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Bryant Fox
(Junior from Ansonia) participated in the MVCTC T-shirt sales
project as part of his Business Ownership class.
MVCTC Business
Ownership Program prepares students to be entrepreneurs
Englewood, Ohio - The Miami Valley Career Technology Center (MVCTC)
Business Ownership program teaches students many aspects of owning and
managing a business. One of the many projects they complete during
their two years at MVCTC is selling MVCTC shirts to students and
staff. Shirts were sold in the Business Ownership classes and in
the Student Activity Center during lunches.
Prior to the sale, students across campus were allowed to create
designs to be chosen for this year's shirt. Business Ownership students
then created sales flyers detailing the event and hung the best
designed flyer across campus to advertise. They prepared a sales table
to display samples of shirts and attract customers.
Students were scheduled on a rotation to help customers choose shirt
sizes, fill out order forms, collect payment and issue receipts.
Students filed order forms alphabetically for pick-up of shirts at a
later date. Taylor Shackleford (Brookville) and Mitchell Bussard
(Tri-County North) were responsible for adding up order forms and
verifying that the cash and checks collected match the order total. The
class had a perfect week, with no discrepancies. Business Ownership
students sold $3,593 in shirts over four days. Of that amount, $2,559
were cash sales!
Mandy Watts, MVCTC Business Ownership Instructor shared, “Hands-on
projects like the MVCTC shirt sales allow Business Ownership students
to apply business skills they learned in class to real life situations.
Students gain experience in customer service and sales with the shirt
sales event and enjoy the hands-on aspect of the project.”
For over 40-years, MVCTC has been providing career technical education
for 27 partner school districts encompassing five counties in Southwest
Ohio. MVCTC is dedicated to providing in-demand workforce
training for youth, adults, and organizations in the Miami
Valley.
For more information about MVCTC, visit www.mvctc.com.
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