Instructor, Module Faculty: Module 3

SUMMARY

The 10,000 Small Businesses

• initiative is part of a national investment to unlock the growth and job
• creation potential of small businesses and is based on the broadly held view of
• leading experts that a combination of education, business support services, and
• access to capital best addresses the barriers to growth for small
• businesses.
• The educational component of the
• national 10,000 Small Businesses initiative is delivered through community
• college partners. The financing
• component is provided through partnerships with local Community Development
• Financial Institutions (“CDFIs”) or non-profit lending intermediaries with
• knowledge of small businesses and a strong record of performance.

A 10,000 Small Businesses Module

Instructor is one who

Brings appropriate academic and practitioner-oriented expertise to the classroom,

Is committed to a teaching approach that is theory based, disciplinary integrated, and experientially focused,

Is an innovative and collaborative teacher,

Uses a model of community engagement, and

Is dedicated to the program outcomes of job creation and revenue generation

Clinic: Financial Statements

This hands-on session helps participants become more comfortable with the three basic financial statements and how to understand and interpret key numbers. Participants also have the opportunity to conduct a financial analysis in preparation for Module 3.

Module 3: Money and Metrics

Develop and forecast financial statements for growth

Financial literacy is essential to growing a business. In this module, we build on the fundamentals of financial statement design and construction. Participants then assess their business's financial and operational realities and develop analyses and forecasting methods to plan and monitor their business's growth.

ESSENTIAL

FUNCTIONS

Prepares

and delivers learning activities in order to achieve course outcomes

Prepares

course materials such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts

Evaluates

and grades students’ class work, laboratory work, assignments, papers, and

examinations

Maintains

and submits student attendance records, grades, and other required

documentation by specified deadlines

Be

available to students for coaching

Periodic

• meetings with supervisors, division, or College, relative to teaching
• duties and training and development
• Participates in
• pre-delivery planning calls and physical walk-throughs, the delivery of
• appropriate sessions and a debrief on the sessions after delivery