Teaching financial literacy, career readiness and entrepreneurship skills, JA’s longest running program model can be taught outside of school hours, during summer school, or by non-school partner organizations.

Know which classes you want? Sign up here!

If you are interested in JA BizTown® curriculum and field trips, please visit our JA BizTown® page!

The Process:

STEP 1:

Fill out the program request form to bring JA to your students.

⇨ Include program choices, preferred materials, facilitation dates and model (volunteer or educator).
⇨ Include name and contact information for volunteer.
⇨ JA will provide volunteers for the following programs:
    • Career Speaker Series
    • Career Exploration Fairs
    • JA Field Trip Experiences (ex: JA BizTown)

STEP 2:

Receive confirmation email from JA Education Manager.

STEP 3:

Participate in facilitator training session – 30 minutes, virtual and in-person offered.

⇨ Training is only required for new facilitators.

STEP 4:

Gain access to curriculum and materials for use during program sessions.

STEP 5:

Conduct JA programming.

STEP 6:

Send completed program details to Education Manager (ie: student counts, number of completed sessions, etc.)

STEP 7:

Complete post-program student and facilitator satisfaction surveys.

STEP 8:

Return left-over/unused materials.

“The program content was relevant for the students, which got them excited about learning. “It wasn’t a hassle for the students. They were all excited for JA Day.”

Lexi, Alphapointe

80.6%

84.8%

85.8%

of students believe their JA experience helped them believe it’s important to do well in school

of students believe they can create their own future as a result of their JA experience

of students understand the skills they need to be successful in their future jobs as a result of their JA experience

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info@jagkc.org

Summer Programming | Junior Achievement of Greater Kansas City