No, Step Into Business provides access to courses for free as a service to our community. 

These courses are written at a 7th-8th grade level but can be used for any intro to business course content.

Step into Business is a community service program from Texas A&M University’s Reynolds and Reynolds Sales Leadership Institute at Mays Business School.  Courses are designed by Mays Business School faculty, Sales program staff, and industry partners.

We will ask for the following data before providing access to our courses:

• School or program name
• Teacher name and contact info
• Name of the class the Step Into Business course will be used for
• Grade level(s) of students using program
• Number of total students using the program

After the first year, we simply ask for the number of students that use and complete the modules so that we can track the utility of our program. Upon request, we are happy to provide individualized certificates for students who complete the course, in which case you would provide student names after course completion. (optional)

We will send you files compatible with Learning Management Systems such as Schoology, which you upload and manage independently.

No, modules for our courses can be scheduled entirely by the teacher and completed at any pace.

Yes! Step Into Business courses are not limited to public schools.

Student work you might grade includes any worksheets in the accompanying PDF course packet  plus quizzes from each online module for the course.  When you upload the course to a Learning Management System (LMS), you will access and manage student work through your chosen LMS platform. Step Into Business staff will have no access to student data.

After customizing your passing score percentage, you will be able to choose between the following options to view a learner’s status on a module:

• Passed/Incomplete
• Passed/Failed
• Completed/Incomplete
• Completed/Failed

You will also receive all student work from the accompanying course packet pdf.

For online module quizzes, you will be able to customize the following metrics:

• Passing Score — set percentage
• Require Passing Score to Continue — on/off
• Quiz Retries — Unlimited, None, 1-10
• Randomize Question Order — on/off
• Shuffle Answer Choices — on/off
• Reveal Answers (shows the learner the correct response after each question submission) – on/off.

For all students that complete the course, we will provide a certificate of completion upon request. In addition, branded promotional items are available for participants.

Please speak to program staff for more details.

We encourage you to ask questions, and we look forward to talking with you about ways to customize the program to fit your student and classroom needs.

We are happy to talk with you via phone or Zoom call. Please use the contact page to request a conversation with program staff.

Sales and Communication is available starting summer 2023. Personal Finance will be available for Fall 2023.

For inquiries about sponsorship, please contact Dr. Janet Parish, Director of the Reynolds and Reynolds Sales Leadership Institute at jparish@mays.tamu.edu.