On the second day of the Entrepreneurship Creative Learning Bootcamp (July 12), the SBM ITB, in collaboration with the West Java Provincial Education Office (Disdik Jabar), focused on strengthening the role of vocational high school (SMK) teachers as facilitators of entrepreneurship for their students. This intensive, hands-on training aimed to enhance teachers’ capacity to deliver entrepreneurship education in a creative, practical, and engaging way.
The second day featured two core modules: “The Role of Teachers as Business Mentors” and “Teaching Negotiation Skills for Students.” Eka Yuliana opened the session by discussing the strategic role of teachers as business mentors.
She emphasized that today’s entrepreneurship teachers must be multi-talented individuals with a growth mindset as their foundation. This mindset includes three core elements: openness to criticism and feedback, willingness to experiment and take risks, and the ability to draw inspiration from others’ success. Through various mentoring models, such as speed mentoring, one-on-one sessions, group mentoring, and reverse mentoring, teachers can provide tailored guidance that meets each student’s developmental needs.
In a follow-up activity, participants were grouped to map potential businesses based on local wisdom in their respective regions. Teachers explored culturally relevant business ideas, including puppet-making, traditional dance costume rentals, and the production of unique souvenirs.
The session continued with a role-play simulation, in which teachers acted as mentors helping students interested in launching service-based businesses but unsure of how to start. The simulation walked teachers through several stages: identifying students’ interests and skills, uncovering business potential, providing promotional and research guidance, and motivating students to begin with manageable steps. At the end of the session, participants developed a one-month mentoring plan using the stages of purpose, engagement, growth, and completion as a framework for sustainable student development.
The second module, “Leveling Up Negotiation Skills for Students,” was led by Shimaditya Nuraeni. This session emphasized the importance of negotiation as a teachable life skill from an early age.
Shimaditya introduced the Golden Rule of negotiation: people negotiate when they believe they can either help or gain something (“help”), or when they want to avoid a loss (“hurt”). He also addressed common challenges in negotiation, such as lack of self-awareness, inadequate preparation, and limited recall of key discussion points.
Julisa, a teacher from SMK Negeri 2 Cimahi, expressed her appreciation for the high quality of speakers and the practical material delivered during the two-day bootcamp. She shared that the training provided valuable insights she could immediately apply at her school.
Julisa highlighted that one of the main challenges her students face is marketing their products. She hopes that, after this training, she can better equip her students with the skills to promote their products independently and generate real income through school-based entrepreneurship.
The Entrepreneurship Creative Learning Bootcamp offered an immersive, practical learning experience for vocational school teachers across West Java. By integrating theory, practice, and reflection, the program laid a solid foundation for building an adaptive vocational education ecosystem, empowering students to become competitive entrepreneurs.