Course Standards

2025-2026 Academic Year

WE04 CTE Entrepreneurial Experience BMA

Course Type: Developed

Standard/Objective Number	Standard/Objective	Course Weight	RBT Designation
1.00	Understand the characteristics and processes required for a successful entrepreneurial experience.	10%	B2 Understand Conceptual
1.01	Understand the characteristics of entrepreneurs and leaders.	-	B2 Understand Conceptual
1.02	Understand the need for entrepreneurship.	-	B2 Understand Conceptual
1.03	Understand the types of businesses and entrepreneurial experiences.	-	B2 Understand Conceptual
1.04	Understand the entrepreneurship discovery processes.	-	B2 Understand Conceptual
1.05	Understand the business start-up process.	-	B2 Understand Conceptual
2.00	Understand the value and process of mentorship.	5%	B2 Understand Conceptual
2.01	Understand the mentorship process.	-	B2 Understand Conceptual
2.02	Understand the value of mentorship.	-	B2 Understand Conceptual
2.03	Select an appropriate business/industry mentor.	-	C3 Apply Procedural
3.00	Apply entrepreneurial skills to develop a business plan with at least a 25% ownership share.	35%	B3 Apply Conceptual
3.01	Understand the components of a business plan.	-	B2 Understand Conceptual
3.02	Identify the need for the business plan.	-	B3 Apply Conceptual
3.03	Identify the operational policies and procedures of the business plan.	-	B3 Apply Conceptual
3.04	Develop the personnel and human resources plan for the business plan.	-	B3 Apply Conceptual
3.05	Identify the unique value proposition and competitive advantages for the business plan.	-	B3 Apply Conceptual
3.06	Develop the marketing plan of the business plan.	-	B3 Apply Conceptual
3.07	Develop the financial management plan for the business plan.	-	B3 Apply Conceptual
3.08	Analyze the business plan with the mentor.	-	B4 Analyze Conceptual
4.00	Start and manage a business with at least a 25% ownership share using the developed business plan.	50%	C5 Evaluate procedural
4.01	Obtain the proper licenses or permits for the entrepreneurial experience.	-	C3 Apply Procedural
4.02	Utilize the operational policies and procedures in the entrepreneurial experience.	-	C6 Procedural Knowledge - Create
4.03	Implement the personnel and human resources plan for the entrepreneurial experience.	-	C6 Procedural Knowledge - Create
4.04	Sell the goods or services through the identified channels in the entrepreneurial experience.	-	C3 Apply Procedural
4.05	Utilize the marketing plan of the entrepreneurial experience.	-	C6 Procedural Knowledge - Create
4.06	Implement the financial management plan for the entrepreneurial experience.	-	C6 Procedural Knowledge - Create
4.07	Evaluate the start-up and management of the entrepreneurial experience with a mentor.	-	C5 Evaluate procedural

Essential standards (highlighted in gray below) are big, powerful ideas that are necessary and essential for students to know to be successful in a course. Essential standards identify the appropriate verb and cognitive process intended for the student to accomplish. Essential standards provide value throughout a student's career, in other courses, and translate to the next level of education or world of work.

Objectives/Indicators (rows not highlighted in gray below) provide another level of detail for each Essential Standard.

Adapted or Adopted Course includes essential standards and, in many cases, specific objectives/indicators aligned with business and industry standards and/or criteria for credentials or certifications. The course standards are designed using the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy (RBT). If the POL is a CTE State Assessment, the course is written at the level of the ESSENTIAL STANDARD and assesses the intended outcome of the sum of its objectives/indicators.

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Standard/Objective Number: The essential standard is denoted by the digits before the dot; objectives/indicators are indicated by the final 2 digits.
Standard/Objective: Essential standard and specific objective/indicator statements per essential standard. Each essential standard statement or specific objective/indicator begins with an action verb and makes a complete sentence when combined with The learner will be able to... Outcome behavior in each essential standard or objective/indicator statement is denoted by the verb plus its object.
Course Weight: Shows the relative importance of each essential standard or objective/indicator. Course weight is used to help determine the percentage of total class time that is spent on each objective/indicator.
RBT Designation: Classification of outcome behavior in essential standards and indicator statements in Dimensions according to the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy:
Cognitive Process Dimension: 1 Remember, 2 Understand, 3 Apply, 4 Analyze, 5 Evaluate, 6 Create.
Knowledge Dimension: A Factual Knowledge, B Conceptual Knowledge, C Procedural Knowledge.