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For Educators

August Power Hour

Join us Thursday, August 29 at 4:00 PM EST for a Power Hour on Integrating Entrepreneurship Into Your Curriculum! Learn about connecting the entrepreneurial mindset to your curriculum standards across a variety of age ranges. Click here to register.

Enspire Conference 2024

Join us for the Enspire 2024 Conference taking place on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. Designed for educators and administrators devoted to building the entrepreneurial mindset in K-12 students, this year’s conference will feature:

Hands-on STEM and Entrepreneurship Workshop
YIPPEE showcase
Take-home tools for your classroom
YIPPEE points awarded
Giveaways and more!

Plus, learn about Artificial Intelligence for teachers and K-12 students!

Free Conference for Ohio Science Educators – Travel Stipend Included

Ohio Chemistry Technology Center (OCTC)’s 31st Annual Teachers, Industry and Environment (TIE) Conference takes place from Wed.-Fri., Oct. 16-18, in Columbus, Ohio. This free, hands on experience is tailored for Ohio’s 3rd through 8th grade science educators. The TIE Conference provides educators with a wide range of science experiments and classroom tools that create interesting and entertaining lessons for students. Stipends will be provided for travel, lodging, and meals. Check out the full agenda and register here.

(P.S. – Come visit YEI at TIE! We will be presenting on the intersection of STEM and Entrepreneurship!)

Congratulations to Pitch Winners

More than 1,000 students participated in this year’s Out-of-School Time Young Entrepreneur Pitch Challenge with entries from programs across the country. This included top scoring entries from statewide contests as well as individual entries in three age categories, K-4, 5-8, and 9-12. Thank you to all of the participants, mentors, and judges. Check out the winning entries here.

Free Resources for Educators through YIPPEE

YIPPEE is a grant delivery platform that provides educators access to entrepreneurship education resources for free. All parties involved get a say in what resources reach our students:

Educators choose the products that work best for them
Providers decide where and how they want to offer resources
Sponsors decide how they will direct their support

When all three align, a match is made and educators get a grant – without any paperwork!

Learn what other educators think of YIPPEE here!

YIPPEE for Professional Development

Designed in collaboration with the KSU Center for Educational Technology, this program invites K-12 educators to create a lesson plan using resources available on YIPPEE. All participants will earn a certificate of 13 contact hours (free) or the option for a graduate credit ($165 fee). This is a great way for educators to earn credit, plan curriculum for next year, and learn about free entrepreneurship education resources. Learn more about this ongoing program and register here.

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Student Opportunities

Scholarship Honors Mr. Chris Stallworth

Mr. Chris Stallworth was instrumental in crafting and guiding the C.S. Mott Foundation’s entrepreneurship grants to support entrepreneurship programs for young people in Flint, MI, and in afterschool programs across the country. This $1,000 scholarship award in his memory will be given directly to a high school student pitch competitor who exhibits the entrepreneurial mindset of persistence and grit. Click here to learn more and apply by September 30, 2024.

BUILD’s Design Challenge

BUILD’s Design Challenge empowers students to take action as they work to develop innovative solutions for their communities. Students are guided through the entire design thinking process using their new digital platform. The content was created to empower students nationwide and give them a sense of self-agency. Learn more about the Design Challenge and sign-up here.

Young Entrepreneur Market is Open

It’s market season! Student entrepreneurs will be all over Northeast Ohio selling their handmade products this summer. If you’re nearby, please visit them on Wednesday afternoons at the North Canton Farmers Market, Saturday mornings at Shaker Square, Crocker Park, Willoughby Outdoor Market, Chardon Square, and Hudson Farmers Market, and Sunday mornings at Legacy Village. Learn more about the market program here. Don’t forget to reserve your own market date!

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Article and Happenings

Entrepreneurship Education Consortium and YEI

Young Entrepreneur Institute (YEI) is excited to announce that the Entrepreneurship Education Consortium (EEC) will shift several core EEC programs to operate under the YEI umbrella, effective August 31, 2024. EEC is a network of higher education institutions in Northeast Ohio offering entrepreneurship education and startup opportunities for students and professional development for faculty.

Disney Dreamers Academy Makes Dream Come True for Teen Entrepreneur

Check out this article from The Jacksonville Free Press about two of our old friends, Te’Lario Watkins II and Daymond John! Te’Lario was Daymond’s guest during a filming of the hit show Shark Tank recently.

Daymond John was a featured speaker at our Enspire Conference in 2015, where Te’Lario was in attendance as a young entrepreneur. Since then, Te’Lario has judged some of our pitch competitions, spoken at events, and been an ambassador for youth entrepreneurship throughout Ohio. Read more here!

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Have an Event or Program to Highlight?

If you have an educator professional development event, useful curriculum, or opportunity for students to engage with the entrepreneurial mindset, please let us know. Feel free to email Evan Yule with any potential features to be included in our future newsletters, we’d love to hear from you!