The Platform
Not just curriculum. An operating system for school innovation programs.
Spark gives schools the tools to plan, teach, and execute student entrepreneurship programs — from first lesson to funded student venture. Every module is designed for how schools actually work.
Configure your school program in a step-by-step workspace
The operational heart of Spark. Build your program model, set your calendar, define cohorts, assign staff roles, and configure assessment settings — all with contextual guidance at every step.
- School profile and program model setup
- Calendar and milestone planning
- Cohort creation and student enrollment
- Staff role assignment and permissions
- Assessment settings and rubric configuration
Assign structured curriculum to students and cohorts
Access a full curriculum library aligned to K-12 entrepreneurship and innovation. Assign modules by grade band, time horizon, and program format. Includes facilitation guides, slide decks, rubrics, and activity templates.
- Curriculum maps by grade band
- Lesson sequences and module assignments
- Downloadable facilitation guides and slide decks
- Rubrics and activity templates
- Adaptive assignment by cohort and format
Learning Paths
Available in your portal
Student workspace for idea formation and venture development
Each student team gets a structured workspace to develop their venture from problem identification through to pitch-ready business model. Mentor feedback, milestone tracking, and submission checkpoints are built in.
- Tabbed workspace: Problem, Customer, Solution, Prototype, Business Model, Pitch
- Milestone timeline with submission checkpoints
- Mentor comment threads and advisor feedback
- File uploads and prototype documentation
- Team collaboration tools
Run professional pitch events inside your school
Set up pitch days, demo days, and internal review rounds with full event management. Assign judges, score with rubrics, publish results, and manage public showcase pages for community engagement.
- Event setup with schedule and judge assignment
- Venture submission intake and review
- Rubric-based scoring for consistent evaluation
- Results publication and leaderboards
- Public showcase pages for community engagement
Showcase & Pitch Days
Available in your portal
Run a real student venture fund inside your school
Configure funding pools, set eligibility rules, manage applications, review submissions, approve disbursements, and track post-funding outcomes. Spark gives schools the infrastructure to actually fund student ventures.
- Configurable funding pools and eligibility rules
- Student application forms and review workflows
- Approval states and disbursement tracking
- Post-funding reporting and outcome measurement
- Sponsor and donor management
Funding & Micro-Grants
Available in your portal
School-friendly reports for principals, boards, and grant applications
Participation, completion, venture pipeline, mentor engagement, event outcomes, rubric scoring, and funding distribution — all in one place. Export to CSV or PDF for board presentations and grant reporting.
- Participation and completion dashboards
- Venture pipeline and stage tracking
- Mentor engagement and event outcome reports
- Rubric scoring summaries
- CSV and PDF export for external reporting