Leadership

• NATIONAL CONTENT STANDARDS FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP
  A comprehensive listing of 403 performance indicators organized in 15 standards that are based on focus groups with entrepreneurs that identified what they do and what you need to know to do it. Published in 2004 and available free at http://www.entre-ed.org/Standards_Toolkit/

• NATIONAL STANDARDS OF PRACTICE
  Addressing HOW, they are intended to provide
  encouragement and ideas to facilitate entrepreneurship education and the structure to assure a consistent and high-quality result. They were developed with consensus of many organizations in the Entrepreneurship Think Tank, and address Outcomes, Concepts, Methods, Accountability, and Resources. These standards of practice have been likened to a recipe book for those who desire to establish effective entrepreneurial preparation programs for students.
  http://www.entre-ed.org/_what/stdsofpractice.html

• DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP COMPETENCY MODEL
  In collaboration with the Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education (CEE) and their National Content Standards, the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) has worked with education, business, and industry leaders to develop a comprehensive competency model for entrepreneurship as it relates to all career pathways. It is one of 11 Industry models available on the DOL website. CEE has committed to working with entrepreneurship leaders and partners to keep the model current.
  http://www.careeronestop.org/competencymodel/pyramid.aspx?ENTRE=Y

• YES GROUP POLICY PAPER
  The Youth Entrepreneurship Strategy Group (YES GROUP -2006 - 2009) was a collaborative initiative of the Aspen Institute in partnership with the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) and E*TRADE FINANCIAL. They convened prominent leaders from the fields of education, entrepreneurship and business, public policy, the media, and philanthropy to explore the promise of, and obstacles to, implementing youth entrepreneurship education in low-income communities nationwide as part of support for youth entrepreneurship education.

• 21ST CENTURY SKILLS
  http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/documents/P21_Framework.pdf
  To help practitioners integrate skills into the teaching of core academic subjects, the Partnership for 21st Century Skills has developed a unified, collective vision for learning known as the Framework for 21st Century Learning. Mastery of core subjects and 21st century themes is essential to student success. Core subjects include English, reading or language arts, world languages, arts, mathematics, economics, science, geography, history, government and civics.

  In addition, schools must promote an understanding of academic content at much higher levels by weaving 21st century interdisciplinary themes into core subjects:

  • Global Awareness
  • Financial, Economic, Business and Entrepreneurial Literacy
  • Civic Literacy
  • Health Literacy
  • Environmental Literacy

• DOL - "THINK ENTREPRENEURSHIP! A CALL TO ACTION" The Consortium's report on opportunities for the nation's entrepreneurship education and training programs to partner with Workforce Investment Boards (WIB) in their local areas to form partnerships to assist job seekers in creating their own businesses. Results from this Department of Labor Grant in 2008-2009 are posted in a special Career Centers section of the website.
  http://www.entre-ed.org/_how/ccr/onestop.html