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Oregon Standards Alignment
How the Boss Kid Build 8-Kit Series maps to Oregon'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 Oregon Department of Education (ODE) CTE Programs of Study.
Oregon's Business & Management Career Learning Area focuses squarely on the business and entrepreneurial needs of students. Its Programs of Study are built on Oregon Skill Sets — industry-created, industry-validated Knowledge & Skill Statements with Suggested Performance Indicators — across the Business Management & Administration and Marketing clusters, plus cross-cutting Employability Knowledge & Skills. This document maps each Boss Kid Build kit to those skill statements.
Where Entrepreneurship Lives in Oregon
Business & Management Career Learning Area: Oregon's CTE area focused explicitly on the business and entrepreneurial needs of students.
Oregon Skill Sets: Industry-created, industry-validated Knowledge & Skill Statements (with Suggested Performance Indicators) that form the foundation for state-approved Programs of Study.
Business Management & Administration and Marketing Clusters: The career clusters within the area carrying entrepreneurship, marketing, operations, and management skill statements.
Employability Knowledge & Skills and CTSOs: Cross-cutting employability skills required in all programs; DECA, FBLA, and BPA are the aligned CTSOs.
Kit-by-Kit Alignment
Each kit maps to the Oregon 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 Oregon's approved courses.
| Boss Kid Build Kit |
Oregon Cluster |
Aligned Knowledge & Skill Statement Focus |
|
Kit 1 — Find Your Big Idea
Stage 1: Discover
|
Business Management & Administration |
Business formation and entrepreneurial opportunity; Employability Knowledge & Skills (initiative, problem-solving) |
|
Kit 2 — Know Your Customer
Stage 1: Discover
|
Marketing |
Market research; identify customers; marketing foundations |
|
Kit 3 — Build Your Brand
Stage 2: Build
|
Marketing |
Branding, promotion, and product/service management |
|
Kit 4 — Make Your Product or Service
Stage 2: Build
|
Business Management & Administration |
Operations and resource management; product/service development |
|
Kit 5 — Set Your Price
Stage 3: Launch
|
Marketing; Finance |
Pricing; economics; financial decision-making |
|
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 & Administration |
Management functions; business planning; leadership (DECA/FBLA) |
A Note on Alignment Level
Boss Kid Build introduces these skill statements at an age-appropriate, awareness-and-application level for ages 8–12. Oregon's secondary Programs of Study carry them to mastery. The alignment reflects prerequisite readiness — the concepts and habits that let students arrive in Oregon's Business & Management programs already fluent in the language of business.
References the ODE Business & Management Career Learning Area and Oregon Skill Sets (Knowledge & Skill Statements). Standards are subject to revision; verify current frameworks at oregon.gov/ode.
