Family & Consumer Sciences A

Differentiation in Action Skill Building

4.1 Employability Skills: ● Role-playing scenarios - students act out positive/negative employee behaviors and peer evaluate ● Mock job interviews where students practice interviewing skills ● Analyze real job postings and discuss desired qualifcations ● Bring in guest speakers from local businesses to discuss what they look for in employees ● Have students develop personal vision/mission statements and career goals ● Confict resolution activities - how to handle diffcult situations professionally 4.2 Free Enterprise Experience: ● Student-run school store or pop-up business applying all steps of the entrepreneurial process ● Assign business roles/departments (marketing, fnance, operations, etc.) and responsibilities ● Conduct market research surveys through observations, interviews, online data ● Prototype development of product/service ideas followed by revisions ● Create business plans, pitches, and marketing campaigns for their proposed venture ● Financial literacy components - managing costs, pricing, record keeping ● Evaluation through self/peer analysis, customer feedback, proft/loss calculation ● Guest entrepreneurs share their startup experiences and lessons learned ● Field trips to local businesses to see operations frsthand ● Project management simulations make decisions that impact time, scope, cost ● Explore economic concepts like supply/demand, competition, positioning ● Participate in entrepreneurial competitions or pitch contests

Extension

Resources Activities:

● Market Survey - Canvas