Our Mission
The
mission of Entrepreneurship Educational Services (EES), Inc. and its partners
is:
To provide animated, highly interactive,
online entrepreneurship curricula anytime, anywhere.
Teaching financial literacy is the essence
of our internet instructional resources and ongoing services for secondary
education, home schooled, and encore entrepreneurs.
The
Problem
Aspiring entrepreneurs, regardless of their
stage in life, face many challenges.
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Most graduating seniors enter the workforce
financially illiterate
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80% of educators admit to lacking the skills
necessary to teach financial literacy courses
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Homeschool parents struggle to find quality
curriculum for their students
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Encore entrepreneurs are in need of an
affordable, yet flexible curriculum to fit their lifestyle needs
The ERO™
Solution
Entrepreneurship Educational Services
(EES), Inc. has accepted the challenge to provide a web-based curriculum to
address these needs.
The Entrepreneurial Recipe Online (ERO) ™ is a revolutionary new online learning
program designed to inspire and educate students in the fundamentals of
mastering financial literacy from an entrepreneurial mindset. The instructional
process acts to engage students in entrepreneurial role playing; however, EES,
Inc. recognizes that our audience must, as a prerequisite, master the essential
personal financial literacy skills before taking on any risk-taking endeavor.
Immersing
students in the fundamental aspects of an entrepreneurial mindset and the
unlimited opportunities it can provide, students who complete this course will
be able to:
- Master financial
literacy skills as a prerequisite to any risk-taking endeavor
- Establish goal-setting
and time management skills and identify resources and determine the steps required
to accomplish their goals
- Develop critical
thinking skills enabling them to identify and evaluate entrepreneurial
opportunities
- Understand the process
that enables entrepreneurs to transform a simple idea into a sustainable
success
- Establish goals, identify resources and
determine the steps required to accomplish their goals
- Identify and job shadow local entrepreneurs and
business owners within their own communities
- Understand and apply
fundamental aspects of entrepreneurial thinking across disciplines and as a means
of personal empowerment
The
ERO™: Starting Where We Are
www.FinancialLiteracy.biz
Currently,
this two-semester capstone entrepreneurship course is being transformed on the
Financial Literacy webpage. Eighteen modules have been drafted, which include
reading assignments, case studies, vocabulary lists, comprehensive web
resources, and homework assignments. However, Module 1: Start Where You Are is the only module available in a
textbook, workbook and instructor’s manual format.
Napkin
drawings, a concept borrowed from Dan Roam, author of The Back of the Napkin, are used to effectively communicate more
complex entrepreneurship and accounting principles to our audiences.
Our
Goals for the Future
EES,
Inc. has lofty goals for future expansion. The goal is to complete core Modules
0-5 for fall 2015 and post them online in a marketable format for students,
educators, homeschooled patrons and encore entrepreneurs.
Another
market niche being researched is the Hispanic small business owners. Our research
tells us that there are more than three million Hispanic business owners in the
U.S. We would welcome the opportunity to add this market to our student
population.
Beyond
this time frame, our goals include more beta-testing, joint venture
partnerships, and completion of the remaining twelve modules, currently in a
rough draft.
The
ERO™ Portal
The website will include access to a vibrant online
entrepreneurial learning community that enables participants and facilitators
to share their knowledge and experience with other entrepreneurs and educators
within their own communities, as well as others across the country and around
the world.
www.FinancialLiteracy.biz
The
ERO™ Modules
The
modular format can be easily modified to meet a variety of delivery schedules
from an intensive boot camp style program to a two-semester capstone course;
and can be delivered in a traditional, blended, or virtual classroom.
Traditional classroom
Traditional classroom delivery provides facilitator access
to the online course materials. Each student receives a hard copy of the
textbook and student workbook which includes multiple choice test questions,
discussion topics, individual and group assignments.
The traditional classroom delivery is divided into daily
lesson plans designed to stimulate interactive classroom discussions. The
individual student workbook enables the student to access the test items,
discussion topics, personal reflections and problem-based learning assignments.
Blended classroom
The blended classroom delivery enables students, as well as
the facilitator, the same access as the traditional classroom, in addition to a
unique passcode that enables the student to access the online course materials.
Blended classroom participants can interact with online
tests, discussion topics, personal reflections and problem-based learning
assignments online or via the student workbook.
Facilitated online
Facilitated online delivery offers both flexibility and
convenience with the potential to engage students globally. Offering
facilitated online delivery, both student and facilitator gain access to online
course materials along with a copy of the text materials. Students can view the
materials anytime, anywhere to complete the lessons on their own time, and at
their own pace. The facilitator can use the online learning community to host
group discussions and peer-to-peer learning.
Why
Financial Literacy?
EES, Inc. defines financial literacy as the ability
to understand how money works in the world: how someone manages to earn or make
it, how that person manages it, how s/he invests it (turn it into more) and how
that person donates it to help others. More specifically, it refers to the set
of skills and knowledge that allows an individual to make informed and
effective decisions with all of their financial resources.
Campaign
Budget
In
order for The ERO™ to become a reality we are seeking funding in the amount of
$73,800 to provide the five core modules in our online portal. To accomplish
this we still need to secure the proper technology and complete the editing and
uploading of the remaining modules. Once this is in place, we plan on being
classroom-ready by August 1, 2015. Your help in making this reality is greatly
appreciated.
Rewards
Follow
Team ERO™
Donald F. Connelly- entrepreneurialrecipe@gmail.com
Ingrid Rounds Hardy- gracious.growth@gmail.com
Victoria M. Chu- vickymchu@gmail.com
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