Courses

Skills & Leadership Development Course

Your Journey Towards A Future-Ready Career

Welcome to the digital hub for the Build For Your Future Skills Development Course! Enjoy structured modules, hands-on activities*, and valuable resources that guide you through each step of your learning journey.

“The official curriculum for the Community On Demand card game”

MASTER CLASS

Build For Your Future Curriculum

The Build For Your Future Master Class is a four-part, self-paced modular course that transforms decision-making, and collaboration into real-world service-learning projects.

Designed for students, emerging leaders, educators, and workforce readiness service providers, this course guides participants through an immersive strategic planning experience — from mindset to measurable outcomes.

By the end of this course, participants will have:

Completed a personal skill assessment
Created a service-learning capstone project
Practiced collaborative problem-solving
Built a portfolio demonstrating readiness for college, career, business, and community leadership

What’s Included:

4 core learning modules (see below)
Downloadable worksheets, canvas templates, and planners
Access to your Game Dashboard & Skill Tracker
MyCred rewards (SkillCoins Rewards, leaderboard placement, career opportunities)
SIP Certificate of Completion

Not Enrolled

6 Lessons

Module 1: Understanding the Impact of Your Decisions

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MODULE 1: UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT OF YOUR DECISIONS Did you know that being able to make decisions is a skill? It involves choosing the…

$ 49
Free

0 Lessons

Module 2: Measuring and Building Your Skillset

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Free

0 Lessons

Module 3: Effective Communication for Collaboration

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Free

0 Lessons

Module 4: Turning Ideas Into Real Solutions

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MASTER CLASS

The Money Guide for Young Entrepreneurs

For Service-Learning Capstone Projects

The Money Guide for Young Entrepreneurs Master Class is a transformative online course for service-learning, work-based learning, and project-based learning capstone projects. It equips youth and young adults with the mindset, strategies, and skills to become confident, capable, and creative entrepreneurs.

In this master class, you’ll dive deep into real-world economics, personal branding, teamwork, and business development. You’ll complete guided assignments that connect your learning to service-based projects designed to solve real problems in your community. Best of all? You’ll discover how to turn your skills into currency and launch your first venture using the Community On Demand™ card game and digital learning tools.

Whether you’re launching your first product, exploring a career pathway, or just learning how to manage money and make an impact — this course gives you the roadmap.

What You’ll Learn

How to identify your personal and professional skills
How to develop a personal brand and value statement
How to create and pitch a service-based project
How to manage project teams and budgets
How to build a micro-enterprise that creates measurable impact

STEAM Careers

5 Lessons

Intro: The STEAM Investigation Process

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THE STEAM INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS
In this lesson, we teach learners how to research, design, plan, coordinate and evaluate anticipated results from an impact solution they created.
Leadership

6 Lessons

Lesson 1. Explore Your Community

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LESSON 1. EXPLORE YOUR COMMUNITY
This lesson will help learners discover which socio-economic conditions are negatively impacting their community and map the local resources that are available to help address, reduce and/or eliminate them.
Career Awareness

4 Lessons

Lesson 2. Define Your Solution

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LESSON 2. DEFINE YOUR SOLUTION
In this lesson, we teach learners how to develop a winning personal and/or professional mission statement (i.e. elevator pitch) that describes how their impact solution will address, reduce and/or eliminate the socio-economic conditions that may be negatively impacting their community.
Leadership

5 Lessons

Lesson 3. Build Your Team

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LESSON 3. BUILD YOUR TEAM
In this lesson, we teach learners how to form a Junior Executive Management Team and assign them with roles and responsibilities required to complete their STEAM Investigative Process.
Entrepreneurship

4 Lessons

Lesson 4. Package Your Skills

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LESSON 7. PACKAGE YOUR SKILLS
In this lesson, we teach learners how to package and present the results from the high-demand employability skills they used to develop, implement and complete their STEAM Investigative Process.
Workforce Readiness

7 Lessons

Lesson 5. Manage Your Assets

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LESSON 5. MANAGE YOUR ASSETS
In this lesson, we use activity worksheets to help learners calculate the value of their time and illustrate why time is considered one of the most valuable resources they have.
Workforce Readiness

5 Lessons

Lesson 6. Map Your Value

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LESSON 4. MAP YOUR VALUE
In this lesson, we teach learners how to calculate and use the contribution values of your STEAM Skills to create an operating budget for their STEAM Investigative Process.
STEAM Careers

6 Lessons

Lesson 7. Share Your Success

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LESSON 6. SHARE YOUR SUCCESS
In this lesson, we teach learners how to market, sell and distribute the products, services and content they create during their STEAM Investigative Process.

STEAM Careers

5 Lessons

Intro: The STEAM Investigation Process

NEXT Steps Youth Entrepreneur Program

THE STEAM INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS
In this lesson, we teach learners how to research, design, plan, coordinate and evaluate anticipated results from an impact solution they created.
Leadership

6 Lessons

Lesson 1. Explore Your Community

NEXT Steps Youth Entrepreneur Program

LESSON 1. EXPLORE YOUR COMMUNITY
This lesson will help learners discover which socio-economic conditions are negatively impacting their community and map the local resources that are available to help address, reduce and/or eliminate them.
Career Awareness

4 Lessons

Lesson 2. Define Your Solution

NEXT Steps Youth Entrepreneur Program

LESSON 2. DEFINE YOUR SOLUTION
In this lesson, we teach learners how to develop a winning personal and/or professional mission statement (i.e. elevator pitch) that describes how their impact solution will address, reduce and/or eliminate the socio-economic conditions that may be negatively impacting their community.
Leadership

5 Lessons

Lesson 3. Build Your Team

NEXT Steps Youth Entrepreneur Program

LESSON 3. BUILD YOUR TEAM
In this lesson, we teach learners how to form a Junior Executive Management Team and assign them with roles and responsibilities required to complete their STEAM Investigative Process.
Entrepreneurship

4 Lessons

Lesson 4. Package Your Skills

NEXT Steps Youth Entrepreneur Program

LESSON 7. PACKAGE YOUR SKILLS
In this lesson, we teach learners how to package and present the results from the high-demand employability skills they used to develop, implement and complete their STEAM Investigative Process.
Workforce Readiness

7 Lessons

Lesson 5. Manage Your Assets

NEXT Steps Youth Entrepreneur Program

LESSON 5. MANAGE YOUR ASSETS
In this lesson, we use activity worksheets to help learners calculate the value of their time and illustrate why time is considered one of the most valuable resources they have.
Workforce Readiness

5 Lessons

Lesson 6. Map Your Value

NEXT Steps Youth Entrepreneur Program

LESSON 4. MAP YOUR VALUE
In this lesson, we teach learners how to calculate and use the contribution values of your STEAM Skills to create an operating budget for their STEAM Investigative Process.
STEAM Careers

6 Lessons

Lesson 7. Share Your Success

NEXT Steps Youth Entrepreneur Program

LESSON 6. SHARE YOUR SUCCESS
In this lesson, we teach learners how to market, sell and distribute the products, services and content they create during their STEAM Investigative Process.