WV Students Place 3rd in Coalfield Young Entrepreneurs Contest
On May 6th, Matewan PK-8 participated in the Coalfield Young Entrepreneurs Contest. During the event, student teams presented their business ideas to local entrepreneurs. Winners received a monetary prize to continue their businesses. Jennifer Miller, a teacher at Matewan PK-8, received grant funding from EntreEd’s ESTEAM project for her students to create a business. Students […]
ESTEAM Day at BridgeValley CTC
On April 29, about 100 West Virginia middle schoolers attended EntreEd’s ESTEAM Day at BridgeValley Community and Technical College in Charleston, WV. The day was packed with engaging hand-on challenges that connected entrepreneurship and STEAM. The students had a blast. Check out the video below for a closer look at the day!
EntreEd Announces Inaugural Cohort of Master Teachers
EntreEd’s inaugural cohort of eleven Master Teachers has successfully completed their certification. EntreEd’s Master Teacher certification recognizes educators that have completed immersive professional development in the space of entrepreneurship education and committed to integrating entrepreneurship education into their teaching practice. The Master Teacher certification requires educators to: 1) complete a minimum of 16 hours of […]
ESTEAM Pitch Competition Winner Highlight, Patch Works
In December 2021, EntreEd and the Appalachian Regional Commission partnered to bring the ESTEAM Pitch Competition to middle- and high-school students across Appalachia. The pitch competition provided students the opportunity to ignite their entrepreneurial mindset and engage in meaningful entrepreneurship experiences within their local community. Senior student, Emilee Metcalf of Clinton High School in Anderson […]
ESTEAM Pitch Competition Winner Highlight, Nine Lives Phone Case
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-118-nine-lives-scott-miller-esteam-pitch-competition/id1449605646?i=1000549084840 In December 2021, EntreEd and the Appalachian Regional Commission partnered to bring the ESTEAM Pitch Competition to middle- and high-school students across Appalachia. The pitch competition provided students the opportunity to ignite their entrepreneurial mindset and engage in meaningful entrepreneurship experiences within their local community. Seventh-grade students, Madison Blankenship, Emelyn Bumgarner, Emma Miller, and […]
ESTEAM Pitch Competition Ignites Entrepreneurial Mindsets in Appalachian Students
Last month, EntreEd and the Appalachian Regional Commission partnered to bring the ESTEAM Pitch Competition to middle- and high-school students across Appalachia. The pitch competition provided students the opportunity to ignite their entrepreneurial mindset and engage in meaningful entrepreneurship experiences within their local community. For some students this was their first experience with entrepreneurship education. […]
Mr. Gibson Brings ESTEAM to Life for Eastern Kentucky Students
In October 2019, The National Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education (EntreEd), was awarded an Appalachian Regional Commission POWER grant for the Fostering Self ESTEAM in Appalachia’s Emerging Workforce project. The project helps middle and high schools in a seven-state region infuse Entrepreneurship into STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) initiatives. By targeting middle and high […]
Igniting the Entrepreneurial Flame in Students
Jackson City School in Breathitt County, Kentucky has continually been an exemplar of sustaining entrepreneurial culture through sharing EntreEd’s mission and the America’s Entrepreneurial School Program with their students. The school hails from a small, independent district and serves K-12 students in one building, but the impact that they are making on their students’ futures […]
Inaugural Cohort of EntreEd’s Master Teacher Program Begins in Chattanooga, TN
On July 21-22, 2021, EntreEd hosted a Master Teacher Certification in Chattanooga, TN. Over fifty educators from seven Appalachian states (KY, NC, OH, PA, TN, VA, WV) attended and engaged in two full days of experiential learning. The opportunity was made possible by a grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission and the Claude Worthington Benedum […]
North Carolina Educators Share ESTEAM Pitch Contest Series Experiences
EntreEd and six regional partners worked together to bring the ESTEAM Pitch Series to local middle- and high-school students in Appalachia. The pitch series provided students the opportunity to ignite their entrepreneurial mindset and engage in meaningful entrepreneurship experiences within their local community. North Carolina educators, Scott Miller (Smokey Mountain Elementary) and Tonia Forrister (Murphy […]
