Teach the next generation that it is possible to change the world with the inspiring curriculum guide, It's My Business: Inspiring Students' Ideas for a Better Community.
Author Roxie Hentz, PhD, applies over twenty-five years of experience to create a fully developed curriculum resource aligned to academic standards with detailed lessons, interactive activities, and group projects that will equip educators and youth leaders with the tools they need to introduce the concept of social entrepreneurship.
Many students already engage in social entrepreneurial activities - whether it's using their money to aid animals at the local shelter, buying food for a neighboring soup kitchen that serves the homeless, or something else close to their hearts. By more formally exposing them to this innovative field, students will learn how to take social issues they're passionate about and turn them into real businesses that help their communities in meaningful ways. At the same time, they also strengthen critical thinking, build leadership skills, develop a sense of self-responsibility, improve confidence, and promote problem-solving techniques-all skills that can transfer to success both in school and beyond.
The lessons and activities ultimately build toward a project in which students get to develop and manage their own classroom social enterprise. This process of learning through real-life experiences challenges them to view business as a way of improving or changing their community-and even the world around them.
About the Author: Roxie Hentz, PhD has over twenty-five years of experience in the education field, including service as a state education consultant, culturally responsive teacher leader, district-wide teacher mentor, university teacher-in-residence, adjunct professor, and classroom teacher.
Hentz is also the owner of CEOs of Tomorrow, Inc., an organization dedicated to empowering youth, and the adults that work with them, in bettering the world through social entrepreneurship education. The company runs its programs in classrooms, after-school programs, youth camps, university campuses, community centers, and faith organizations.
As a result of outcomes made during her seventeen years as the founding executive director of a nonprofit organization serving urban youth and her impact in education, Hentz has won numerous awards for her work. These include the Fulbright Distinguished Teacher Award, Wisconsin's Economic Teacher of the Year, and Jammin' 98.3 Black History Maker Award.
Hentz earned her bachelor's degree in education, her master's degree in business administration, and her doctorate degree in education and leadership for the advancement of learning and service.
