Jayson McCarter

I think the greatest reminder is to partner up whenver possible. We currently partner on several projects a year with our graphics and media program, and we provide support to many other programs...but they aren't really "partners", they are more like customers. So...finding a way to expand those opportunities...maybe have nursing students come down during nutrition class, or have culinary students prepare healthy recipies with substitute ingredients etc...

I see great opportunity in the reflection process for students to identify training needs (for soft or hard skills), and then letting them drive the bus a bit as to where to find and how best to implement that training. 

I love the idea of having students in primary and supporting roles within the business, but want to be thoughtful and intentional about offering plenty of advancement opportunity, and create some sort of rotation of those roles. If anyone has experience doing this, are you doing it by semester, quarter, annually? OR, is it after a certain amount of events, sales etc?

While we are already "running" a SBE, it's not driven enough by students and that's what I intend on improving through this course. The ladder of involvement, and reminder that the SBA has some great tools that can be added to our curriculum is just the beginning. Now to incorporate the business "AS" the curriculum, instead of it being "In addition to" will be the challenge. I am curious from my peers, has anyone adopted models where students are "hired", "appointed" or "voted" into specific positions? I am brainstorming sort of a corporate structure where students fall into departments (and… >>>