Business Skills

16 WEEK CLASS
(2nd Semester)

Tutor Names: Matthew Bullington

Course Name: Business Basics

Required Texts:

  1. Business Made Simple by Donald Miller

  2. So Good They Can’t Ignore You by Cal Newport

  3. How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

Optional Materials: None

Copy Fee: $20

Other Fees: None

Minimum Number of Students:  10

Maximum Number of Students:  20

*Coordinates with Business Literature class

Finish high school strong with a comprehensive look at ourselves and the world around us. While Discipleship Tutorial strives to offer robust, traditional academics, we also want to offer our students key skills that most individuals will use every day of their lives. Join us on a hands-on, 16-week journey where we’ll explore:

  • Understanding value and value creation in business

  • Marketing, advertising and sales

  • Accounting and finances (at work and at home)

  • Understanding yourself (your strengths and weaknesses)

    • Habit creation

    • Skill acquisition

    • Productivity

  • Understanding others

    • Influence

    • Networking

    • Negotiation

    • Management

  • And more!

The course is built around the structure of Business Made Simple, with 12 business topics (the book also includes access to daily short videos). These individual studies will introduce students to the core concepts of business and personal productivity.

Students will create a mock business over the duration of the course, and apply the principles and skills learned to that simulation.

Hands-on activities and simulations will all be used to help students engage with and retain the skills discussed.

Expected Weekly Time Commitment for Homework:  1-2 hours

Prerequisites: Algebra 1

Recommended Grade Level: 9-12th    

Rate for Additional Private Tutoring: NA

Concepts/excerpts will also be pulled from:

  • The 10 Day MBA

  • The Personal MBA

  • The Power of Habit

  • Good to Great

  • How to Win Friends and Influence People

  • Influence

  • The Innovator’s Dilemma

  • The Lean Startup

  • The Tipping Point

  • The 4-Hour Workweek

  • Drive

  • Start with Why

  • The Go Giver

  • The Millionaire Next Door


BIO

Matthew Bullington teaches math (Algebra 1, Geometry, and Algebra 2), Chemistry, Business and Life Skills, and ACT Prep at the Discipleship Tutorial. Having studied applied mathematics in the field of economics, Matthew loves bringing his passion for math and learning into the classroom. He loves taking intimidating subjects in math, business and science and making them accessible, relevant, and engaging, and focuses on how we can see God in every field.

A homeschool graduate, Matthew works as a college prep consultant through his company, UniversityReady, and brings his college expertise to ACT Prep. He has tutored for fourteen years, and brings this expertise along with his liberal arts Economics degree background to his classes at The Discipleship Tutorial.

Matthew is joyfully married to Meagan, and has two daughters (Mercy and Mollie) and a son Matty. To find out more about Matthew and what he does as a college consultant, visit his website, http://www.universityready.com/.