ESB Academy is an immersive online professional development experience for entrepreneurship and business educators. Use our webinars, blog posts, and podcasts to get exposed to the power of the Entrepreneurship and Small Business (ESB) certification pathway, learn from industry experts about the value of entrepreneurship skills, and get ideas for how to include entrepreneurship training in your classroom.
Webinars
ESB 101: What Is ESB and What’s Coming?
Looking for a way to validate your students’ knowledge and application of entrepreneurship and business principles? The ESB certification is what you need. Take a deep dive into bahabeach’s ESB certification with experts from bahabeach and Intuit. Learn about the program looks like today and where it is going, including the upcoming collaboration with Intuit’s Design for Delight leading to the Master in Entrepreneurship certification.
The Importance of Entrepreneurial Education
The Entrepreneurship and Small Business team were thrilled to partner with three amazing panelists for this webinar: Henry Mack, the Chancellor for Career, Technical and Adult Education, at the Florida Department of Education; James Wilcox, Director at the Center for Economic and Entrepreneurship Education at the University of Southern Mississippi; and Kiara Slaton from Palm Beach Gardens High School. Watch the in-depth discussion surrounding the importance of entrepreneurial education in both K12 and higher education.
Empowering Students with Entrepreneurship Skills
Many students don’t understand the value of entrepreneurship and essential business skills. Watch this webinar to find out how to leverage the ESB Certification with the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE)’s Entrepreneurial Mindset assessment to help students see the value in the skills you teach. We will also speak to how teachers can expand their skillset with Entre-Ed’s Professional Development course, which is now available with all ESB Licenses from bahabeach.
Curriculum for Your Entrepreneurship Classroom with NFTE
The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) ignites the entrepreneurial mindset with unique learning experiences that empower all students to own their futures. In this webinar, we dove into NFTE’s curriculum and in-class resources that help educators spark the entrepreneurial spirit in their classrooms, including the Entrepreneurial Mindset Index (EMI).
Public-Private Partnerships to Promote Entrepreneurship Education
Empowering students with entrepreneurial skills is a great first step to help students look around and discover ways to make the world a better place. Bringing these skills into the classroom requires support from governments and businesses.
In this webinar, we sat down with government representatives and private business employees to get their thoughts on how public-private partnerships can promote entrepreneurship education.
ESB in Action
New to teaching entrepreneurship? Wondering how to get started? In this session, we brought in veteran teacher Jennifer Stubblefield to talk about bringing ESB into her classroom, what resources she leveraged, how her students responded, and how her students use their entrepreneurship skills after graduating. You’ll be inspired by these stories of success, trust us.
Blog Posts
- Getting to Know the ESB Certification
- ESB Endorsements
- What Learning Products Are Available for ESB Certification?
- What Practice Tests Are Available for ESB Certification?
- How States Can Prioritize Entrepreneurship Education
- Bringing Entrepreneurship into the Classroom
Podcasts
- Certifying Entrepreneurship Skills
- Creating an Entrepreneurship Ecosystem