VE Brief: Welcome to the 2024-25 School Year!

As the school year kicks off, VE is here to support you in our partnership to ensure students receive immersive and authentic business experiences. We are excited to see your VE students in action soon!

Where to Get Started on the VE Hub

VE Hub Help contains tips and tutorials to simplify your Hub account setup, adding students, and troubleshooting. Note that all students must be added through the Teacher Admin icon on the Hub, and it generally takes 24 hours for both teacher and student curriculum to become available after the initial login and account setup.
NEW this Year: demos and tutorials are available to help teachers add, renew, or archive class sections and bulk upload students using a CSV file directly onto the Hub.

Need more help? Set up a 15-minute video conference with our Tech Support Consultant, Nimisha Budhwani.

For Teachers:

Program Overview & Implementation

Be sure to visit Teachers’ Lounge 3.0: THE place to go for tips, suggestions, and resources for all teachers.
The SY 24-25 Calendar provides a view of events and activities, competition dates and deadlines, and a list of updated Circles of Excellence parameters for this school year.
The VE Pacing Guide is a sortable spreadsheet to help plan, prioritize, and navigate the school year. The checkboxes indicate Core Tasks and tasks associated with the Circles of Excellence. The spreadsheet can be downloaded and reorganized to best fit the needs of each class section.

For Students:

Competition Scoring Guides & Badges

Scoring guides (previously rubrics) for competitions are aligned to the Career Readiness Framework and indicate associated curriculum tasks.
Students can earn up to three badges during the school year to celebrate participation and recognize personal accomplishments. Nominate students throughout the year.

Additional Resources & Support

Watch for VE Brief updates and share them with your students to stay updated on program highlights, events and activities. Previous VE Briefs can be found in the Announcements section at the top right of the Hub dashboard.
LiveChat and real-time support for teachers and students is available on the VE website. Click Chat Now for real-time help and responses from the VE staff during our office hours.
Our team is here to support you. Click HERE to meet the VE team.

National Teachers' Conference Recap and Resources

Thank you to those of you who joined us at VE’s 2024 National Teachers’ Conference (NTC) at the Nova Southeastern University campus in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Looking for notes or missed the event? Check out the recap post or go to Hub → 2024 National Teachers’ Conference to access conference resources from all three teacher tracks: new VE high school facilitators, returning VE high school facilitators, and all VE-JV facilitators.

Save the Date: 2025 Youth Business Summit

The Youth Business Summit is an exciting weeklong event that unites budding entrepreneurs from across the U.S. and around the world with educators and business leaders, creating a unique global business convention like no other.

Save the Date for the 2025 Youth Business Summit on April 7 and 8 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in NYC with competitions, student leadership events, and an international trade show. Haven't been? Look back at YBS 2024!

AT&T Summer Learning Resources

Are you looking for summer learning content for your children or students? Register a FREE account on AT&T's Achievery and access great learning resources for the K-12 audience in a range of topics - math, English, even digital literacy. VE receives credit for all our sign-ups, so show your support by registering!

Promoting Your Program #veinternational

Don't forget to tag your classroom in action during the 2024-25 school year! Teachers and students are encouraged to follow and tag us @veinternational when posting highlights of classes during the school year!