Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE)
Ryan Kinser currently serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Educational Technology at Arizona State University and holds multiple roles within the institution, including Manager and Senior Learning Experience Designer in Enterprise Technology. Kinser also operates as the Platform Operations Manager for the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship since December 2020 and has been a Master Trainer in Mobile Educational Computing for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since March 2015. Prior experience includes positions as Instructional Design Manager at UBTECH Robotics, Director of Instructional Technology at Out-of-Door Academy, and Instructor at Florida Virtual School. Kinser has contributed to educational initiatives through roles at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Center for Teaching Quality as a Teacher Advisor and Teacherpreneur, respectively. Educational qualifications include a Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature from George Mason University and a Master of Education in Secondary Education from Grand Canyon University.
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Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE)
Founded in New York City in 1987 by Steve Mariotti, a former entrepreneur turned high school math teacher in the South Bronx, NFTE began as a program to prevent dropouts and improve academic performance among students who were at risk of failing or quitting school.Combining his business background with his desire to teach at-risk students,Steve discovered that when young people from low-income communities are given the opportunity to learn about entrepreneurship, their innate "street smarts" can easily develop into "academic smarts" and "business smarts." Through entrepreneurship, young people discover that what they are learning in the classroom is relevant to the real world. By teaching the entrepreneurial mindset, NFTE provides young people with tools and attitudes to overcome adversity and address future personal, economic, community and global challenges.The NFTE has worked with more than 500,000 young people from low-income communities in programs across the U.S. and around the world. As of fall, 2014 NFTE operates their successful curriculum in 19 U.S. communities and 12 countries and continues to expand - sharing and spreading the transformative power of entrepreneurship.