Helping young people create and run a digital business!
Digital Boss is an educator-led program that was developed with both educators and students in mind, offering flexibility to be delivered over a term, semester or an entire year. With engaging, bite-sized modules, it seamlessly links to the curriculum, helping students develop entrepreneurial skills while keeping learning goals clear and actionable. By the end of the program, students will have created their own socially driven digital social enterprise and will decide if they want to continue working on their idea taking it from a prototype, into a reality.
Digital Boss is the perfect program for schools trying to provide an entrepreneurial experience that supports students in creating digital products or services. This program ideally builds on existing knowledge (e.g. $20 Boss, Explorer) and allows students to extend their digital skills and follow the journey from ideation through to execution and delivery to real customers.
"Around 40% of the 1.2M tech jobs we want to create in Australia by 2030 will be in creative and commercial roles."
-Tech Council of Australia
Who is this program for?
This program is an intermediary to advanced course for high-school students who have done some entrepreneurial learning previously (for example a design challenge or $20 Boss). It doesn't assume knowledge, but it does require some scaffolding around entrepreneurial thinking, growth mindset, and basic design thinking before this course.
If you haven't yet introduced any entrepreneurial learning at your school, we recommend our Explorer Program for Years 7-10 or our Discovery Program for Years 5-7.
How was the program designed?
The course has been developed by the experienced Young Change Agents team who have worked across leading accelerator and incubator programs. It has been co-designed with educators and young people from 6 schools across Australia in 2022, as well as a 'Brains Trust' of experts from industry.
How is it delivered in schools?
This is a scaffolded entrepreneurial education program for students that can be delivered by teachers, Young Change Agents facilitators, or with a combination of both approaches. It can be delivered over a semester or as a year-long program.
The program is guided via the Young Change Agents Entrepreneurial Learning Hub. Through the Entrepreneurial Learning Hub, teachers are able to access the resources required for each module and can manage students as they progress through the course.
Students will receive 'learning bites' along the way, submit their work to receive Digital Badges, and build their portfolio of work. This can also be incorporated into Student Learner Profiles such as Edapt Education.
How do educators prepare for Digital Boss?
The PD for Digital Boss is 6, 90-minute weekly sessions. These are scheduled once a term and included in your license fee. There is also an educator community of practice you can draw on.
Interested in learning more?
Get in touch to learn more by requesting an Information Pack below or applying for a scholarship to run the program.
Young Change Agents currently have a number of scholarships available thanks to the support of the Telstra Foundation - apply below.
