UpSchool 1-Day
UpSchool 1-Day
Provides F-10 teachers with an introduction to entrepreneurship education and develops the skills, content, and confidence required to plan entrepreneurship programs in their classrooms.
Program overview
UpSchool 1-Day serves as an introductory workshop and provides both inspiration and support to empower schools to begin integrating entrepreneurship into their schools. Over one school day, the workshop leads participants through three engaging sessions, including: an introduction to entrepreneurial thinking, startups, and planning. It has been designed for maximum educator engagement, flexibility in teacher involvement, and immediate real-life implementation.
For schools wishing to engage with the full experiential learning model, our 3-Day Workshop is designed as an in-depth series which takes participants from idea to execution. Our UpSchool programs are built with flexibility in mind to ensure an appropriate fit to a school’s timetable and curriculum requirements. All UpSchool programs are mapped to the AITSL Australian Professional Teachers Standards, the Australian Curriculum and the Victorian Curriculum.
Previous UpSchool participants include the following:
- F-10 educators across all disciplines who are enthusiastic about incorporating entrepreneurship into their classrooms and institutions
- Educators currently teaching entrepreneurship or enterprise who would like to further develop their skills in the area
- Those supporting educators, including program managers, heads of centres, others in education management and design, and leadership positions
Program details
1-day program
and ongoing support
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Delivered by Wade Institute of Entrepreneurship,
Parkville, VIC
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Andrew ‘Midsy’ Middleton
Program Director
Program benefits
Gain a basic understanding of the fundamental principles of entrepreneurship and how they build 21st Century skill sets.
- Learn the fundamental principles of teaching entrepreneurship
- Gain an understanding of the entrepreneurial mindset, why it is important, and how students can develop one
- Engage in a range of challenging and exploratory activities allowing you to step into the shoes of students and build confidence in activity delivery
- Plan the implementation of entrepreneurship programs and/or workshops in their school
- Develop an understanding of the entrepreneurial journey and learn how to support students to set up high performance teams, ideate, problem solve, and engage in customer discovery
- Begin planning the implementation of entrepreneurship education in their school
Collaborators
Program facilitators
Pip Madden
Upschool Facilitator
Pip Madden is an educator with a passion for crafting lifeworthy learning, currently teaching at primary level at Mentone Grammar in Melbourne. She is also a Senior Facilitator and Learning Designer for UpSchool at Wade Institute of Entrepreneurship, where she guides teachers through immersive entrepreneurial learning experiences and invites them to consider how they might frame entrepreneurial learning in their school’s context. Pip’s interest in innovative pedagogies is continuously shaped by professional reading and learning experiences including Wade’s UpSchool Communities of Practice, Stanford d.school’s Discover Design Thinking, and Harvard’s Educating Global Citizens and Project Zero. Her education includes a Master of Teaching (Primary) from the Melbourne Graduate School of Education, and a Bachelor of Applied Science (Speech Pathology).
Andrew Rowse
Upschool Facilitator
Andrew is a startup founder and facilitates UpSchool Andrew is also the Director of Programs at the Melbourne Entrepreneurial Centre, overseeing the MAP and TRAM programs and working with program teams to create meaningful experiences and connections for the MEC community. He’s constantly iterating and innovating, practicing what we preach to make improvements and find ways around problems. Andrew graduated from the University of Melbourne with an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering before returning to complete a Master of Entrepreneurship at the Wade Institute. It was over a drink that Andrew met his fellow co-founders and made his debut in research entrepreneurship with ReCubit, developing a robotic device that enables stroke survivors the world over to have access to affordable upper limb rehabilitation.
Jaxon Hickey
UpSchool Facilitator
Jaxon has a background in finance and accounting. He undertook his bachelor’s degree at the University of Western Australia and later completed the University of Melbourne’s Master of Entrepreneurship at Wade Institute. Jaxon went on to co-found a health tech company that was part of the MAP (Melbourne Accelerator program’s) 2019 cohort. Jaxon is a Director is a New Zealand based group of entities working across SaaS, infrastructure and the Not-for-Profit sectors. He has taught and facilitated for organisations such as Western Sydney University, the Wade Institute, the University of Melbourne, MAP and Victoria’s startup agency, LaunchVic. He is currently the Accelerator Manager at MAP and a Senior Facilitator for Wade’s UpSchool program.
Libby Briggs
UpSchool Facilitator
Libby has 10+ years’ experience as a secondary teacher, where she first developed an entrepreneurship program for students. She then founded her own business and took a leap into the world of startups. Libby now splits her time between facilitating Wade’s UpSchool programs for K-12 educators, leading and developing Scale Investors’ education programs for women-founders and investors, and facilitating for various accelerator programs, including SBE Australia and Monash Generator. Libby also works extensively with founders to develop pitch decks.
Putting yourself in your students’ shoes is an effective way to learn. Working with teachers from other schools helped me consider different ideas for how we can support our groups to work together more cohesively.
Kogulan Sabaratnam
Brighton Grammar School
