Junior Achievement

Overview:

Junior Achievement uses hands-on experiences to help young people understand the economics of life. In partnership with business and educators, Junior Achievement brings the real world to students, opening their minds to their potential. After all, kids are our future.

Throughout JA's sequential and integrated kindergarten through grade 12 programs, students use information, apply basic skills, think critically,  and solve complex problems.

For more information, go to http://www.ja.org

Elementary Programs:

The Elementary School Programs include seven sequential themes for kindergarten through sixth-grade students and two capstone experiences. Students learn the basic concepts of business and economics and how education is relevant to the workplace.

The sequential activities build on studies from each preceding grade and prepare students for secondary school and lifelong learning.

The seven program themes also teach students that people assume roles as individuals, consumers, and workers in an expanding cultural environment that extends from the self and family to global relations. 

The seven elementary program themes offered by JA include:

• Ourselves
• Our Families
• Our Community
• Our City
• Our Region
• Our Nation
• JA Enterprise Village™

For more information, go to  http://www.ja.org/programs/programs_elem_overview.shtml

Middle Grade Programs:

Junior Achievement has several highly effective programs for middle grade and junior high school students that reinforce the value of education and teach students about the future economic benefits of staying in school. Students will be introduced to many economic concepts and useful facts about the working world.

The Middle Grade programs build on concepts the students learned in Junior Achievement's Elementary School Program and help teens make difficult decisions about how to best prepare for their educational and professional future. The programs supplement standard social studies curricula and develop communication skills that are essential to success in the business world.

JA Middle Grade Programs include:

• Our World
•  JA Enterprise in Action
• The Economics of Staying in School
• JA Go Figure! Exploring Math in Business
• The International Marketplace
• JA Global Marketplace
• JA Job Shadow
• Personal Economics
• JA Finance Park

For more information, go to  http://www.ja.org/programs/programs_mid_overview.shtml

JA High School programs:

As high school students begin to position  themselves for their future, there are many unanswered questions about what lies ahead. Junior Achievement's High School Programs help students make informed, intelligent decisions about their future, and fosters skills that will be highly useful in the  business world.

With a range of different programs, Junior Achievement  teaches about concepts from microeconomics and macroeconomics to free enterprise. The volunteers bring real-life business experience and guidance into the classroom at a time that represents an essential crossroads for young people.

JA High School Programs include:

• JA Company Program
• JA Economics
• GLOBE
• JA Go Figure!
• JA Job Shadow
• JA Personal Finance
• JA Titan
• JA Success Skills

For more information, go to  http://www.ja.org/programs/programs_high_overview.shtml

JA Job Shadowing

Would you rather tell students about the workplace or show them? We introduce students to careers through one-day, on-site orientations or through more extensive internships. Either way, it’s an authentic work-world experience for the students… enhanced with classroom preparatory and follow-up activities.
JA Job Shadow takes students into the workplace to learn about careers.

For more information, go to http://www.ja.org/programs/programs_high_shadow.shtml