2025 CHCA Entrepreneurship Symposium
Join us to explore Christ-centered entrepreneurship education and discover how to boost student engagement, develop real-world skills, and create a flourishing school culture.
What to Expect
At the CHCA Entrepreneurship Symposium, you can expect two days filled with engaging sessions, practical insights, and meaningful connections. Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll experience:
- Interactive Learning: Meaningful content and breakout sessions designed to equip you with tools for bringing entrepreneurship into your school.
- Real-World Examples: Hear from student entrepreneurs and see how successful entrepreneurship programs can be run on your campus.
- Expert Guidance: Learn from our eleven years of experience in creation a world-class, Christ-centered entrepreneurship program complete with 15 elective courses, 6 full time faculty, 6 on-campus businesses, and a certificate track.
- Networking Opportunities: Connect with fellow school leaders, share ideas, and collaborate on ways to implement entrepreneurship programs at your school.
- Actionable Takeaways: Walk away with clear strategies and an implementation plan that you can start using immediately to boost student engagement and build real-world skills.
From practical advice to inspirational stories, this symposium will leave you ready to take your school’s programming to the next level.
Pricing
Your registration includes access to all symposium sessions, breakfast and lunch on both days, and a wealth of actionable content and resources to take back to your school. We highly recommend bringing three or more people from your school to ensure the largest impact. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to elevate student engagement and entrepreneurship at your campus!
Who Should Attend
This symposium is perfect for school leaders who want to bring entrepreneurship into their classrooms and campus life.
And you’re passionate about helping students develop real-world skills, critical thinking, and a Christ-centered entrepreneurial mindset, this event is for you. While the focus is on grades 7-12, the principles shared will benefit any K-12 institution looking to grow student engagement and create impactful learning opportunities.
Boost Student Engagement with Christ-Centered Entrepreneurship
Ready to bring radical transformation to your school? The CHCA Entrepreneurship Symposium is all about helping you create meaningful, hands-on learning experiences for your students that help develop an entrepreneurial mindset . Whether you’re thinking about starting a student-run business or expanding business classes, this event gives you real strategies that work. You’ll walk away with practical ideas and a clear plan to get started, all while building a school culture that’s rooted in Christ and inspires your students to fully engage.
Register Now
Don’t miss this unique opportunity to transform your school’s approach to student engagement and entrepreneurship! The CHCA Entrepreneurship Symposium is your chance to gain practical tools, connect with fellow educators, and bring Christ-centered, hands-on learning to your campus.
Secure your spot today and be part of this inspiring event.
- Date: March 6-7, 2025
- Location: Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy
Spots are limited, so act quickly to ensure your school is represented at this exciting event!
Key Takeaways
By attending the CHCA Entrepreneurship Symposium, you’ll walk away with:
- Practical steps for launching or improving student-run businesses on your campus.
- Inspiration and tools to teach the entrepreneurial mindset, helping students develop real-world skills.
- Best practices for integrating entrepreneurship into your school’s curriculum, without completely disrupting your schedule.
- Insights from experts who have built a nationally recognized program with multiple student-run businesses.
- Opportunities to connect with current student entrepreneurs and learn from their experiences.
This event is designed to give you clear, actionable content that you can start using right away to make a lasting impact on your school and students. We recommend having three or more people from your school attend to ensure maximum impact.
About Stephen Carter
Stephen will be speaking and presenting on his 10+ years of experience in building a nationally recognized entrepreneurship program on the campus of Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy–a journey detailed in his book, Teaching the Entrepreneurial Mindset: Innovative Education for K-12 Schools.
The last three years, Stephen has worked with private, K-12 schools across the country to replicate this programming on their campus complete with student-run business ventures. He has discovered that the two keys to success lie in the teaching of the entrepreneurial mindset and in encouraging student collaboration–both topics which will be explored thoroughly during these two days.
