Career & Technical Education (CTE)

Building Career Pathways Through School-Based Enterprises

VariQuest Visual Learning Tools enable business teachers and students, as well as DECA chapters, to set up a school store that provides opportunity to learn and apply real business skills. The Design Center, Poster Maker, Cutout Maker and Awards Maker are utilized to create customized visuals such as posters, banners, cutouts, manipulatives, awards, stickers, decals and more to sell in the store. By managing the production, promotion and exchange of these products, students can participate in each of the critical elements of running a successful business, and along the way...

• Gain real-world work experience
• Fulfill academic, work-based learning standards
• Learn how to work as a business team
• Experience results from their business actions and decisions
• Develop the essentials of financial & professional accountability

Joy Hairston, business teacher at Lucy Addison Middle School in Virginia, launched a success school business program incorporating VariQuest. See what Joy and her students have to say about the program and products.

VariQuest Business-in-a-Box

Business-in-a-Box from VariQuest is your essential school store start-up guide on CD. Each CD includes a:

• Business Proposal and Presentation from business teacher Joy Hairston
• Pricing Guide
• Student Work Samples
• Success Story featuring a marketing class at Flowing Wells High School in Arizona
• VariQuest Lesson: Setting up a School-Based Store – Download now >

Contact us to request your FREE Business-in-a-Box CD today!

Fundraising

Additionally, the VariQuest tools offer students, staff, parent groups and booster clubs many unique fundraising opportunities. From sports teams to school bands and academic clubs, the VariQuest tools make it easy to create profit centers with colorful visuals for virtually any event. With just the touch of a button, create event posters and banners, cutouts for scrapbooking, bumper stickers, decals with school mascots, parking permits, award plaques, and more – all for sale!