Supported Entrepreneurship: Unlocking Invisible Talents

Philippe Ernewein, M.A. Jenny Anderson Michael Bilker

Instead of asking…

How smart are YOU?

We must ask,

How ARE you smart?

“Teaching a room full of learners the same thing in the same way over the same time with the same supports and expecting good results from all students has never happened and never will.”

-Carol Anne Tomlinson, University of Virginia

Student Traits • Readiness Level • Interest • Learning Profile • Affect

Classroom Elements • Content • Process • Product • Learning Environment

Identify learning profile

Build on strengths

Grow success

Supported Entrepreneur Program

Lean Startup Methodology

+ •  Visual lessons

•  Multiple checkpoints

•  Differentiated instruction

Learn Build

Measure

Ideas

Products Data

Additional Benefits

•  Self advocacy •  Confidence •  Problem solving •  Creativity

•  Independence •  Personal responsibility •  Self awareness •  Money management

Supported Entrepreneurs

Grace Goad, 19 Artist

Grace Art

Matt Cottle, 25 Owner

Stuttering King Bakery

Brent Anderson, 28 Inspirational speaker & author

Unintentional Humor®

“Our brains function differently, not because they are defective but because they’re organized to display different strengths.”

-Brock L. Eide, M.D., M.A. and Fernette F. Eide, M.D., The Dyslexic Advantage