Entre LA

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Entre LA
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Entre LA A Louisiana Initiative Designed to Be P
art of the Globally Aggressive Move to Promote
Entrepreneur Education

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Louisiana is making a positive move towards
offering entrepreneur education to the youth of
Louisiana!

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Mrs. Patricia Merrick Louisiana Dept. of Educatio
n Administrative Director of Career and Technical
Education

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and. . . Mrs. Melba Kennedy Louisiana Department
of Education Assistant Administrative Director
of Career and Technical Education
 
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Louisiana Secondary and Post-Secondary
Entrepreneurship Education Curriculum Writing Team
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Much thinking went into deciding what needed to
be in the curriculum.
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Time was spent conferring with committee members.
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Responsibilities were divided.
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More TEAMWORK!
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Teams shared their findings with one another and
worked together to do what was best for the
students.
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Like all good educators, we spread out on the
floor.
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And then as a large group, we retyped our plans.
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And we proof read each others work!
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And retyped, and retyped, and retyped, and
retyped, and retyped, and retyped!
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Then came back together as a group!
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The team went back home after our second session
to edit and revise and edit and revise and edit
and revise. . . And will return in July to review
their rough DRAFT !
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Louisiana Model Course Guidelines for
Entrepreneurship Education
 
National Content Standards for Entrepreneurship
Education

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The National Business Education Association
and the Marketing Education Resource Center
Entrepreneurship Standards

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Our Original Writing Team
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EntreLA
Unit 1 Understanding Entrepreneurship
Successful Traits and Practices
Unit 2 Selecting a Business Venture
Unit 3 Marketing the Business
Unit 4 Strategic Management and the Firm
Unit 5 Financing and Accounting for the
Business Unit 6 Topics of Interest to the
Entrepreneur
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But we needed even more. . . We wanted out curric
ulum to be user friendly across ALL disciplines
of the curriculum so we invited four teachers to
add their thoughts to our work. We invited. . .
an Agriculture Science teacher
a Health Occupations teacher
a Family and Consumer Science teacher and
a Technology Education teacher
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Each if these four teachers wrote four lesson
plans within their subject matter based on the
entrepreneur curriculum our original team had
written. And you might ask. . .
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In Louisiana, we wanted those students who
graduated from a two year curriculum, whether it
was from a technical college, a community
college, or a university, to have enough
knowledge and flexibility to open their own
business if they so chose. In the event they
decided not to go work for the Wal-Mart beauty
salon downtown, the student would have enough
skills to open his/her own beauty spa.
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C O F F E E S H O P
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B E A U T Y
S H O P
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2007 Louisiana Super Summer Institute

• Our first group of Louisiana teachers were
  trained
  
• Each lesson was discussed with participants
• As lessons were reviewed, activities were
  examined some of which included. . .

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• Matching Entrepreneur Game
• This is an activity to get your children up and
  moving. The game can be designed around
  nationally known entrepreneurs or its focus can
  be on local entrepreneurs.

At the age of twenty-two I went from bank to bank
trying to convince them that selling a limited
number of items on a menu was a good ideas.
Convincing them was a struggle until after my
first year when my business netted 1.7 million
selling chicken, coleslaw, fries, and Texas
toast.
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Activity Building Your Own Entrepreneurial Team
LEADERSHIP
SELF CONFIDENT
GOOD SPEAKER
CREATIVE
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Entrepreneur Timeline
Wallace Amos Jr. Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Cook
ies
July 1, 1936 -
Thomas Alva Edison Inventor and Entrepreneur 184
7 - 1931
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Fun With Financials Break-Even Point
Operating Expenses 30
Product Cost 30
Miracle Water 20.00 per bottle
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Getting Down to Business The Plan
What would YOU want to know? A friend tells you h
e/she is going to start a business and he/she
wants you to invest 5000 in that business.
What are some of the questions you would ask
him/her about this venture?
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The Summer of 2007
We discovered a few flaws in our curriculum.
A few activities had been omitted from the cur
riculum Some of the lessons needed to be rearra
nged in the curriculum Chapters needed to be re
structured for easier flow in the curriculum
Input from the teachers in the training was
valuable
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So we edited AGAIN!
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Where are we now. . .

• Ready to pilot Entre LA in Louisiana during the
  Spring 08 Semester
  
• Ready to present Entre LA to the Louisiana
  Board of Elementary and Secondary Education for
  approval and ultimate adoption
  
• Prepared to train a new group of teachers in the
  Summer of 2008

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And, by the way, did we mention that we have
correlated each lesson with the English Language
Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies for
grades 9, 10, 11, and 12. In Louisiana, we call
that lagniappe. . .just a little extra.
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So you see. . .
Louisiana has plenty to be excited about!
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And we are delighted to share our successes with
you!

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Contact Information
Beth Thompson 225-939-4088 thom4028_at_bellsouth.ne
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Carol Carter 225-578-6411 Cacarte_at_lsu.edu
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Contact Information
Patricia Merrick 225-342-3488 patricia.merrick_at_l
a.gov
Melba Kennedy 225-219-9334 melba.kennedy_at_la.gov
Susan Nealy 225-342-3488 nealys_at_mybrcc.edu