; Career & Financial Management |
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
|
Business — Management / School-Based Enterprise |
Business plan and management; leadership (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. New York's secondary programs carry them to mastery. The alignment reflects prerequisite readiness — the concepts and habits that let students arrive in New York's Business & Marketing Education programs already fluent in the language of business.
References the NYSED Business & Marketing Education area, the CDOS Learning Standards (Standard 3b), and the Career & Financial Management framework. Standards are subject to revision; verify current frameworks at nysed.gov.
