{"id":947,"date":"2025-12-02T11:04:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T10:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sparks4school.org\/portfolio-items\/beam\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T11:13:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T09:13:47","slug":"beam","status":"publish","type":"avada_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/sparks4school.org\/en\/angebote\/beam\/","title":{"rendered":"BEAM"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-right:0px;--awb-padding-left:0px;--awb-padding-bottom-small:30px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_5_6 5_6 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:83.3333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.304%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.304%;--awb-width-medium:83.3333333333%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:2.304%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:2.304%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1 sm-text-align-left\" style=\"--awb-content-alignment:center;\"><p>BEAM is a programme that connects schools with the business world. Pupils develop their own business ideas and work on real-life issues \u2013 from brainstorming to business plans. Practical methods such as design thinking are used in the process. Through company visits, research and discussions with successful entrepreneurs, pupils experience entrepreneurship first-hand.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_5_6 5_6 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:83.3333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.304%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.304%;--awb-width-medium:83.3333333333%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:2.304%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:2.304%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-center fusion-title-scroll_reveal fusion-animate-once awb-title__scroll-reveal--color_change fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color7);--awb-animated-text-color:var(--awb-color6);--awb-margin-bottom:20px;--awb-margin-top-small:10px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:30px;\" data-scroll-reveal-effect=\"color_change\" data-scroll-reveal-above-fold=\"1\" data-scroll-reveal-basis=\"chars\" data-scroll-reveal-behavior=\"always\" data-scroll-reveal-duration=\"0.5\" data-scroll-reveal-stagger=\"0.2\" data-scroll-reveal-delay=\"0\" data-scroll-reveal-counter=\"1\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-center sm-text-align-left\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Chelsea Market&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;font-size:1em;\">\u2018BEAM was important to me because it helped me discover entrepreneurship as a career path. That had a decisive impact on my future.\u2019<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p align=\"center\"><em>Daniel von Maydell, former BEAM student and founder of fravio<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-selfhosted-video\" style=\"max-width:100%;\"><div class=\"video-wrapper\"><video playsinline=\"true\" width=\"100%\" style=\"object-fit: cover;\" poster=\"https:\/\/sparks4school.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Bildschirmfoto-2026-04-23-um-11.08.46.png\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"1\"><source src=\"https:\/\/sparks4school.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BEAM-Video-SPARKS-2024-gIxjgLAP2j0.mkv\" type=\"video\/mp4\">Sorry, your browser doesn&#039;t support embedded videos.<\/video><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3 sm-text-align-left\" style=\"--awb-content-alignment:center;--awb-margin-top:30px;\"><p>BEAM breaks with traditional teaching methods by working exclusively with speakers from the field. Students leave the school environment and gain their first experiences in the business world. This boosts their self-confidence, initiative and career orientation. With BEAM, students build their first professional network themselves.<\/p>\n<p>There is an exchange with other international BEAM schools. Contact with students of other nationalities broadens BEAM&#8217;s horizons beyond school and the region.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"sm-text-align-left\" style=\"text-align:center;\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-default fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/beamprogram.com\/\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">Continue to the BEAM website<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-center fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color4);--awb-margin-top:50px;--awb-margin-top-small:50px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:40px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-center sm-text-align-left\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;\">Simply bring BEAM to your school<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4 sm-text-align-left\" style=\"--awb-content-alignment:center;\"><p>BEAM is a one-year programme for upper secondary school students. Depending on the federal state, it can be integrated into the curriculum as a seminar course in course level 1 (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) or via profile lessons (Hesse).<\/p>\n<p>SPARKS provides the programme free of charge and offers comprehensive support to teachers, including clear schedules, ongoing assistance and coordination of external speakers. No prior knowledge of the subject is required.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"sm-text-align-left\" style=\"text-align:center;\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-default fusion-button-default button-2 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" target=\"_self\" href=\"mailto:info@sparks4school.org\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">Contact us here<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEAM (Business Entrepreneurship And Math) is a seminar course for Year 12 students at grammar schools in Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":948,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"portfolio_category":[61],"portfolio_skills":[],"portfolio_tags":[62,63,64],"class_list":["post-947","avada_portfolio","type-avada_portfolio","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio_category-baden-wuerttemberg","portfolio_tags-gymnasium","portfolio_tags-kursstufe-1","portfolio_tags-oberstufe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sparks4school.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sparks4school.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sparks4school.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/avada_portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sparks4school.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sparks4school.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=947"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sparks4school.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1347,"href":"https:\/\/sparks4school.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/947\/revisions\/1347"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sparks4school.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sparks4school.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sparks4school.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_category?post=947"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_skills","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sparks4school.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_skills?post=947"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sparks4school.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_tags?post=947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}