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North Dakota Standards Alignment
How the Boss Kid Build 8-Kit Series maps to North Dakota'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 North Dakota Department of Career & Technical Education (NDCTE).
North Dakota teaches entrepreneurship through its Business Education and Marketing Education program areas, each governed by North Dakota Content Standards and Course Frameworks. Both areas offer dedicated Entrepreneurship and Principles of Entrepreneurship courses, along with management, marketing, and finance courses. This document maps each Boss Kid Build kit to those standards.
Where Entrepreneurship Lives in North Dakota
Business Education: The program area offering Entrepreneurship (14111), Management, Business Fundamentals, and Financial Literacy courses.
Marketing Education: The program area offering Entrepreneurship (04111), Principles of Entrepreneurship, Marketing, and Management courses.
ND Content Standards & Course Frameworks: Industry-based program standards adopted by the State Board for CTE, with course frameworks that identify recommended standards per course.
CTSOs: DECA, FBLA, and BPA provide leadership and competitive-event experiences aligned to the standards.
Kit-by-Kit Alignment
Each kit maps to the North Dakota 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 Dakota's approved courses.
| Boss Kid Build Kit |
North Dakota Program Area |
Aligned Standards Focus |
|
Kit 1 — Find Your Big Idea
Stage 1: Discover
|
Business / Marketing — Entrepreneurship |
Principles of Entrepreneurship; opportunity recognition; forms of business ownership |
|
Kit 2 — Know Your Customer
Stage 1: Discover
|
Marketing Education |
Market research; identify customers |
|
Kit 3 — Build Your Brand
Stage 2: Build
|
Marketing Education |
Branding and promotion (marketing communications) |
|
Kit 4 — Make Your Product or Service
Stage 2: Build
|
Business — Management |
Product/service; operations and management |
|
Kit 5 — Set Your Price
Stage 3: Launch
|
Business — Finance / Economics |
Pricing; economics; business finance |
|
Kit 6 — Spread the Word
Stage 3: Launch
|
Marketing Education |
Promotion and marketing communications |
|
Kit 7 — Make the Sale
Stage 4: Grow
|
Marketing Education |
Selling and customer relations |
|
Kit 8 — Lead & Level Up
Stage 4: Grow
|
Business — Management; Entrepreneurship |
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. North Dakota's secondary courses carry them to mastery. The alignment reflects prerequisite readiness — the concepts and habits that let students arrive in North Dakota's Business and Marketing Education courses already fluent in the language of business.
References the NDCTE Business Education and Marketing Education content standards and course frameworks. Standards are subject to revision; verify current frameworks at cte.nd.gov.
