Resources for High School Business Teachers and Advisors
Resources for High School Business Teachers and Advisors
By: Aria Spears
Spirit Box is a turn-key start-up that resolves common high school store challenges. We’ve created a catalog of resources to help advisors and teachers make business education simple and fun!
In this article, we’ll talk about each of the different kinds of resources available to Spirit Box teams.
Teacher’s Portal
When your school decides to operate a store with Spirit Box, you get so much more than a vending machine. When you order a Spirit Box, you also obtain access to the Teacher & Advisor portal. This portal offers an ever-growing list of resources to help make teaching simple. You'll find resources for each of the areas below.
Box Operations
How do you turn a Spirit Box into a profitable school-based enterprise? It will help you find the Spirit Box machine power button. It will help you set up your first product mixes. These resources will help students hire the right people for the right roles.
Spirit Box simplifies school store challenges through streamlining operations. This section will help you learn the ins and outs of operating a mobile-kiosk business. You'll also find calendars, brochures, user manuals and more. Master the Spirit Box equipment and help the students learn to maintain it like a pro!
Sales & Marketing
The teacher’s portal also gives you the concrete tools your team will need to get the word out. Discover customer service assessments, social media and target market worksheets and more.
Plan, track and expand your marketing efforts with these tools. You and your students can use them over and over again.
Business Foundations & Worksheets
Spirit Box delivers real-world business experience to students before they even graduate. And the best part? Students will have a real-life laboratory to test out their learning every day!
You will find everything you need in this section to deliver basic business concepts. Examples include business plan templates, SWOT worksheets, S.M.A.R.T. goal worksheets and more. Students will turn their ideas into action with these ready-made sheets.
Spirit Box Academy
One thing you will also find in the teacher portal? Spirit Box Academy. This academy is a series of units and modules covering every aspect of a Spirit Box business and the foundations of running any business. Each lesson breaks new learning into two levels. Level 1 offers introductions to the key business concepts. Level 2 offers activities for application of these concepts.
Each unit contains at least one module. The modules offer a series of lessons covering core business concepts. You will find lessons on Competitive Research, Finance, Production and more. Each lesson contains a PowerPoint presentation for both levels 1 and 2.
The units cover every aspect of starting and growing a school-based enterprise:
Unit 1: Plan Your Business
Unit 2: Operate Your Business
Unit 3: Grow Your Business
Each of these units go in-depth. Students will enjoy the hands-on learning. And teachers and advisors can enjoy streamlined lesson planning!
Explore the Blog Index
You can find over one hundred other subjects within the blog index. Blogs offer everything from classroom videos, case study examples and educational content. You can pick and choose from this topical list to find what you and your students can use to grow the business.
There are over 100 blog articles available with more added every month. If you're teaching a lesson on a subject, chances are we have resources to cover it!
Conclusion
Business education propels students into their post-high school lives. Spirit Box resources exist to help teachers deliver high-impact, simplified educational experiences.
And remember: Our team is also available for brainstorming, problem-solving and more. You can reach us by phone or email. Our greatest goal is your school’s success in business!
All of these resources are included when you join the Spirit Box Program. Visit the teacher portal today!