Learning Targets:
Targets for knowledge, skills, and behaviours below are possible targets. It is not expected that all will be covered by a single Teaching Unit. Teachers can select their learning targets using the Teaching Units provided (to the right), adaptations of these Teaching Units, or Units/Lesson Plans they develop on their own.
KNOW:
- Characteristics and skills common to many entrepreneurs
- Enterprising skills and abilities can be applied to all endeavours
- Roles of cooperatives, unions, NGOs, and volunteers in producing and providing goods and services
- How to explore and identify opportunities
- How to compare and evaluate opportunities for an enterprise
- Key steps in setting up an enterprise – for-profit or not-for-profit
- Key components of a plan to set up an enterprise
BE ABLE TO:
- Assess their personal entrepreneurial interest and potential
- Identify and assess opportunities for enterprising initiative in their community
- Create and assess some ideas generated for an opportunity
- Develop a plan for an enterprising initiative to address an opportunity in their school or community
ACTION/BEHAVIOUR:
- Make informed decisions about their participation in the economy
- Follow news and events that might lead to opportunities and affect their actions and decisions
- Develop an effective plan to setup a business if they make the decision to become an entrepreneur
- Consider opportunities for social enterprise to start initiatives that could help others or sustain the environment
