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IncubatorEdu at RPS

Offered to RPS High School Students, incubatoredu is a year-long program that offers an authentic entrepreneurship experience. In the program, students have the opportunity to create and fully develop their own product or service.

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Collaborators, Project Type, Impacts, Related Projects

 

Collaborators 

Lead Organization: Rochester Public Schools

Contact: TBD ; Email: TBD ; Phone: TBD

Known/Likely Collaborators: Rochester Public Schools ; Rochester-area Chamber of Commerce

Potential Collaborators:

Related Projects

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Impacts 

Major Impact:  Entrepreneurship

PlanScape Impacts :

Level 1: Children & Youth, Entrepreneurship, Education, Workforce Development

Level 2: C2C: Workforce Participation

DMC Impacts:

Community Health Impacts:

Type of Project

Programming  

 

 

Detailed Description

Rochester Public Schools is debuting a national entrepreneurship program, INCubatoredu, this fall. This program is the first-of-its-kind in Minnesota.

INCubatoredu is a year-long course available to all RPS high school students in 11th and 12th grade. Students have the opportunity to create and fully develop their own product or service. Real entrepreneurs and business experts serve as volunteer coaches and mentors guiding student teams through the processes of developing hypotheses about a business concept, testing those hypotheses, adapting, and continually learning and improving. This cycle of experimentation is combined with foundational business content such as marketing and finance. The course concludes with students pitching their ideas to investors to generate seed money to grow their operations.

“Entrepreneurship teaches to the heart of 21st Century skills: adaptability, collaboration, critical thinking, creativity, and problem-solving,” says Superintendent Michael Muñoz. “We know this program will ignite passion among our students and community. It is critical for us to partner with our talented and supportive community because their contributions will immediately impact the lives of our students.”

 

Strategy
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Metrics
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Last modified by support on 2021/09/05
Created by support on 2019/11/25

 

 

 

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