Beechwood High School

Business & Entrepreneurship

Minor

Based upon our research with universities and industry, students are lacking these skills upon entrance into college and the workforce. The core concepts will allow ALL students to flourish in their post-secondary lives - regardless of their college or career choice. Again, we are maintaining high expectations and rigor, while allowing students to go through a curriculum that is also focused on rich experiences. The EDGE program supplements our strong foundation of English, math, science, and social studies. Each business and university partner has helped us to develop an experiential-learning curriculum, which will help us to better prepare, engage, and retain our talent for leadership in the region.

The EDGE Program begins in Pre-K and runs through 12th grade for ALL students.

Students will experience a personalized, learner-centered design.

We will focus on developing skills that are transferable across real world settings.

We will implement a challenge-based curriculum that embeds the core concepts.

We will ensure a hybrid of rigorous content with a rich

Students will build a portfolio and evidence-based documentation of their Pre-K through 12 EDGE experience.

Students are assessed through their process of reflection on the application and synthesis of core concepts.

We will engage the community, businesses, industry, and university for curriculum development and experience alignment; multiple universities and over 25 business partners have helped us to develop an innovative, challenge-based curriculum centered around the core concepts.

THE BEECHWOODThe Business/Entrepreneurship minor provides students with the skills, knowledges, and experiences to excel in the business

field or in the creation of a new business. Coursework covers preparation for a vast set of careers through marketing, accounting, finance, and development of a business plan. Entrepreneurship is one of the fastest growing industries in the

region and we are preparing students with experiences that reflect the industry. Hands-on training is the foundation of the Business/Entrepreneurship minor at Beechwood. Students gain professional industry involvement and experience an EDGE

curriculum that was developed with partners such as:

The EDGE Program focuses on a set of core concepts that are embedded throughout the curriculum - Preschool through 12th grade.

MINOR OVERVIEW

Sustain Inquiry

Plan & BeStrategic

Think Critically & Creatively

Communication & Collaboration

Reflect& Grow

GIVING OUR STUDENTS AN

THE BEECHWOOD PROGRAM INTRODUCTIONAs a part of the Continuous Improvement Plan, Three-year Strategic Plan, and The Beechwood Way, we aim to develop globally competitive students. Moreover, we acknowledge that growth as a leader and learner is more complex than mastery of reading and math alone. Based on what our students, parents, community, and region told us, we began considering ways to enhance the experience for all students at Beechwood.

The Beechwood EDGE addresses the following: To be globally competitive, our children need exposure to new content, problem solving, industry engagement, and leadership opportunities. As we continue to be innovative, we worked with universities and industry to determine what would give all of our students an “edge.” There was a clear consensus: we need to provide opportunities for experiential learning to develop next-generation skills. The district has now integrated the rigor of college prep content with experiential learning to provide intellectual richness and flexibility, while maintaining the integrity of our high academic standards.

Excellence of Outcomes experiential curriculum.

Advisory Week in spring of Junior year - Students submit their proposal for senior year to a committee.

YEAR 4 - PERSONALIZED CAPSTONEOption 1 - Internship, mentorship, or shadow rotation with independent research project Option 2 - Early College - specifically aligned to minor through NKU or TMU (on campus)Option 3 - Dual Credit - specifically aligned to minor through NKU or TMU (online or at Beechwood)Any of these can be combined with an AP Seminar course.

Research & Data

Analysis

YEAR 1 - BUSINESS & MARKETING ESSENTIALSLLEEARARNING & LEADING THE EDGE

YEAR 2 - ACCOUNTING & FINANCE FOUNDATIONS

YEAR 3 - PRINCIPLES OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP

LLEEARNING & LEADING

LLEEARNING & LEADING

THE EDGE

THE EDGE

• Banking, credit, financial literacy• Career exploration in accounting and finance• Bank reconciliations, taxes, financial statements• Revenue recognition, inventory, long-lived

assets, present value, & long-term liabilities• Interpretation of financial accounting statements• Strategic cost analysis

• Fundamentals of world economies• Forms of business ownership/career exploration• Brand management• Excel training• Marketing research• Pricing, promotion, sales force management

and competitive analysis

• Amazon marketing department guestspeaker and feedback on work

• Simulations with NKU• HCDC visit• Tiger Zone challenge

• Visits from Amazon finance andprocurement

• Simulations with NKU• Tiger Zone finance challenge

• Amazon challenge and visit• HCDC challenge• Business Model Canvas• Tiger Zone entrepreneurial challenge

• Comprehensive business plan• Communication skills, economics, financial

analysis, operations, promotion and selling• Product and service research development and

acquisition• Funding, legal issues, human resources

54 Beechwood Road Fort Mitchell, KY 41017

Phone: 859-331-1220 Fax: 859-426-3743 www.beechwood.kyschools.us

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THE BEECHWOOD

YEAR 4 INTERNSHIP/AP SEMINAR | EARLY COLLEGE (NKU, TMU) | DUAL CREDIT (NKU, TMU, U OF TEXAS)

PRE-K THROUGH 4TH GRADE CORE CONCEPTS

5TH GRADE SEMINAR

6TH GRADE SEMINAR

7TH GRADE SEMINAR

8TH GRADE SEMINAR - SURVEY OF HIGH SCHOOL MINORSMedia Design, Computer Science, Engineering, Culinary, BioMed, Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Business/Entrepreneurship

9TH GRADE STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO CHOOSE A MINOR 3 YEAR COURSE OF STUDY (OPTIONAL)

EMBEDDED CORE CONCEPTS

Communication & Collaboration

Critical & Creative Thinking

Reflection & Growth

Plan & Be Strategic

Sustained Inquiry

MEDIA DESIGN

Intro to Media

Adv. Design

Virtual Design

COMP SCI

Intro to CS

AP CS Principles

AP Comp. Sci A

ENGINEERING

IDEA Lab I

IDEA Lab II

IDEA Lab III

CULINARY BIOMED FINE ARTS ENTREPRENEURPERFORMINGARTS

Foods & Nutrition Culinary I

Culinary II

Intro BioMed

Honors Biology

Anatomy &Physiology

General Art

Specialized Art

Ceramics

AP Art & Design

Business & Marketing Symphonic

Percussion

HS Chorus

AP Music Theory

Drama

Forensics

Yearbook

Broadcasting/ Journalism

Excellence of OutcomesResearch &

Data

Master Chef

Accounting & Finance

Principles of Entrepreneurship

AP Art History