2008 Faculty Development Workshops

Tying Entrepreneurship Skills to Math, Science, Technology and Agriculture


Monday June 16th, 2008 to Tuesday June 27th, 2008 (Prior to the NAAE Region III Conference)
La Crosse, WI

Instructor(s):
David Hensley, Executive Director, John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center, The University of Iowa

Dawn Bowlus, Director, Jacobson Institute for Youth Entrepreneurship, The University of Iowa

Rich McCarty, Lecturer, John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center, The University of Iowa

Cherylann Stewart, Professor, Kirkwood Community College

Description
Participants will receive an overview of entrepreneurship including innovation and creativity, opportunity recognition/idea evaluation, marketing/market research, finance, and business operations as they relate to agriculture.  Successful agricultural entrepreneurs use math, science, and technology skills to develop and grow their businesses.  This workshop will reinforce the principles with hands-on activities allowing participants to further internalize the concepts presented.  Participants will learn how to guide their students through the process of identifying and developing agricultural business opportunities.  Participants will receive access to business planning curriculum and resources developed by the Jacobson Institute for Youth Entrepreneurship at The University of Iowa.

Through entrepreneurship education, students begin to appreciate the importance of life-long learning and recognize the possibilities for creating their own future.  Ultimately, students are equipped with portable skills they will use throughout their lives as entrepreneurs or employees.

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
  • 68% indicated a desire to learn more about entrepreneurship

Learning Objectives
Upon completing this workshop participants will be able to

  • Increase understanding of entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurial process
  • Strategies for incorporating entrepreneurship into coursework using hands on learning techniques
  • Methods for integrating technology related to entrepreneurship into classroom coursework

Useful Prior Experience/Special Skills:
Ability to use Internet
Basic knowledge of Excel, PowerPoint, Word

Deliverables (Take away materials):

  • Increased knowledge of entrepreneurship and how it relates to agriculture education
  • Strategies and methods for integrating entrepreneurship into agriculture curriculum, utilizing math, science and technology
    • Booklet including 50+ agriculture-entrepreneurship activities (written and designed by training participants)
  • Access to comprehensive online entrepreneurship curriculum ($149 value)
    • 8 units
      • Lesson Plans
      • PowerPoint Presentations
      • Case Studies
      • Student Activities
      • Web Resources
      • Student Business Plan Template
  • Opportunity to network with other agriculture educators incorporating entrepreneurship into their curriculum

Registration:
The registration fee for this workshop is $150. This fee is paid online at the time of registration. Cancellations within 10 days of the workshop start is non-refundable. Workshop registration includes:

• 2 day workshop
• Training Binder
• up to $500 travel stipend with successful completion of prerequiste
• Access for 1 year to online entrepreneurship curriculum ($149 value)
           ( License renewal for subsequent years is $99 annually)

This workshop is limited to 30 participants
• Lodging for 3 nights
• Most meals
• Lodging for 3 nights
• Most meals
Additional Information
Select participants may have the opportunity to develop an agriculture module within the online entrepreneurship curriculum. 


Sample Daily Schedule:

Day 1

8:30 a.m.

Program Introduction

9:10 a.m.

Overview of Entrepreneurship

  • Importance of Entrepreneurship Education

9:30 a.m.

Identifying Business Opportunities

  • Enhancing Creativity
    • Creativity Activity
  • Sources of Innovation
  • Sources of Innovation Activity

10:30 a.m.

Break

10:45 a.m.

Evaluating Entrepreneurial Opportunities

  • Generating Ideas
    • Identifying Ideas and Analysis Activity
  • Ideas vs. Opportunities
  • Venture Screening Criteria

12:00 p.m.

Lunch

1:00 p.m.

Evaluating Entrepreneurial Opportunities continued

  • Analyze Business Concepts
    • Evaluating Entrepreneurial Opportunities Activity

1:30 p.m.

Evaluating the Market Potential

  • Basic Market Research Techniques
  • Analyzing the Market
  • Advertising and Promotion
  • Pricing
    • Evaluating the Market Activity

2:30 p.m.

Break

2:45 p.m.

Group Presentation of Market Potential

3:30 p.m.

Panel of Young Entrepreneurs

4:30 p.m.

Review assignments for Thursday

5:00 p.m.

Wrap-up

Assignment: Review Time Savers business plans and be prepared to discuss
Read the Scott Tompkins Case

 
Day 2

8:30 a.m.

Profile of an Entrepreneur

  • Earthlink Video

9:15 a.m.

Effective Business Plans

  • Overview of the Process
  • Sections of the Plan
  • Activity: Group Work developing Basic Profit/Loss Statement

10:15 a.m.

Break

10:30 a.m.

Profit/Loss Group Presentations

11:00 a.m.

Evaluation of the Business Plan

  • Reviewing/Grading Time Savers plan

12:00 p.m.

Lunch

1:00 p.m.

Educator Profile: Integrating Entrepreneurship & Value-Added Agriculture

  • Cherylann Stewart, Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, IA

2:30 p.m.

Discuss the Scott Tompkins Case

3:30 p.m.

Break

3:45 p.m.

Introduction to YouthBizCentral curriculum

  • Overview of curriculum
  • Training Assignments

5:00 p.m.

Wrap Up

 
Day 3

8:30 a.m.

Curriculum Development

  • Review YouthBizCentral
  • Development of 3 20-minute activities

10:00 a.m.

Break

10:15 a.m.

Presentations

  • Small Group - Overview of activities developed

11:30 a.m.

Completion of course evaluation and other forms

12:00 p.m.

Wrap-up
 (Box Lunches To Go)

 

Lodging
Radisson Hotel LaCrosse – Rooms under “Agriculture Entrepreneurship” block. 
Telephone: 608-784-6680

 

Contact Information
Dawn Bowlus
Director
Jacobson Institute for Youth Entrepreneurship
The University of Iowa
108 PBB Suite S160
Iowa City, IA 52242

Tel: 319-335-0985
Fax: 319-353-2445
E-mail: dawn-bowlus@uiowa.edu

Post-Workshop Assignments
(to be completed and submitted by July 20th)
Participants must prepare three 20-minute activities which they will use in their classroom to teach entrepreneurship. One of the three activities must incorporate technology. Participants are encouraged to utilize the YouthBizCentral curriculum toolkit as a resource in planning and implementation of these activities.


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