Youth Entrepreneurship South Carolina, a Program Partner of the Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), is a nonprofit organization created to offer South Carolina educators the opportunity to utilize curriculum written by acclaimed business teacher Steve Mariotti, founder of NFTE.

 

Through entrepreneurship education, YEScarolina helps young people from communities statewide build skills and unlock their entrepreneurial creativity.  From 2003 to 2009, YEScarolina has trained over  500 NFTE Certified Entrepreneurship Teachers that have in turn touched thousands of young South Carolinians with this wonderful and innovative entrepreneurship curriculum.  In 2010, YEScarolina will offer this excellent training opportunity without charge to public school teachers statewide.

 

 

South Carolina public school teachers, guidance counselors, and principals. 

 

The YEScarolina program is tailored for South Carolina public school educators in grades 6-12.  While the NFTE Curriculum has often been utilized in entrepreneurship and other business classes, any teacher interested in addressing standards in English, Math, Technology, Social Studies, Science, Leadership, and Entrepreneurship through innovative and interactive 'real world' lessons should be encouraged to find out more about YEScarolina.