October 03, 2022

BUILD and DonorsChoose Partner to Offer Entrepreneurship Education and Classroom Funding for High Schoolers

B BUILD and DonorsChoose have developed the Classroom Rewards Program to honour teachers who take part in their cutting-edge, project-based entrepreneurship education curriculum. According to sources, Comcast NBCUniversal will also support the programme.

By completing 1 hour of Professional Development training and having their students participate in The BUILD Design Challenge, educators can earn up to $600 in DonorsChoose gift cards. Interested educators will join the more than 400 teachers who have implemented the effective BUILD programme in their classrooms across the country.

…we are thrilled to partner with DonorsChoose and Comcast NBCUniversal to bring our innovative programme to every high school classroom in the United States…

As per a source close to the project, all three participating organisations are committed to promoting educational equity among all students to help them acquire an entrepreneurial mindset and skills necessary to build a successful, diverse future workforce. A source says that only the first 1,000 trained educators and the first 200 educators who deliver the Challenge will be eligible for this promotion.

A free, project-based curriculum, the BUILD Design Challenge encourages students to work towards creating novel solutions for their communities.

Students can tour the Design Thinking process, and a trained educator presents the Challenge on BUILD's digital platform. For completing the Design Challenge with their class, educators who complete the 60-minute training can receive an additional $500 in classroom rewards.

According to Thais Rezende, president of BUILD, "We are thrilled to partner with DonorsChoose and Comcast NBCUniversal to bring our innovative programme to every high school classroom in the United States. The opportunity to reach underserved students across the country with our programmes is enormous thanks to Comcast NBCUniversal's support. This will allow them to cultivate their entrepreneurial skills, work together to build businesses, and learn the 21st Century Skills they will need to succeed in our rapidly changing global environment."

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