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Business & Innovation

*Business & Innovation is a half-day pathway and does not require any previous experience.  Click here to request Business & Innovation in your '23-'24 class schedule.

Apple, Odell Brewing Company, Cultural Enrichment Center, Amazon, Disney, and Microsoft all started with a wild idea in their founder’s garage. Come develop, validate, incubate, and accelerate your wild ideas in the Business and Innovation Pathway.

Learners in this zero-barrier pathway will develop an entrepreneurial mindset in this start-up style hub for innovation. Young entrepreneurs will partner will local businesses and community mentors, work in high-performing teams, and learn the ins and outs of project management. Learners will foster the courage to take on the unexpected and to ultimately develop businesses for a better world.

Learners in this pathway will also be able to earn their Entrepreneurship & Small Business certification offered through Certiport.

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Click here to contact Nick Baltzell for more information about the Business and Innovation Pathway.

Introduction to Entrepreneurship

Credits:
5
Course Description

This class teaches entrepreneurship through the process of new venture creation. Students have the opportunity to create and develop their own product or service and are supported by community entrepreneurs and business experts that serve as coaches and mentors. This course will introduce students to the design thinking process and assist them in development of the mindset, skills, and tools necessary to create change, improve the world, and make a difference in your life as well as the lives of those around you. 

Graduation Requirement
Prerequisites

None

Business Communications

Course Description

This course emphasizes effective business writing and cover letters, memoranda, reports, application letters, and resumes. This course includes the fundamentals of business communication and an introduction to international communication. This foundational course supports Futures Lab students in their business endeavors with community partners and authentic projects. 

Graduation Requirement

Professional Collaboration & Project Management

Credits:
10
Course Description

This course allow learners to have ownership of path and product and investigates the concepts and applicability of project management within organizations. It examines the unique nature of the project management structure including its emphasis on integrated decision making throughout a lifecycle of a product from the planning, implementing, monitoring, and controlling phases. Emphasis is on the processes of initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing activities of project management.

Graduation Requirement

School-Based Enterprise

Credits:
5
Course Description

This highly experiential course explores creativity and innovation while also focusing on all facets of starting and managing a school-based enterprise. Focus will include writing a business plan, holding interviews, and establishing operating policies and procedures. Building a solid framework of work-based learning for the student. Learner projects will align with student choice and will be designed to impact the world beyond the classroom walls.

Graduation Requirement
PSD does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, veteran status, age or disability in access or admission to, or treatment or employment in, its programs or activities. A lack of English speaking skills will not be a barrier to admission or participation.