K-12 Program
Guide To Running a Business Plan Competition
$400 Mini-Grant Application
JPEC is currently accepting applications from non-metro school districts and other organizations in Iowa interested in teaching entrepreneurship education. Up to 60 educators from around the state will be selected competitively to teach an entrepreneurship unit to secondary students.
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Curriculum Package and Online Entrepreneurship Resources are available to educators for a license fee of $149.
This is a collection of entrepreneurial information and activities provided by the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC) at The University of Iowa designed to provide educators with the tools to:
- Integrate entrepreneurship education into the classroom; and
- Conduct a business plan competition.
According to a Gallop poll of American high school students (as cited in Kourilsky, 1999), 85% reported they knew little about business, 80% of high school students think that more entrepreneurship should be taught, while 68% indicated a desire to learn more about entrepreneurship.
JPEC feels strongly that providing educators with resources and support to incorporate entrepreneurship education into their classrooms will have a positive impact on youth and our economy. Offering students the opportunity to compete in a business plan competition encourages students to look seriously at starting and operating their own business while in middle school, high school, or college.
The John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center would like to thank the Iowa Community Vitality Center in Ames, IA for support in the development and implementation of the Iowa High School Business Plan Competition.
For more information and to take a tour of the curriculum, please contact Dawn Bowlus at dawn-bowlus@uiowa.edu or 319-335-0985.