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Tennessee Standards Alignment
How the Boss Kid Build 8-Kit Series maps to Tennessee'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 Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE) CTE programs.
Tennessee offers a dedicated Entrepreneurship program of study within its Business Management & Entrepreneurship cluster. The sequence moves from Introduction to Business & Marketing through Marketing & Management I: Principles, into the Entrepreneurship course — where students generate ideas, test feasibility, and write a business plan and pitch — and culminates in a Business & Entrepreneurship Practicum built around student-led startups. This document maps each Boss Kid Build kit to those course standards.
Where Entrepreneurship Lives in Tennessee
Introduction to Business & Marketing: The foundational course for all Business, Marketing, and Finance programs of study.
Marketing & Management I: Principles: Covers the marketing mix, promotion, distribution, selling, and economic fundamentals.
Entrepreneurship: Students generate business ideas, research feasibility, study ownership and startup costs, and write and pitch a business plan.
Business & Entrepreneurship Practicum: A capstone built around student-led startups in a simulated or authentic business setting. FBLA and DECA are the aligned CTSOs.
Kit-by-Kit Alignment
Each kit maps to the Tennessee 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 Tennessee's approved courses.
| Boss Kid Build Kit |
Tennessee Course (Entrepreneurship POS) |
Aligned Standards Focus |
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Kit 1 — Find Your Big Idea Stage 1: Discover
|
Entrepreneurship — Idea Discovery |
Generate new business ideas; analyze market-demand feasibility; entrepreneurial mindset |
|
Kit 2 — Know Your Customer Stage 1: Discover
|
Intro to Business & Marketing; Marketing & Management I |
Market research; target customers; economic principles |
|
Kit 3 — Build Your Brand Stage 2: Build
|
Marketing & Management I: Principles |
Branding and promotion; the marketing mix |
|
Kit 4 — Make Your Product or Service Stage 2: Build
|
Entrepreneurship — Business Model |
Ownership structures; product/service; startup costs |
|
Kit 5 — Set Your Price Stage 3: Launch
|
Entrepreneurship — Financials |
Pricing; pro forma projections; breakeven analysis; sources of startup capital |
|
Kit 6 — Spread the Word Stage 3: Launch
|
Marketing & Management I; Entrepreneurship |
Promotion, distribution, and selling; marketing communications |
|
Kit 7 — Make the Sale Stage 4: Grow
|
Business & Entrepreneurship Practicum |
Selling in a simulated startup or school-based enterprise; customer relations |
|
Kit 8 — Lead & Level Up Stage 4: Grow
|
Entrepreneurship; Practicum |
Write and pitch a business plan; launch and manage a venture; leadership (FBLA/DECA) |
A Note on Alignment Level
Boss Kid Build introduces these focus areas at an age-appropriate, awareness-and-application level for ages 8–12. Tennessee's secondary program of study carries them to mastery. The alignment reflects prerequisite readiness — the concepts and habits that let students arrive in the TDOE Entrepreneurship program already fluent in the language of business.
References the TDOE Entrepreneurship program of study and CTE course standards adopted by the Tennessee State Board of Education. Standards are subject to revision; verify current frameworks at tn.gov/education.
