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What
is Junior Achievement?
JA Worldwide™
(Junior Achievement) is the world’s largest
organization dedicated to educating young people
about business, economics, and free enterprise.
JA programs are taught by volunteers in class
and after school at locations throughout the United
States of America and in 96 countries.
What is Junior Achievement's
Mission?
To inspire
and prepare young people to succeed in a global
economy.
Tell me about JA's
programs.
JA programs span
grades K-12, and focus on seven key content areas:
business, citizenship, economics, entrepreneurship,
ethics/character, financial literacy, and career
development. Through 495 offices around the world,
JA reaches approximately seven million students
per year in inner cities, suburbs, and rural areas.Each
year teachers in more than 287,500 classrooms
around the world welcome JA programs.
What
does JA teach?
The JA curriculum
is aimed at preparing students to be successful,
focusing on personal finance, careers and workforce
readiness, business, economics, entrepreneurism,
character building and civics.
How
does JA teach it?
The JA curriculum is
delivered as part of regular classes during the
school day by volunteers recruited from local
businesses and the community, in partnership with
the classroom teachers. The curriculum consists
of hands-on activities that allow the students
to learn by doing.
Where
does JA get volunteers?
JA’s nearly
214,000 classroom volunteers around the world
come from all walks of life and include business
people, college students, parents, and retirees.
These dedicated individuals are the backbone of
the organization.
How
do JA programs correlate to CT state standards?
The JA curriculum correlates
to CT state standards for: Mathematics, Language
Arts, Social Studies, Business and Finance Technology
Education, Marketing Education, Family and Consumer
Sciences Education and Cooperative Work Education.
How do
you know that JA works?
JA is one of a few global
non-profits to use independent, third-party evaluators
to gauge the impact of its programs. Since 1993,
independent evaluators have conducted studies
on JA’s effectiveness. Findings prove that
JA has a positive impact in a number of critical
areas. These results are available, for free,
upon request. Summaries of the findings also are
published in the JA Programs section of www.ja.org.
How
long do the programs take to complete?
Programs range from
5 classroom periods for elementary school programs
to as many as 8 to 16 classroom periods for high
school programs. Traditionally, JA volunteers
visit the class once a week. Some elementary schools
opt to provide their students with the entire
five-session curriculum on "JA in a Day".
How
does JA train its volunteers?
JA trains all volunteers
before they go into a classroom and provides each
volunteer with a comprehensive guide for each
program that includes detailed lesson plans, scripts
and helpful tips on teaching techniques. Each
participating teacher also receives a copy of
the guide.
How
much do JA programs cost?
JA programs are free
to the schools.
Where
does JA get funding?
A Worldwide™
Headquarters operates on a $24.5 million annual
budget; more than $234 million is raised around
the world from individual contributors and hundreds
of corporations and foundations.
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