Educators, especially at the secondary and post-secondary levels, are in the unique position of helping create the cultural context for future generations, and promoting a personal context for future entrepreneurs. We support educators through training programs to encourage secondary educators to incorporate entrepreneurship into their curricula, and conducting clinics for post-secondary educators on state-of-the-art techniques to improve teaching practical entrepreneurship. These programs are designed to provide practical approaches, tools, perspectives, ideas and take-away materials that they can use to become better teachers.
We offer professional exchange and training programs to help entrepreneurship educators learn more effective techniques in the teaching of entrepreneurship. By exposing business school faculty, entrepreneurship center directors and other selected participants to practical, skills-based instruction, we enhance the ability of these educators and trainers to provide critical training to potential entrepreneurs, who may develop sustainable companies that create new jobs.
In our program, participants undergo training that features advanced instruction adult learning theory and best practices in the teaching of entrepreneurship. They receive “hands-on” learning opportunities that include lectures, panel discussions, group applications/exercises, demonstrations, participant presentations, and question and answer sessions. In addition to the extensive content and material provided, participants also see this material delivered in a wide range of formats and styles that they can incorporate into their own instruction methods.
A practicum is also part of the learning experience. Participants are given the opportunity to use what they’ve learned with university students and then receive feedback on their teaching methods. The educators are encouraged to use this real-world experience to further integrate their newly learned skills.
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