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North Carolina Standards Alignment
How the Boss Kid Build 8-Kit Series maps to North Carolina'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 entrepreneurship instruction delivered through the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) CTE programs.
North Carolina teaches entrepreneurship through its Marketing & Entrepreneurship program area, anchored by Entrepreneurship I (ME11 / course 8716) and Entrepreneurship II. The course carries coded Essential Standards (for example, NCCTE.2020.ME11) covering the nature of entrepreneurship, the entrepreneurial mindset and ethics, marketing and its components, the selling process, operations management, and business-plan development. This document maps each Boss Kid Build kit to those standards.
Where Entrepreneurship Lives in North Carolina
Entrepreneurship I (ME11 / 8716): The core course: nature of entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial mindset and ethics, marketing, selling, operations, and the business plan.
Entrepreneurship II (ME12): The advanced course extending planning and venture management.
Principles of Business & Finance: A common prerequisite/foundation for the Marketing & Entrepreneurship pathway.
Essential Standards & CTSOs: Standards are coded (e.g., NCCTE.2020.ME11.01) and delivered with work-based learning; DECA and FBLA are the aligned CTSOs.
Kit-by-Kit Alignment
Each kit maps to the North Carolina 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 North Carolina's approved courses.
| Boss Kid Build Kit |
North Carolina Course (ME11) |
Aligned Essential-Standard Focus |
|
Kit 1 — Find Your Big Idea Stage 1: Discover
|
Entrepreneurship I — Nature of Entrepreneurship |
ME11.01: understand entrepreneurship, the entrepreneurial mindset, and ethics; explore feasible product/service ideas |
|
Kit 2 — Know Your Customer Stage 1: Discover
|
Entrepreneurship I — Marketing |
Marketing and its components; identify customers and the target market |
|
Kit 3 — Build Your Brand Stage 2: Build
|
Entrepreneurship I — Marketing/Brand |
Marketing components: branding and promotion |
|
Kit 4 — Make Your Product or Service Stage 2: Build
|
Entrepreneurship I — Operations |
Operations management; components of the business plan |
|
Kit 5 — Set Your Price Stage 3: Launch
|
Entrepreneurship I — Financing |
Business financing and startup requirements; pricing |
|
Kit 6 — Spread the Word Stage 3: Launch
|
Entrepreneurship I — Promotion |
Marketing and promotion; marketing strategies |
|
Kit 7 — Make the Sale Stage 4: Grow
|
Entrepreneurship I — Selling |
The selling process; school-based enterprise work-based learning |
|
Kit 8 — Lead & Level Up Stage 4: Grow
|
Entrepreneurship I / II (ME11 / ME12) |
Complete the business plan; operations 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. North Carolina's secondary courses carry them to mastery. The alignment reflects prerequisite readiness — the concepts and habits that let students arrive in NCDPI Entrepreneurship courses already fluent in the language of business.
References the NCDPI Marketing & Entrepreneurship program area and CTE Essential Standards (NCCTE.2020.ME11). Standards are subject to revision; verify current frameworks at dpi.nc.gov.
