Teaching entrepreneurship isn’t exactly in secondary teacher Todd Bakker’s comfort zone. After all, he teaches courses with predetermined curriculum and objective answers such as chemistry and grade 9 science. “I’m not an entrepreneur beyond having a lawn mowing business as a kid,” says Todd. However, he was up for the challenge and sought to learn more about what makes this class valuable. “Entrepreneurship is unique because most classes are more content laden, like chemistry,” he explains. “Entrepreneurship curriculum, on the other hand, expects students to engage in entrepreneurial activities.” Not Your Usual Bake Sale When asked how he planned [...]
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Well, it’s time to sign off as your interim executive director. I have the privilege of bookending our school year blog cycle and I promise this will be better than my August one! 😉 In August, I introduced you to our theme for the 2024-2025 school year, “Press On” based on Hosea 6:3: “Let us acknowledge the Lord; let us press on to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; [...]
To launch the Inside Out blog in 2015, we created this music video to introduce our brave writers. While some of the writers have changed since then, we still feel it celebrates the spirit of who we are and the types of stories we want to share with you. Enjoy!
