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Program Impact:
NFTE Chicago is currently supporting 41 teachers in 33 programs, allowing more than 2,100 students to receive the NFTE program in the 2007-2008 school year.
Experiential Curriculum:
NFTE is known worldwide for its award-winning, hands-on core curriculum, How to Start and Operate a Small Business. The 10th edition is standards-focused and includes such things as new chapters, greater clarity in finance chapters, case studies and sample business plans.
This curriculum can be used in a semester- or year-long entrepreneurship course, integrated into an existing course, or in an after-school program.
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Student materials: Hard-cover textbook; soft-cover workbook containing three business plans
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Teacher materials: Teacher’s Edition with CD ROM; blackline masters of workbook; transparency masters; Exam View test bank
Program Components:
NFTE Chicago impacts the classroom further by hosting field trips to local companies and to the whole sale district, connecting guest speakers, business plan coaches, and judges to classrooms, and creating advanced business camps for enthusiastic young entrepreneurs.
Teacher Support:
NFTE trains teachers to use our award-winning curriculum and then provides year-round supports in the form of teacher meetings, professional development seminars, and summer retreats.
School Data:
NFTE Chicago works in 25 different communities throughout Chicago, primarily on the South and West sides.
The following is some data collected in 2006 by the Chicago Public Schools, from 21 schools where the NFTE program is being taught:
NFTE Chicago works with under-served youth.
NFTE Chicago works in underperforming schools.
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36% of students drop out of school.
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61% of students graduate from high school.
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59% of students are “on track to graduate” based on academic credit accrual.
Participating Schools:
A.C.E. Technical Charter High School
Ariel Community Academy
Austin Business & Entrepreneurship Academy
Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences*
Chicago Vocational Career Academy*
Community Youth Development Institute
Dunbar Career Academy*
Foreman High School*
George Washington High School*
Global Visions Academy
Gwendolyn Brooks College Prep*
Harlan High School*
Harper High School*
John Hope College Prep*
Julian High School*
Kelly High School*
Kelvyn Park High School*
Kenwood Academy*
Lindblom Math & Science Academy*
Luther High School North
Luther High School South
Manley Career Academy*
Neal F. Simeon Career Academy*
North Lawndale College Prep*
Prosser Career Academy*
Paul Robeson High School*
School of Entrepreneurship @ South Shore
Walther Luther
Wells Community Academy High School*
Whitney Young High School*
*Provided data to CPS Department of Research and Evaluation in 2006
Participating Community-Based Organizations (CBOs):
Beloved Community @ St. Sabina Church
Chicago Botanical Gardens
Youth Entrepreneurs Academy @ MBA Fellowship Church
Academic Partner:
NFTE Chicago was founded the same year as the Levy Institute for Entrepreneurial Practice and became the official community outreach project. NFTE and Kellogg leverage the Institute’s resources to enhance entrepreneurship education at both the high school and graduate school level. Each year, approximately 30 Kellogg MBA students mentor NFTE students on a weekly basis and Kellogg also provides space, free of charge, for many NFTE events.
Strategic Partners:
Education to Careers
The Education to Careers Department of the Chicago Public Schools has adopted NFTE's curriculum as the lead business curriculum within CPS.
Illinois Institute for Entrepreneurship Education
NFTE Chicago partners with the IIEE to provide curriculum for the advanced business seminars of their Annual Youth Entrepreneurship Conference. NFTE also helps recruit students to attend the conference.
Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center
The CEC partners with NFTE to provide volunteers to be guest speakers and business plan coaches to three NFTE classrooms.
Rotary’s Job1 Program
NFTE works with Rotary’s Job1 Internship Program by providing recruiting NFTE students for summer paid internships and providing curriculum for job-readiness workshops. To date, over one hundred students have been placed in internships.
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