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What is the Student Training in Entrepreneurship Programme?

Since 2017, CoCoon Foundation has reached over 30,500 (and growing!) Hong Kong secondary school students through Entrepreneurship Education to equip them with the necessary 21st century life skills to thrive in an unpredictable world. This year, we are proud to announce we can continue our mission through the generous support of the the Lee Kum Kee Family Foundation.

Our year-long program consists of 4 core components that:

Enables 21st Century life skills of collaboration, creativity & problem solving
Connects students to other students, startup communities & mentors
Equips students to guide their own learning, spot opportunities & come up with innovative solutions

Student training in entrepreneurship programme

Funded by the Lee Kum Kee Family Foundation, the Student Training in Entrepreneurship Programme allows students and teachers to understand the importance of entrepreneurship, equips them with indispensable 21st-century life skills, and moves towards a sustainable future. To achieve this goal, we take students on an experiential learning journey through three activities that increase in complexity and commitment, helping them build resilience and improve their mental health.

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Teacher CapAcity & Curriculum Building

Our partnership with Lee Kum Kee Family Foundation this year also means that our team is able to expand our focus on reaching more teachers and working directly with secondary school curriculums to teach Entrepreneurship Education.

The Teacher Capacity & Curriculum Building component of STEP consists of:

Educators for the Future Lab: We offer teachers a series of professional development workshops on Design Thinking, in order to help teachers to approach problems they face within their own classrooms. These workshops can be for teachers from a network of different schools or tailored exclusively for the teachers of your school.
Design Doing - Curriculum Innovation: From 2021, we introduced Design Doing: Curriculum Building into our Teacher Capacity Building program. In Design Doing, we collaborate with teachers to co-create curriculum and accompany teachers to build up their capacity to implement entrepreneurship in their classrooms.

teacher training curriculum Introduction (PDF)

Enquiry and Application

CoCoon Youngtrepreneur Community

The student journey in entrepreneurship education does not after a year of STEP. CCY student community is run by STEP alumni that hope to continue cultivating and spreading an entrepreneurial mindset through different entrepreneurial-related activities, such as sharing by industry experts, visits to companies and universities, and regular social gatherings,.

Starting from 2021, we introduced Student Leadership Empowerment Training to our CCY students. Selected students are given the opportunity to attend leadership and facilitation workshops and then practice these skills in real time by leading student teams during STEP Three.

Voices From Our Community

Startups | Corporates | Teachers | Students

If you are...

Startup / corporate

If you are an entrepreneur and interested in sharing your story to inspire the next generation of youths, feel free to reach out to us at [email protected] or Whatsapp +852 5598 7608.

Principal / teacher

If you are a principal or teacher and interested in joining our programme as a network school, sign up for an information session by Whatsapp +852 5598 7608

FAQ

Question: Do schools need to pay to join this programme?
Answer: No, STEP is funded by the Lee Kum Kee Family Foundation. All activities and events run by STEP are free of charge!

Question: Can students join the programme individually?
Answer: Unfortunately, our programme is only open to students from our network schools. If you’re interested, you can share our website to your teachers to contact us directly!