LEVEL 3 – STARTUP MANAGEMENT
AGES 11-12 WITH IMMERSION IN ENGLISH
AGES 11-12 WITH IMMERSION IN ENGLISH
Welcome to the course “Stage 3: STARTUP Management” for children from 11 to 12 years old!
What skills and competences will a child gain by mastering Stage 3?
- Goal-setting – the child knows how to set goals, understands what specific steps are needed to achieve them;
- Time management – the child knows how to manage his/her time rationally, prioritises tasks, develops concentration and attention;
- Teamwork;
- Leadership skills – unlocking personal potential, acquiring startup and team management skills;
- Identification of one’s own and others’ emotions;
- Financial literacy – the child understands how to manage money wisely, understands banking services, knows various services for personal and family budgeting;
- Oratory – the child learns the structure of a successful TED-style speech, possesses effective skills of attracting and holding the attention of the audience, develops his/her speech;
- Formation of entrepreneurial thinking;
- Defining their business idea, building a business model;
- Mastering the project activity on the example of his business project;
- Development of own business project – mastering sales techniques, work on marketplace, business partnership;
- Maintaining social networks as personal and business accounts.
Total 10 academ hours per month:
- 4 main classes of 2 academ hours with immersion in English language
- 2 additional academ hours for any optional classes, activities in our school (once every 2 weeks, the schedule is discussed in each group individually with children and parents).
The price is €159/month.
Classes are held at Laulupo 24-14 Tallinn.
Tuesday 16:00 offline group in Russian with English immersion.
Friday 16:00 offline group in Russian with English immersion.
Monday 19::00 online group in Russian with English immersion
Thursday 19:00 online group in Russian with English immersion.
At the very bottom you will find a video gallery!
Turn on the sound and watch our classes.
September
Motivation
- Introduction, networking, team building. Setting goals for the course.
- Motivation. Why is it needed and what is it?
- Meeting with mentors.
- My motivation: what do I want?
- What prevents me from getting what I want?
- Film Club.
October
Goal-setting
- How to set goals?
- How to achieve goals?
- Meeting with mentors.
- What helps wishes come true?
- “Let’s make a deal”: what to do if the realisation of a goal depends on more than just us.
- Negotiation duels.
November
Time Management
- Chronophages and thought fuel: what do we spend our time on?
- Types of tasks and proper planning.
- Debates.
- Golden rules of time management.
- Concentration and attention.
- Excursion.
December
Entrepreneur’s mindset
- Who is an entrepreneur and how to become one?
- The Pareto Principle: why not all people are successful?
- Meeting with mentors.
- Decisions and responsibilities of an entrepreneur.
- “I’m not afraid”: how to accept responsibility and be confident in your abilities
- Business Christmas tree.
January
Business idea
- How do others do it? Unravelling the business cases of successful entrepreneurs.
- What I can do: unpacking personality and identifying abilities.
- Family quiz.
- Choosing a business idea.
- How to turn an idea into a project?
- Meeting with mentors.
February
Business model
- Think globally – act locally: where to start a business?
- Modelling a business project.
- Excursion.
- Creative thinking : business packaging.
- Why is my business the best? Product presentation and sales practice.
- In-house fair.
March
Financial literacy
- Analysing the fair: how can I improve my product?
- How to be persuasive: rules of communication with the client.
- Meeting with mentors.
- Earned – spent: finances in business.
- Pay yourself: how to separate money in business and personal income.
- Quest.
April
Financial literacy
- Saving up for a dream: golden rules of wealth.
- Saving and resisting marketing tricks.
- Excursion.
- To buy or not to buy? Rules for satisfying the desire to buy.
- Creative thinking: me and my business in 10 years.
- Meeting with mentors.
May
Defence of business projects
- Decomposition of goals.
- Preparation of business project presentation.
- Meeting with a mentor.
- Preparing a presentation to the mentors.
- Defence of business projects.
- Graduation.
September
Public speaking
- Introduction, networking, team building. Setting goals for the course.
- Basics of public speaking. Self-presentation skills.
- Meeting with mentors in the format of the show “The Voice”
- Types and genres of public speaking.
- Verbal communication. Elimination of words-parasites.
- Film club.
October
Oratorical art
- Verbal communication. Development of vividness and richness of speech.
- Working with the voice. Strength and timbre of the voice. Diction.
- Excursion to radio or TV.
- Work with the voice. Voice pitch and intonation.
- Non-verbal communication.
- Mime show.
November
Oratorical art
- Practical lesson on non-verbal communication
- The structure of a successful TED-style presentation. How to start and finish a speech effectively.
- An off-site creative master-class.
- Psychological training to overcome the fear of public speaking.
- Practice preparing for public speaking.
- Show performance “Speaking in TED style”.
December
Leadership
- How to develop leadership qualities in oneself?
- Is a leader equal to a manager? Difference between a leader and a manager.
- Discussion “A leader is born or becomes a leader”.
- My strengths. How to gain self-confidence?
- What am I capable of? Training to unlock the potential of the personality.
- Business Christmas tree.
January
Emotional intelligence and communication
- Emotional intelligence: I don’t know how I feel.
- Identification of emotions: types of emotions.
- Film Club.
- Identifying emotions: personal emotions.
- Identifying emotions: other people’s emotions.
- Negotiation duels.
February
Business idea and business model
- My talents: choosing a business direction.
- What to buy: Presentation and analysis of business ideas.
- Meeting with mentors.
- What’s the price: product costing and pricing.
- Who to sell to: target audience in business.
- Tour.
March
Marketing and sales
- How to sell expensively? “Package” offers and product packaging.
- “Buy an elephant”: identifying customer needs.
- Meeting with mentors.
- Why don’t they buy? Working out objections.
- Preparation for the fair
- Fair.
April
Financial literacy
Analysing the results of the fair.
- My income.
- Banks and the banking system. Bank products.
- Excursion to the bank.
- Deposits in the bank.
- Loans. When is it necessary to take? How to do it properly?
- Quiz on the topic “Banks”.
May
Business partnership
- Partners in business. How to choose them?
- Partnership. Terms and arrangements.
- Meeting with mentors.
- Preparing a partnership proposal speech.
- Internal defence.
- Graduation.
