NFTE LA Metro Kim Small, Executive Director Los Angeles Metro, [email protected] Estefanny Aybar, Development Director Los Angeles Metro, [email protected] • Mission: NFTE (Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship) activates the entrepreneurial mindset and builds startup skills in youth from under-resourced communities to ensure their success and to create a more vibrant society. • Target Audience: youth ages 11-18 from under-resourced communities • Partners: districts with free and reduced lunch (FRL) eligibility rate of 50%+, majority of partner schools average 70%-80% FRL rates; community-based organizations www.nfte.com 2 Impact & Outcomes NFTE students apply the entrepreneurial mindset—succeeding in the workplace, starting businesses, and furthering their education. 74% 89% 1IN 4 50% of college-aged NFTE alumni of alumni believe the skills NFTE alumni have started of NFTE alumni report are enrolled in college they learn from NFTE help at least one business earning more than the them in life and business national median salary 65% of low-income students Only 2% of youth aged 16-24 were nationwide are enrolled in college. Nationwide 41% of bored students self-employed in 2015. The 2016 national median salary say their class work is not relevant to was $43,264. their life. 3 Activating the Entrepreneurial Mindset NFTE empowers youth to approach the world with an innovator’s eye and a founder’s grit, not only during the NFTE course but for the rest of their lives. An entrepreneurial mindset prepares young people for success throughout life. Initiative Flexibility Communication Creativity & Self-Reliance & Adaptability & Collaboration & Innovation The power to take ownership The ability and willingness to The ability to clearly express ideas The ability to think of ideas and without input or guidance change actions and plans to to an intended audience, including create solutions to problems and to work through over-come present and persuading others to work towards without clearly defined structures. obstacles independently. future challenges. a common goal. Future Critical Thinking Opportunity Comfort Orientation & Problem Solving Recognition with Risk An optimistic disposition with a focus The process of applying higher-level, The practice of seeing and The capacity to move forward with on obtaining the skills and knowledge process-oriented thinking skills, and experiencing problems as a decision despite inevitable required to transition into a career. of transitioning that reasoning to opportunities to create solutions. uncertainty and challenges. decision making. In partnership with the Educational Testing Service (ETS), NFTE has developed the Entrepreneurial Mindset Index – a valid assessment to measure mindset growth. We thank EY for its signature support of this effort. 4 NFTE Entrepreneurship Pathway NFTE’s Pathway programs activate the entrepreneurial mindset through authentic experiential learning. All programs are rooted in a project-based learning model that integrates digital tools and lean startup methodology. Students come up with their own original business idea, create a sustainable business model and plan, and pitch to a panel of expert judges. 5 Entrepreneurial Teacher Corps • Train-the-Trainer Model: educators are at the center of all NFTE programs • NFTE University Teacher Training: 4-day intensive initial training • Professional Development: Quarterly teacher-led Professional Learning Communities (mentoring, best practices); monthly NFTE-led webinars (new entrepreneurship content, industry topics) • Leadership Opportunities: Lead Teachers and Master Educators • Entrepreneurial Teacher Summit: national summer conference (next one tentatively scheduled for summer 2022) 6 NFTE Program Components 7 Learning Management System NFTE Pathway courses delivered via Canvas Learning Management System: • All instructional materials can be accessed through multiple modalities: • Digital assignments and assessments for individual student computers • Paper assignments and assessments available for print or projection on-screen • Individual student accounts for real-time student data analysis • Access to Teacher Resource Hub • Remote support by NFTE staff 8 2020 COVID-19 Learning Models In-Person Students return to the classroom with COVID-19 precautions in place. Return Remote Students engage in synchronous and asynchronous learning Learning experiences using a range of online and print resources. Return Hybrid Students engage in a blend of in-person and remote learning with Return reduced class sizes and reduced hours at the school. Any model may change as the school year progresses. Los Angeles Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge: virtual • Date: May 20, 2021 • Location: virtual/online • Prizes: 1st place: $1,200, 2nd place: $700, 3rd place (3 winners): $300 • Judges: Local entrepreneurs, business, and community leaders evaluate students’ plans and provide feedback • Keynote/Panel: TBA; opportunity for individual or panel to share their entrepreneurial/career journey • Student Expo: All guests will have the opportunity to interact with competition finalists online who will have their businesses on display and may have products for sale 10 Volunteers – School Year 2020-21 Virtual Volunteering! Volunteering with NFTE students is a rewarding experience. Volunteers increase learning and impact. Students who work with volunteers score 9% higher on the NFTE program knowledge assessment! GuestGuest Speaker Speker Coach & Advisor Field Trip Host BizPlan Judge Share your professional Help students strengthen Host a group of students for Panels of business development story, lead a various aspects of their a virtual tour of your professionals evaluate career awareness session business canvas and pitch company to showcase your business pitches (the final or teach a specific lesson as deck, hone financials and communities’ entrepreneurial demonstration of learning), a subject matter expert to marketing plans, practice ecosystem and connect the provide feedback on content highlight business concepts presentation skills, and classroom to workforce and delivery and network and inspire innovative ideas work through other pathways with students individual challenges Typically includes guest speaking Sessions may be individual or Coach: single engagement and/or coaching sessions panel discussions. Advisor: continued engagement Classroom, regionals, nationals 11 Los Angeles Program Reach Snapshot Students 6,321 Schools & Partners 48 Classes & Camps 228 Teachers 83 12 NFTE Los Angeles Schools/Partners Schools Schools cont’d • Los Angeles Unified School District • Fullerton School District • Banning High School • Nicolas Junior High School • Carson High School • Crenshaw High School • Paramount School District • Downtown Magnets High School • Paramount High School • Dr. Maya Abgelou Community High School • Buena Vista High School • Elizabeth Learning Center • Florence Nightingale Middle School • Chaffey Joint Uinon HIgh School District • Foshay Learning Center • Chaffey HIgh School • Franklin High School • Gardena High School • Centinela Valley Union High School District • Hamilton High School • Leuzinger High School • Lincoln HIgh School • Manual Arts High School • Environmental Charter High School • Maya Angelou Community High School • Ivy Academia High School • Mendez High School • Los Angeles County of Arts and Enterprise • Narbonne High School • View Park College Preparatory High School • North Hollywood High School • Santee High School Community-based Organizations • South East High School • Los Angeles Urban League • Wilson High School • Vermont Slauson Economic Development Center • A Place Called Home • Hawthorne School District • Templo Calvario • Hawthorne Math & Science Academy • Riverside City College • Hawthorne Middle School • Rio Hondo College • New Economics For Women Business Center • Azusa Pacific College • Boys and Girls Club of West Valley • Conservation Corps • 100 Black Men 13 • YWCA Strong Workforce Program The primary objectives of K12 SWP are the following: •To support essential collaboration across education systems between the K–12 sector and community colleges, or intersegmental partnerships, with involvement from industry businesses and organizations in strengthening CTE programs and pathways aligned with regional workforce needs Guest Speaker Workshop BizPlan Judge •To support LEAs in developing and implementing high-quality,Facilitator K–14 CTE course sequences, programs, and pathways that: • Facilitate K–12 student exploration and selection of learning opportunities leading to career paths • Build foundational career path skills and knowledge essential to subsequent success in college and early career exploration • Enable a seamless and successful transition from secondary to postsecondary education within the same or related career paths • Lead to completion of industry-valued certificates, degrees, or transfers to four-year university or college • Prepare students upon completion of education to enter employment in occupations for which there is documented demand, and which pay a livable wage • Contribute toward meeting the projected need for one million completers of CTE programs aligned with the state’s labor markets 14 Strong Workforce Program How do the state’s K12 SWP funds reach the K–12 LEAs? California has committed to budgeting $150 million in ongoing, annual funds as an education, economic, and workforce investment to build an education pipeline that prepares highly skilled individuals to fill