If you’re a head of school or principals wanting to learn more about bringing Christ-centered entrepreneurship programming to your campus in a meaningful way that engages students around the entrepreneurial mindset and collaboration, visit https://www.seedtreegroup.com/ to set up a discovery call with Stephen.
trusted by these impact-driven schools
“Teaching entrepreneurship within the school setting is exciting for students as they are already thinking creatively and offers a space for them to channel their ideas. But the greater gain is teaching the entrepreneurial mindset. It is foundational to a student’s success and easily transferable from operating a new business venture to their daily coursework and social interactions.
This program is invaluable for our students and perfectly aligns to our school’s mission of developing a student’s character, intellect, and potential to explore, create, challenge and lead.”
Teresa Chambers
Head of School, First Baptist Academy of Houston
Seed Tree Group client, launched the “SWAP Shop” in 2024
Event Schedule
Join us for two full days of insightful sessions, interactive learning, and hands-on experiences.
The full schedule will be released early 2025.
Day 1: Thursday, March 6, 2025
8:00 AM to 3:30 PM – Content pending, check back in early 2025
Day 2: Friday, March 7, 2025
8:00 AM to 3:30 PM – Content pending, check back in early 2025
Venue Information
The CHCA Entrepreneurship Symposium will be held at:
Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy - High School Campus
11525 Snider Road
Cincinnati, Ohio 45249
Located just north of Cincinnati, CHCA’s campus offers a welcoming and inspiring environment for learning and collaboration. All sessions and activities will take place in the high school building, providing modern facilities and comfortable spaces for networking and hands-on workshops. Free parking is available on-site, and the venue is easily accessible from major highways.
For out-of-town guests, see the FAQs for information on travel and lodging.
FAQs
While the event focuses on Christ-centered entrepreneurship education (based on Romans 12:2), it is open to any K-12 school seeking practical takeaways and inspiration around student engagement with the entrepreneurial mindset.
This event showcases the possibilities for how student entrepreneurship education can transform an entire school from Kindergarten to 12th grade. No matter the level of entrepreneurship your school is involved in, there will be key takeaways for all attendees that have immediate application at your school.
You’ll leave this event with inspiration and action items and a clear plan to launch and build a program on your campus. You can also connect with Stephen Carter and Seed Tree Group to hear how this works on school campuses around the country.
We recommend staying near CHCA high school at Drury Inn and Suites (https://www.druryhotels.com/locations/cincinnati-oh/drury-inn-and-suites-cincinnati-northeast-mason). The hotel address is 9956 Escort Drive Mason OH 45040 which is an 8-minute drive from the school.
If you are flying, the closest airport is the Cincinnati airport “CVG” which is about 40 minutes from the school, not accounting for traffic. The airport is technically in northern Kentucky, so the drive goes through downtown Cincinnati. The school’s address is 11525 Snider Road, Cincinnati, OH, 45249.
We will begin early (8 AM) on Thursday, March 6, and conclude by 3:30 PM on Friday, so both will be full days. If you are flying, please plan to arrive Wednesday evening and you are welcome to fly out Friday evening or Saturday during the day.
Breakfast and lunch are included for both days. Please send us any dietary restrictions for planning purposes. You’ll be on your own for dinner. We have some key restaurant recommendations for you to try while you’re in town so reach out if you are interested.
No transportation will be provided so if traveling from out-of-town, we recommend UBER or renting a car. There will be visitor’s parking on campus and in our auxiliary lot across the street from the high school.
Business casual–we will be walking around campus a bit, and sitting for the main sessions, so you’ll want to ensure you are comfortable.
Listen–if you have a growth mindset, you will LOVE this event, and if you come in with a fixed mindset, expect to leave transformed–the future of education is bright indeed!
Still have questions?
Get in touch with Stephen Carter at Stephen@Seedtreegroup.com
Impact Your Students
Gianna
class of ‘21
Johnathan
class of ‘23
Register Now
Don’t miss this unique opportunity to transform your school’s approach to student engagement and entrepreneurship! The CHCA Entrepreneurship Symposium is your chance to gain practical tools, connect with fellow educators, and bring Christ-centered, hands-on learning to your campus.
Secure your spot today and be part of this inspiring event.
- Date: March 6-7, 2025
- Location: Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy
Spots are limited, so act quickly to ensure your school is represented at this exciting event!