Leeann Curry doesn’t use textbooks and barely gives tests. Instead, her students participate in real-world activities, such as simulating a coffee shop or creating a resort for a target market.
Curry, a career technical education teacher at Owyhee High School, emphasizes practices to expose students to the challenges and rewards of running a business.
Curry’s approach to teaching mirrors her own path: She draws from real-world business experience. She’s even bringing lessons from her part-time job at a Boise coffee shop back to her students.
“I want to see my students apply what they learned and put it into practice,” Curry said.
From business owner to teacher
Curry’s professional experience shapes her teaching. While raising kids, she owned a food service brokerage with her husband for five years and obtained an accounting certificate…