Get Involved with JA: Schools and Educators

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Thanks to uniquely-connected partnerships with leaders in education, Junior Achievement is the the only experiential learning program embedded in our area school systems. Since 1919, JA has worked hand-in-hand with educators to provide transformative financial literacy, work readiness and entrepreneurship education to students. These real-world concepts heighten students’ appreciation for academics and long-term aspirations.

JA provides educators with everything they need to teach personal finance, expose students to career opportunities, and engage students who might be disengaged and struggling to understand the relevance of education to their lives. Our flexible instruction delivery methods include teacher-led and volunteer supported, volunteer-led, in-classroom, virtual simulation and out-of-classroom experiences. Our curriculum is created by trained and certified instructional experts to ensure correlation to various national, state and district standards; as well as comprehension, information retention and engagement. All resources for teaching JA curricula – including volunteers – are provided to teachers

Without our region's educators, our work to take learning beyond the classroom and show students its relevance would be impossible.