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JA programs have proven to be successful at raising students' educational and career aspirations and teaching students to create opportunities to achieve their goals.  By pairing community volunteers with professional educators in classrooms throughout south Texas, our offices in San Antonio, Corpus Christi, and Laredo will bring economic education programming to approximately 72,000 students during the 2010-2011.

 

 
 

Elementary Program

 

Middle Grades Program

 

High School Program

 
 

JA's Elementary Programs are the foundation of its K-12 curricula.  Seven sequential themes, each with five hands-on activities, work to change kids' lives by helping them understand business and economics.

CURRICULUM

(once a week for five consecutive weeks, 45 minutes per visit)

Ourselves® - Kindergarten

Our Families® - 1st Grade

Our Community® - 2nd Grade

Our City® - 3rd Grade

Our Region® - 4th Grade

Our Nation® - 5th Grade

JA More than Money® - 3rd-5th

JA Afterschool

As a result of JA Worldwide's partnership with the Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency prevention, these three after-school programs have been developed for elementary, middle grades, and high school students.

JA More than Money® - 3rd-5th

JA It's My Business® - 6th-8th

JA Company Program® - 9th-12th

 

JA's Middle Grade Programs include economics and business curricula for sixth through eighth grade students.  The dynamic interaction between the volunteer and the students promotes active learning and brings theory to life.

CURRICULUM

(once a week for six consecutive weeks, 45 to 60 minutes per visit)

JA America Works®

JA Economics for Success®

JA Global Marketplace®

JA It's My Business!®

JA Job Shadow®

JA Job Shadow

JA Job Shadow takes students into the workplace to learn about careers.  They are introduced to careers through one-day site orientation.  It's an authentic work-world experience for the students...enhanced with classroom preparatory and follow-up activities.

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To get your company involved in JA Job Shadow go to our online registration here.

 

JA's High School Programs are economic and business curricula for students in grades 9-12 and include a student-led enterprise.  The dynamic interaction between the volunteer and the students promotes active learning and brings theory to life.

CURRICULUM

(once a week for five to eight consecutive weeks, 45-60 minutes per visit)

JA Banks in Action®

JA Business Ethics®

JA Careers with a Purpose®

JA Company Programs®

JA Economics®

JA Financial Literacy Program®

JA Titan®

JA Success Skills®

JA Exploring Economics®

JA Job Shadow®

JA Be Entrepreneurial®

JA Finance Park

Capital One/Junior Achievement Finance Park, the mobile version of JA Finance Park, gives middle and high school students the opportunity to learn how to handle their finances and balance a budget.

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