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Francis TuttleEntrepreneurshipAcademyDESIGNING YOUR FUTURE STARTS HERE
The cornerstone of our new Danforth Campus (Aug. 2021)Entrepreneurship is the theme of the entire campus, built with creativity and innovation in mind.
What are the needs of the future? Career success in the new economy is based on a new, changing set of skills. With the pandemic and economic downturn, companies already changingtheir ways are now trying to turn crisis into opportunity. Identifying thatopportunity requires the same ingenuity that has inspired entrepreneurs forcenturies Just in the last decade, advancing technology has given us: ride-sharing,scooters activated by smart phones, augmented reality, order-in apps And this all happened fast, in a matter of years or sometimes less!
What employers wantBernard Marr, strategic business and technologyadvisor, wrote in Forbes about the top skills thatwill be needed in the future workplace.ALL of these skills can be learned in theEntrepreneurship Academy, in which instructorslead students through a specially designedcurriculum centered around the process ofbuilding a business. Creativity Critical Thinking Active Learning Sound Judgement and Decision Making Interpersonal Communication Leadership
EntrepreneurshipAcademy doesn’tjust preparestudents forcollegeIt helps them unlock their owncreativity and determinationnecessary to propel theircompanies, and the largereconomy, forward into a new,changing world.
Entrepreneurship Curriculum Learning is focused around the central goalof starting your own business Students learn the same way they learn inall other academies: by doing! Instruction supports learning, but studentsgain the most from imagining, creating,testing, failing, and then creating andtesting again College prep courses include AP math andAP sciences“INCubatoredu:Student Stories.”Students whoexperiencedthe curriculumtalk about whatthey do in theclass. TheEntrepreneurship Academy willbe based onthis model oflearning.
Skills gained by studentsCritical ThinkingPublic SpeakingResilienceStudents are encouraged toexplore topics they arepassionate about and search forsolutions to every day problems.Students present their businessidea and model to instructors,fellow students and evenmembers of the community whomay want to invest.Students learn how to fail fast.Failure is actually central to theEntrepreneurship curriculum, sostudents need not worry abouttheir idea not working. Theprocess of identifying the reasonfor failure and working toovercome it is more important.Creative ProblemSolvingStudents are taught to think outsidethe box, using the latesttechnological advancements tosolve problems in an innovative wayTeamworkStudent work in the same team andon the same concept for the wholeyear, building bonds and pushingthrough any obstacles together.
Failure IS an option here Accepting failure, working toidentify a solution and then tryingagain is part of entrepreneurial,creative and learning processes. The only kind of true failure here iswhen you choose to give up as aresult
Whatstudentsget to useThe Danforth Campusis built withentrepreneurship inmind.Design Thinkingelements create andmaintain the free flowof ideas.
Spaces built for entrepreneursDesign Thinking StudiosProduct Realization Labd.schoolCollaborate with teams andoutside parties to shape andmold business ideas and solutionsfor every day problems.The latest technology bringsstudents’ ideas to life in the formof prototypes, models andpresentations.Where students and communitymembers come together todiscuss and test ideas, hang out,practice team building andcollaborate.
Opportunities after the classroomThe new pre-acceleratorprogram supportsentrepreneurs in what itwould take to create asustainable business fromtheir innovative ideas.Our state certifiedbusiness incubatorcoaches startupand early stagebusinesses toachieve their fulleconomic impact.Our FT connection to entrepreneurship extends into the Oklahoma City metro,across the state, and beyond through our participation in Launch OKC Metro,the place to go for entrepreneurial resources, events, and education.
Innovation isn’t new to FT students In a 5-year span, 12 patents were granted to Francis Tuttle students Each of these students was in high school at the time and studied at thePortland Campus, which houses the Engineering Academy The Francis Tuttle InvenTeam won a grant from MIT for its concept of anAirport Security Bin AutoSanitizer
Imagine the possibilities!What can Francis Tuttle students come up with when they have a space dedicated to fostering and advancing allof these unique concepts and ideas?
Questions?Visit FrancisTuttle.edu for more information about all of our programs!Francis Tuttle Technology Center12777 N. Rockwell Ave. OKC405.717.7799
What can Francis Tuttle students come up with when they have a space dedicated to fostering and advancing all of these unique concepts and ideas? Questions? Visit FrancisTuttle.edu for more information about all of our programs! Francis Tuttle Technology Center 12777 N. Rockwell Ave. OKC 405.717.7799.
