How to Plug Spirit Box Academy Curriculum Into Your Classroom Today!

Oct 19

The New Curriculum that Will Change the Way You Run Your Spirit Box:

How to Plug Spirit Box Academy Into Your Classroom Today!

Welcome to your “how to” guide to Spirit Box Academy!

Spirit Box Academy was developed with you at the top of our mind. As a teacher who goes above and beyond for your students, it’s obvious that you are hungry for new resources to engage your students.

In this guide, you will find suggestions for how to use the curriculum in your classroom. Keep in mind, these are purely suggestions. This curriculum was created with flexibility in mind, that way you can adjust as you move through the school year.

Step 1: Review Spirit Box Academy Units

Visit Spirit Box Team Resources and enter the password (the code to open your Spirit Box.) This is where all Spirit Box Academy modules and lessons will be.
Under each unit there are 5 modules to view. Each module has a “lesson map” that is basically your port key to any document in the module.
On pages 3-5 in this guide there is a breakdown of each unit, module, and lesson.

Step 2: Adapt the curriculum for your classroom

You can use the curriculum as is or take it and work it into your existing curriculum.
Take out the parts you don’t need or have already covered with your students.

Step 3: Develop a process for how students will complete assignments

Establish whether they will complete the activities and projects as a class, individually, or in a small group.
All assignments can be submitted to you to be graded.

Step 4: Make a schedule for how to utilize it in your classroom

Spirit Box recommendation: Unit 1 completed in quarter 1, Unit 2 completed in quarter 2, and Unit 3 completed in quarter 3. This is not required but we recommend this timeline so you are planning your year in the first quarter, creating a strong operations plan in the second quarter, and planning for growth in your Spirit Box business the last two quarters.
1. Following this schedule is not required or necessary to run a successful Spirit Box. This curriculum can be plugged in and utilized in your classroom however you need to use it.
Every classroom is different and students are constantly rotating in and out of the classroom. This is also similar to a business. Business doesn’t start over when a new team is in place. Establish how you will incorporate new students into your business when the previous team graduates or leaves your class.

Step 5: Prepare your students for certification

This Certification aligns with Spirit Box Academy and is the perfect post-assessment for each unit. Options for completion:
1. Assign each student to submit a business plan, operations plan, and marketing plan individually. Choose the best one to be submitted for certification. This can be used as a final project/post-assessment.
2. Assign student groups to submit a business plan, operations plan, and marketing plan individually. Choose the best one to be submitted for certification. This can be used as a final project/post-assessment.
3. Break the sections up and work on it as a class.

Certification can be broken up into three parts:

Business Planning: Complete by October 15th
Operations Planning: Complete by November 15th
Marketing Planning: Complete by April 1st

This timing is recommended, but your team can complete the assessments at any point throughout the academic year.

Submit 1 document of all three sections by April 1st to the link at the bottom of each certification. We will gather a panel of volunteers to review each of the submissions, and the schools awarded with certification will receive Spirit Box graduation ropes and a Spirit Box Certificate.

Curriculum Outline

Unit 1: Plan Your Business (Quarter 1)

Module 1: Entrepreneurship