Entrepreneurial Leadership

65 percent of today's students will move on to careers that don't yet exist.

- MacArthur Foundation

Entrepreneurial Leadership Curriculum

Freshman year:  Speech
Sophomore year:  Economics of Business
Junior year:  Elective year with choices including Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, History of the Industrialized World, Advanced Speech and Civics I
Senior year:  Applied Models of Economics (Senior Capstone will allow student to graduate with distinction)

To graduate with an EL distinction, a student must complete six credit hours and complete Senior Capstone.  All Upper School students may take EL classes as electives.

The Entrepreneurial Leadership Program at BGA equips students with skills and mindsets to creatively solve real-world problems through hands-on active learning. Entrepreneurial Leadership is about creating a critical thinking toolbox that empowers students in the classroom, the college lecture hall and in their future careers. Students will engage with methods like Design Thinking, Lean LaunchPad, and a host of resources used by top institutions like Stanford University.

List of 3 members.

Hallie Heiter

Director of Entrepreneurial Leadership

(615) 567-8526

hallie.heiter@mybga.org
Jonathan Hackett

Assistant Athletic Director, Entrepreneurial Leadership, US Baseball

(615) 567-9007

jonathan.hackett@mybga.org
Cadi Kadlecek

Speech Teacher, Speech & Debate Coach

(615) 567-8365

cadi.kadlecek@mybga.org