Educational Programs 2010-2011

Elementary School Programs5-6 classroom or after-school visits @ 45 minutes each

Grade / Program /

Description

K / Ourselves® / Ourselves uses compelling stories read aloud by the volunteer along with hands-on activities to demonstrate helping, working, earning, and saving.
1 / Our Families® / Our Families emphasizes the roles people play in the local economy and engages students with activities about needs, wants, jobs, tools and skills, and interdependence.
2 / Our Community® / Our Community explores the interdependent roles of workers in a community, the work they perform, and how communities work.
3 / Our City® / Our City studies careers, the skills people need to work in those careers, and how businesses contribute to a city.
4 / Our Region® / Our Region introduces the relationship between the natural, human, and capital resources found in different regions and explores regional businesses that produce goods and services for consumers.
5 / Our Nation®
Sponsored by United Technologies / Our Nationprovides practical information about businesses’ need for individuals who can meet the demands of the job market, including high-growth, high-demand jobs.
5 / JA BizTown™ / JA BizTown helps prepare students for a lifetime of learning and academic achievement.
3-5 / JA More than Money™
(After-school Program)Sponsored by HSBC / JA More than Money teaches students about earning, spending, sharing, and saving money, and businesses they can start or jobs they can perform to earn money.

Middle School Programs 6 classroom visits @ 45 minutes each

Grade / Program / Description
6-8 / JA Global Marketplace™
Sponsored by MasterCard Worldwide / JA Global Marketplace is designed to provide practical information about the key aspects of the global economy, the importance of international trade, what makes world trade work, and how trade affects students’ daily lives.
6-8 / JA Economics for Success™
Sponsored by the Allstate Foundation / JA Economics for Success explores personal finance and students’ education and career options based on their skills, interests, and values. Program is sponsored by The Allstate Foundation
6-8 / JA America Works™
Sponsored by Pitney Bowes and the Literacy and Education Fund / JA America Works provides students with examples of how business and entrepreneurship affected the economic development of the United States during the 19th century.
6-8 / JA Finance Park™
Sponsored by Capital One / JAFinance Park helps students build a foundation for making intelligent, lifelong, personal financial decisions through hands-on, realistic site-based experiences.
6-8 / JA It’s My Business ™
(After-school Program) / After-school program that emphasizes entrepreneurship while providing a strong focus on social studies, reading, and writing skills. Students are encouraged to use critical thinking to learn entrepreneurial skills that support positive attitudes as they explore and enhance their career aspirations.

High School Programs6-16 classroom visits @ 45– 60 minutes each

Grade / Program / Description
10-12 / JA Success Skills™ / Students develop their interpersonal effectiveness and problem solving skills necessary for the workplace.
11-12 / JA TITAN
(Internet based)
Sponsored by Oracle / JA Titan introduces critical economics and management decisions through an interactive Web-based simulation.
9-12 / JA Company Program ™ / JA Company Program analyzes and explores personal opportunities and responsibilities within a student-led enterprise.
10-12 / JA Economics™
Sponsored by the MetLife Foundation / JA Economics examines the fundamental concepts of micro-, macro-, and international economics.
9-12 / JA Exploring Economics™
Sponsored by the MetLife Foundation / Through hands-on classroom activities, JA Exploring Economics fosters lifelong skills and knowledge about how an economy works, including micro-, macro-, personal, and international economics.
9-12 / JA Banks in Action™
Sponsored by the Citi Foundation / JA Banks in Action™ teaches high school students the principles of the banking industry and exposes them to the challenges of successfully operating a bank in a competitive environment. Eight required volunteer-led activities.
9-12 / JA Business Ethics™
Sponsored by Deloitte and the John Templeton Foundation / Through hands-on classroom activities, JA Business Ethics fosters students’ ethical decision-making as they prepare to enter the workforce and take part in the global marketplace. Students will recognize and analyze theory, terminology, and concepts; apply skills; and evaluate ethical decision-making. Seven required, five supplemental, volunteer-led sessions.
9-12 / JA Careers with a Purpose™
Sponsored by HCA and the John Templeton Foundation / JA Careers with a Purpose introduces students to the importance of seeking careers that help them realize their life potential and noble purpose. The program demonstrates the importance of positive values, life maxims, and ethical decision-making within the context of career and life decisions.
9-12 / JA Personal Finance
Sponsored by the National Endowment for Financial education and Jackson / The NEFE High School Financial Planning Programintroduces students to the importance of making wise financial decisions. The program demonstrates the importance of planning, goal setting, and thoughtful decision-making within the context of personal financial decisions.
9-12 /

JA Be Entrepreneurial™

/ By developing the essential components of a business plan, JA Be Entrepreneurial challenges students to start an entrepreneurial venture while still in high school.
Supplemental Programs
Grade / Program / Description
9-12 / JA High School Heroes Program / Students teaching students. This program helps HS students develop their public speaking and presentation skills while serving as role models to children in their community.
3-12 / JA Job Shadow ™
Sponsored by Best Buy Children’s Foundation / JA Job Shadow takes students into the work place to learn about careers.