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Ohio Standards Alignment
How the Boss Kid Build 8-Kit Series maps to Ohio'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 Ohio Department of Education and Workforce (ODEW) Office of Career-Technical Education.
Ohio teaches entrepreneurship within its Business & Administrative Services career field, defined by Career Field Technical Content Standards organized into Strands and Outcomes. Strand 1 (Business Operations / 21st Century Skills) carries the entrepreneurship content — Outcome 1.6 Business Literacy and Outcome 1.7 Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurs — alongside operations, marketing, and economics outcomes. Ohio also offers middle-school Business Foundations courses as a bridge. This document maps each Boss Kid Build kit to those standards.
Where Entrepreneurship Lives in Ohio
Business & Administrative Services Career Field: The career field housing business and entrepreneurship instruction, one of Ohio's 16 career fields.
Strand 1: Business Operations / 21st Century Skills: Includes Outcome 1.6 Business Literacy (identify business opportunities; the importance of planning your business; supply and demand) and Outcome 1.7 Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurs (develop a business plan; pathways to entrepreneurship; self-assessment of entrepreneurial potential).
Operations, Marketing & Economics Outcomes: Outcome 1.8 Operations Management, Outcome 1.10 Sales & Marketing, and Outcome 1.11 Principles of Business Economics; Strand 5 Marketing extends these.
Foundational & Middle-School Courses: Business Foundations is the recommended first course, with middle-school Business & Administrative Services courses as a bridge. BPA and DECA are the aligned CTSOs.
Kit-by-Kit Alignment
Each kit maps to the Ohio 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 Ohio's approved courses.
| Boss Kid Build Kit |
Ohio Strand / Outcome |
Aligned Technical Content Standards Focus |
|
Kit 1 — Find Your Big Idea
Stage 1: Discover
|
Strand 1 — Outcomes 1.6 & 1.7 |
Business Literacy: identify business opportunities; Entrepreneurship: self-assessment of entrepreneurial potential; pathways to become an entrepreneur |
|
Kit 2 — Know Your Customer
Stage 1: Discover
|
Strand 1 — Outcome 1.10; Strand 5 |
Sales & Marketing: determine the customer's needs and identify solutions; marketing research |
|
Kit 3 — Build Your Brand
Stage 2: Build
|
Strand 1 — Outcome 1.10; Strand 5 |
Sales & Marketing: promotion, packaging, positioning; branding within Marketing Principles |
|
Kit 4 — Make Your Product or Service
Stage 2: Build
|
Strand 1 — Outcome 1.8 |
Operations Management: select and organize resources to develop a product or service |
|
Kit 5 — Set Your Price
Stage 3: Launch
|
Strand 1 — Outcomes 1.10 & 1.11 |
Sales & Marketing: pricing; Principles of Business Economics: supply and demand; budgeting |
|
Kit 6 — Spread the Word
Stage 3: Launch
|
Strand 1 — Outcome 1.10; Strand 3 |
Sales & Marketing: promotion and public relations; Business Communications: social media communications |
|
Kit 7 — Make the Sale
Stage 4: Grow
|
Strand 1 — Outcome 1.10 |
Sales & Marketing: selling and customer relations; Marketing Principles: selling |
|
Kit 8 — Lead & Level Up
Stage 4: Grow
|
Strand 1 — Outcome 1.7; Strand 6 |
Entrepreneurship: develop a business plan; business life cycles; Business Management and leadership (BPA/DECA) |
A Note on Alignment Level
Boss Kid Build introduces these standards at an age-appropriate, awareness-and-application level for ages 8–12. Ohio's secondary career-field courses carry them to mastery. The alignment reflects prerequisite readiness — the concepts and habits that let students arrive in Ohio's Business & Administrative Services program already fluent in the language of business.
References the ODEW Business & Administrative Services Career Field Technical Content Standards (Strand 1: Business Operations). Standards are subject to revision; verify current frameworks at education.ohio.gov.
