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Virginia Standards Alignment
How the Boss Kid Build 8-Kit Series maps to Virginia'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 Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) CTE programs.
Virginia teaches entrepreneurship within its Business & Information Technology and Marketing program areas, including a dedicated Entrepreneurship course. Virginia's CTE courses are defined by competency-based task lists (through the CTE Resource Center) and reinforced by the Workplace Readiness Skills. This document maps each Boss Kid Build kit to those competencies.
Where Entrepreneurship Lives in Virginia
Business & Information Technology: The VDOE program area covering entrepreneurship, principles of business and marketing, management, and finance.
Marketing: The companion program area covering customers, branding, promotion, and selling.
Competency-Based Task Lists: Virginia defines each course by student tasks and competencies, published through the CTE Resource Center and tracked via student competency records.
Workplace Readiness Skills & CTSOs: Virginia's 22 Workplace Readiness Skills are assessed statewide; FBLA and DECA are the aligned CTSOs.
Kit-by-Kit Alignment
Each kit maps to the Virginia 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 Virginia's approved courses.
| Boss Kid Build Kit |
Virginia Program Area |
Aligned Competency Focus |
|
Kit 1 — Find Your Big Idea
Stage 1: Discover
|
Business & IT — Entrepreneurship |
Business ownership and the entrepreneurial mindset; opportunity recognition |
|
Kit 2 — Know Your Customer
Stage 1: Discover
|
Marketing |
Market research; identify customers |
|
Kit 3 — Build Your Brand
Stage 2: Build
|
Marketing |
Branding and promotion |
|
Kit 4 — Make Your Product or Service
Stage 2: Build
|
Business & IT — Management |
Product/service planning; operations |
|
Kit 5 — Set Your Price
Stage 3: Launch
|
Business & IT — Finance |
Pricing; financial statements; economics |
|
Kit 6 — Spread the Word
Stage 3: Launch
|
Marketing |
Promotion and marketing communications |
|
Kit 7 — Make the Sale
Stage 4: Grow
|
Marketing |
Sales and customer service |
|
Kit 8 — Lead & Level Up
Stage 4: Grow
|
Business & IT — Entrepreneurship |
Business plan and management; Workplace Readiness Skills; leadership (FBLA/DECA) |
A Note on Alignment Level
Boss Kid Build introduces these competencies at an age-appropriate, awareness-and-application level for ages 8–12. Virginia's secondary courses carry them to mastery. The alignment reflects prerequisite readiness — the concepts and habits that let students arrive in Virginia's Entrepreneurship course already fluent in the language of business.
References the VDOE Business & Information Technology and Marketing program areas, Virginia's competency-based task lists, and the Workplace Readiness Skills. Standards are subject to revision; verify current frameworks at doe.virginia.gov and cteresource.org.
