Introduction: Course Overview
Course Description
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We believe that an entrepreneurial mindset is a critical life skill in the 21st Century. This course highlights the role of entrepreneurial thinking in contemporary education. Based on core modules, it covers defining features of entrepreneurialism in education, including becoming an economic unit of one, overcoming obstacles and failing forward, rethinking risk, and building alignment with business-education connections. Thanks for joining us for an exciting introduction to edupreneurialism!
Course Overview
- Let's explore the concept of an entrepreneurial educator and why it is vital to classrooms of the 21st Century. Start your journey as an edupreneur here!
- Learn about the importance of discovering your inner passions and how, in today’s world, you, as a unique individual can tap into your emotional, social, physical, spiritual and intellectual purposes and then align this relevant purpose with the external world.
- You are your own business. You are your own personal brand. Today's fast paced and ever changing world demands individual attention to your assets--your passions, your vocation, and your external realities.
Week 4 Adaptability and Agility
- More than most any other skill, the students and teachers of the 21st century need to have the ability to constantly deal with change and then then adapt and be what we term life agile.
- The biggest risk in this day and age is to not take risks at all. Taking risks allows us to fail, the greatest learning experience in the world, and to fail forward, so that we build up a tool set of experiences that allow us to gauge our risk tolerance, and to assess which risks are worthy, and those that are not.
- Building a Life Portfolio is the direct result of ongoing self-exploration and internal/external alignment. Each of us must take our ongoing exploration and internal/external alignment to create and keep updating our Life Portfolio.
- Where do we go from here as educators? Start a movement in your classroom and in yourself!
Learning Outcomes
As a result of completing The Entrepreneurial Educator course, participants will...
- Understand the concepts associated with edupreneurial thinking;
- Learn about strategies for empowering students to explore edupreneurial thinking in school-based settings;
- Begin to consider ways to integrate edupreneurial thinking in the classroom;
- Have a better understanding of and comfort in navigating between worlds
- Reflect on notions of risk taking and disposition towards change;
- Become aware of the opportunities and links between the disciplines of education and business;
- Have a chance to interact with other educators interested in edupreneurial concepts.
Key Features of Course
- Seven Core Entrepreneurial Modules
- Comprehensive Course Videos
- Question and Answer (Q&A) Discussion Boards
- Instructor-based video responses to the Question and Answer (Q&A) Discussion Boards during Modules #1-2 and #4-5
- Live Office Hours with Instructors during Module #3 and Module #6 (Wednesday, July 9th and July 30th at 6:30pm PST)
- Course Chat with Participants (open 24-hours a day)
- Social media connections and resources via Twitter hashtag #edupreneur
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- The course is NOT graded!
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