Mindset Essentials for Teachers
We provide a complete system to help educators teach students how to build their future businesses!
Turn Key Curriculum!
Lesson plans that fill in all the gaps and engage students!
This digital curriculum contains 40+ hours of content for in-person or virtual teaching! It works to bring entrepreneurship to students through social-emotional learning (SEL), problem-solving activities, instructional videos, and more!
No Prep Work Required!
Ready to share directly with students right away!
Each slide deck and set of activity instructions that make it that much simpler to teach entrepreneurship and innovation without worrying about the logistics.
Both Teachers and Students Love It!
Innovating is a joint effort between educators and students to make change!
“The girls really love doing the curriculum and being more independent with it! The content doesn't fry their brains and it's more reflective so they're really having fun!”
Oscar N., High School Entrepreneurship Teacher
“The best thing I learned through this program is tenacity. In these unprecedented times, it has been difficult for me to get up and have something to be excited about. However, this program allowed me to push myself to create.”
Siima M., 11th Grader
“The middle schoolers enjoyed having something new to work on and they had such big ideas. I was so impressed with their creativity and they were motivated to work on it even after they went home!”
Darlene C., Middle School Social Studies Teacher & Club Leader
“The best thing I learned is that there is always a place for your ideas, and constant revision can make them something great.”
Sanya G., 9th Grade
“My favorite part of my entrepreneurial journey with Mindset & Milestones is the fact that I was able to try something new and create something that could truly benefit others! I'm grateful I'm in the know of what to do from here on out with my startup.”
Arlene T. , 12th Grade
“I have been using parts of this for my high school entrepreneurship class and it is so incredibly user-friendly. It is perfect for budding entrepreneurs! The activities are timely, thoughtful and engaging. I recommend this fully!”
Ariana W., High School Social Impact Teacher
Here's The Curriculum!
Click "Developing An Entrepreneurial Mindset" to See Free Preview Lessons!
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Welcome to Mindset & Milestones!💡
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Additional Teaching Resources 🛠
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Ready to Start? 🚀
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Real-World Projects List 🖍
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Project Planning Worksheet📝
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Module 2 Intro
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2.1. Getting Inspired to Problem Solve (Lesson Plan)
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2.2. Problem Identification (Lesson Plan)
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2.3. Finding Solutions (Lesson Plan)
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2.4. Time for Feedback (Lesson Plan)
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2.5 Selecting An Entrepreneurial Problem (Lesson Plan)
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Module 2 Learning Materials
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Feedback
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Module 3 Intro
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3.1. Solidifying Your Solution (Lesson Plan)
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3.2. Make It Feel Real (Lesson Plan)
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3.3 Minimum Viable Product (Lesson Plan)
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3.4. Further Develop MVP (Lesson Plan)
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Downloadable Learning Materials
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Feedback
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Module 4 Intro
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4.1. Intro to Markets (Lesson Plan)
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4.2. Validating Business Hypotheses (Lesson Plan)
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4.3. Customer Interviews (Lesson Plan)
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Downloadable Learning Materials
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Feedback
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Monthly Subscription
- 51 lessons
- 60+ Hours of Content
- 15+ Classroom Projects
21st Century Learning Today
The classroom can be a fun and exciting place!
Meet Pauline!
Remind 2 Unwind, Founder
Pauline is an 11th grader, one of our many student innovators, and the founder of Remind 2 Unwind! Her company centers on a chrome extension meant to combat the problem of screen burnout by reminding users to take breaks offline! After coming up with her idea, she went back to school and worked on an independent study to code the extension!
This is what happens when students have support to make their ideas real!
Meet the Curriculum Developer!
Diondraya Taylor, Ph.D.
Founder and CEO
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Diondraya Taylor, Ph.D. is the founder and CEO of Mindset & Milestones - a social enterprise developing customized youth entrepreneurship programs and courses for schools, non-profits, and local educational agencies. As she fell in love with the startup space through her roles with different startups, she recognized entrepreneurship as an amazing tool to encourage innovation, goal setting, and boldness in youth when they are given the space to build REAL businesses. She is also a triple Bruin having graduated from UCLA with a B.S. in psychobiology and entrepreneurship, a Master’s in Education, and a Ph.D. in Education and Organizational Change. In her research, she focuses on risk-taking for students in STEM and tries to understand their engagement in relation to the identities they hold. Between her business and her research, she is committed to the preparation of youth for the future of work and the development of educational systems that support innovative learning.
You're in Good Company!
These are just a few of the incredible program and schools we're working with to bring entrepreneurship to girls!
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know so that you can get started today!
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Does this curriculum only work for entrepreneurship classes?
Not at all! While the focus of our curriculum is entrepreneurship, we also fully encourage educators who are teaching classes in economics, leadership, personal finance, computer science, even social justice, and many more to use content from our curriculum to help students come up with ideas to solve problems using the core principles from the topic of their course.
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What does the curriculum help students do?
Our curriculum uses social-emotional learning (SEL) and project-based learning to help students see themselves as entrepreneurs who can identify problems they actually want to solve. The activities empower students to come up with ideas, create a plan to develop them, and test their ideas to create a launch read business.
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How long is each of the lessons in the curriculum?
Each lesson is about 1 to 2 hours; however, depending on how long the course is running it can be compressed or stretched to suit the depth of learning and time frame available. We've designed the curriculum to be flexible and suit many different learning layouts. Our curriculum can support everything from a 2 week intensive to a semester-long course and beyond.
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Is there a way for the students to get access to the curriculum?
Absolutely! The Start to Launch Course is a student-facing version of the curriculum that can be used for self-guided learning or as a companion to group sessions taught with the Mindset Essentials for Teachers!
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What age range does the curriculum work for?
Middle and high school students are the main user groups for our curriculum, but it is also great for older groups of beginners (community college students, adult education programs, etc) looking to start their entrepreneurial journey.
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Can this curriculum work for online, in-person, or hybrid classes?
Our curriculum is well-suited for all 3 modes of teaching. Between our self-guided and group-based options, pdfs that can be edited or printed, and the use of multiple media for teaching, students can be well served whether they’re in a classroom, on a screen, or both!
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Can the curriculum be taught asynchronously?
Yes! Our online course for students allows teachers and educators to assign learning modules to students and receive those assignments turned in via google drive or students can submit them to an existing LMS. In this way, students can learn completely asynchronously or students can complete asynchronous learning and teachers can also facilitate guided group sessions using the Mindset Essentials for Teachers curriculum for the best of both worlds!