VentureLab Curriculum Page

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image="105" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index="" el_class="ventureheader"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_empty_space height="370px" el_class="nomobile"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text el_class="largetextwhite"]A free youth entrepreneurship curriculum that anyone can teach.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image="287" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index="" css=".vc_custom_1523653352280{padding-bottom: 30px !important;}"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1523653316384{padding-top: 50px !important;}" el_class="whitefont"]Innovative Learning Starts with You[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1520548477147{padding-top: 15px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}" el_class="yellowfont"]Passion Mandatory. Experience not necessary.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column][vc_column_text]A course in a box! All the lesson planning is done for you. Each lesson features detailed preparation, step-by-step instructions, teaching tips, and all the slides and handouts.Flexible implementation. Our entrepreneurial curriculum features 90 minute lessons with activities that can be taught sequentially or plugged into existing coursework, after-school (OST) programs, or camps.Cross-curricular connections. Entrepreneurship demands a varied skillset. Lessons bring to life STEAM, maker, and design thinking concepts under the umbrella of entrepreneurship, especially for girls!21st century skills made accessible. Critical thinking, creativity, problem solving, communication and collaboration are explicitly taught. Guided reflections after each activity deepen understanding.Curriculum designed with girls in mind. Lessons emphasize real-world connections and problem-solving for a cause. Whenever possible, we use real-life examples of female entrepreneurs.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][qode_button_v2 target="_blank" icon_pack="font_awesome" font_weight="700" text_transform="uppercase" hover_effect="" gradient="no" text="Talk to a curriculum consultant free!" custom_class="center-btn" link="https://venturelab.org/consult/" color="#4286c3" hover_color="#ffffff" background_color="#ffffff" hover_background_color="#4286c3"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1536773798512{padding-bottom: 30px !important;}" el_class="bluefont"]Choose a grade level to get started:[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="center" background_image="71" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index="" css=".vc_custom_1520539306942{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}"][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="1113" img_size="275x275" alignment="center" onclick="custom_link" qode_css_animation="" css=".vc_custom_1538083034311{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}" link="/elementary-curriculum-1-2/"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1536756513919{padding-bottom: 15px !important;}" el_class="purplefont"]Grades 1-2[/vc_column_text][button target="_self" hover_type="default" text="View Lessons" color="#2887c8" hover_color="#ffffff" background_color="rgba(255,255,255,0.01)" hover_background_color="#2887c8" border_color="#2887c8" hover_border_color="#2887c8" border_radius="30" link="/elementary-curriculum-1-2/"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3" css=".vc_custom_1520539793597{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="77" img_size="275x275" alignment="center" onclick="custom_link" qode_css_animation="" css=".vc_custom_1538083053666{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}" link="/elementary-curriculum-upper/"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1536756520523{padding-bottom: 15px !important;}" el_class="purplefont"]Grades 3-5[/vc_column_text][button target="_self" hover_type="default" text="View Lessons" color="#2887c8" hover_color="#ffffff" background_color="rgba(255,255,255,0.01)" hover_background_color="#2887c8" border_color="#2887c8" hover_border_color="#2887c8" border_radius="30" link="/elementary-curriculum-upper/"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3" css=".vc_custom_1518291146554{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="75" img_size="275x275" alignment="center" style="vc_box_rounded" onclick="custom_link" qode_css_animation="" css=".vc_custom_1542293923300{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}" link="/middle-high-school-curriculum/"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1541799987854{padding-bottom: 15px !important;}" el_class="purplefont"]Grades 6-12[/vc_column_text][button target="_self" hover_type="default" text="View Lessons" color="#2887c8" hover_color="#ffffff" background_color="rgba(255,255,255,0.01)" hover_background_color="#2887c8" border_color="#2887c8" hover_border_color="#2887c8" border_radius="30" link="/middle-high-school-curriculum/"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css=".vc_custom_1520540408926{background-color: #2887c8 !important;}" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_single_image image="81" img_size="100x30" alignment="center" qode_css_animation="" css=".vc_custom_1520541128328{margin-top: -5px !important;}"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1524678352432{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}"]Thinking of using our lessons to run a paid program? Contact Us![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image="295" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index="" css=".vc_custom_1523652134792{padding-top: 50px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;}"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_empty_space height="320px" el_class="nomobile"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2" css=".vc_custom_1523652028876{padding-top: 50px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 70px !important;padding-left: 50px !important;background-image: url(http://venturelabs.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Vector.png?id=296) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1523651813640{padding-top: 10px !important;}" el_class="bluefont"]What Students Gain[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1523651905665{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}" el_class="pinkfont"]Entrepreneurial Skills[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Entrepreneurial mindsetIntroduction to businessProduct creation and new inventionsFinancial literacy and budgeting[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1523651910563{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}" el_class="pinkfont"]Student Achievement[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Creative and critical thinkingTeamwork and collaborationLeadership skills and public speaking skillsLateral and higher-order thinking[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1523651916565{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}" el_class="pinkfont"]Postsecondary readiness[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]21st Century Career Skills: product ideation, marketing research, technologySparks interests in attending collegeCareer ideation[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index="" css=".vc_custom_1520541227510{background-image: url(http://venturelabs.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Bkg.png?id=82) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}"][vc_column width="1/6"][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1520541243802{padding-top: 50px !important;padding-bottom: 15px !important;}" el_class="yellowfont"]Ways to Teach[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1520541323284{padding-bottom: 15px !important;}" el_class="whitefont"]Our mission is to make entrepreneurial learning accessible.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image="1020" img_size="full" alignment="center" qode_css_animation="" css=".vc_custom_1526503424942{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1524172490192{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}" el_class="whitefont"]That's why we create free entrepreneurship curriculum lessons that can be implemented in many different ways adapted to your students' needs![/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1520545089594{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}" el_class="whitefont"] People of all backgrounds can facilitate a VentureLab program and many of our facilitators don’t have experience teaching entrepreneurship. To get started, all you need is a space to accommodate students and internet to access our ebooks (or printed copies of our lessons).[/vc_column_text][qode_button_v2 target="_blank" icon_pack="font_awesome" font_weight="700" text_transform="uppercase" hover_effect="" gradient="no" text="Talk to a curriculum consultant free!" custom_class="center-btn" link="https://venturelab.org/consult/" color="#4286c3" hover_color="#ffffff" background_color="#ffffff" hover_background_color="#4286c3"][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/6"][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index="" css=".vc_custom_1523649775457{margin-top: -10px !important;margin-bottom: -10px !important;}"][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="15px" background_image="293" image_repeat="repeat-x"][vc_empty_space height="40px"][vc_single_image image="294" img_size="full" alignment="center" qode_css_animation="" css=".vc_custom_1525284462246{padding-bottom: 40px !important;}"][testimonials author_text_font_weight="400" show_navigation="yes" navigation_style="dark" auto_rotate_slides="5" animation_type="fade_option" text_color="#0a0a0a" text_font_size="14px" author_text_color="#bcbcbc"][vc_empty_space height="15px" background_image="292" image_repeat="repeat-x"][/vc_column][/vc_row]