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Junior Achievement’s unique delivery system provides the training, materials, and support necessary to bolster the chances for student success. The impact is measurable, too. Students who participate in Junior Achievement programs demonstrate a significant understanding of economics and business concepts. We invite you to take a closer look at our Middle Grade programs!
Transform lives
Positively change the future
Check out the alumni report
Transform lives
Positively change the future
Check out the alumni report
Junior Achievement has several highly effective programs for middle school students that reinforce the value of workforce readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy. Students are introduced to many economic concepts and useful facts about the working world.
These learning experiences build on concepts the students learned in Junior Achievement’s elementary school programs and help teens make difficult decisions about how to best prepare for their educational and professional futures. The programs supplement standard social studies curricula and develop communication skills that are essential to success in the business world.
JA Career Speaker Series provides students with a guest speaker or video sharing information about his/her career, work, and education experience. (Grades K-12)
JA Career Speaker Series Program Brief
JA Career Speaker Series Program Overview
JA Economics for Success gives students the information needed to build strong personal finances, a cornerstone to a happy, secure life. Students learn the importance of exploring career options based on their skills, interests, and values. They also learn about spending money within a budget; saving and investing wisely; and using credit cautiously. (Grades 6-8)
JA Economics for Success Program Brief
JA Economics for Success Program Overview
JA Excellence through Ethics students will learn the importance of ethics and ethical decision-making and how ethical and unethical choices affect everyone in a community. (Grades 6-12)
JA Excellence through Ethics Program Brief
JA Excellence through Ethics Program Overview
JA Finance Park is JA’s capstone curriculum for personal financial planning and career exploration. This teacher-led classroom curriculum culminates with a visit to JA Finance Park, a realistic onsite facility or virtually in the classroom, where students engage with volunteers and put into practice what they’ve learned by developing a personal budget. Students select their career and define their future lifestyle and financial goals. (Grade 8)
JA Global Marketplace introduces students to the global marketplace and the ways in which countries buy and sell from each other. Through completion of this program, students gain an understanding of producers and consumers in the interconnected global market. (Grades 6-8)
JA Global Marketplace Program Brief
JA Global Marketplace Program Overview
JA It’s My Business! teaches students how to apply their entrepreneurial skills to education, career, and service pursuits. (Grades 6-8)
JA It’s My Business Program Brief
JA It’s My Business Program Overview
JA It’s My Future offers practical information to help prepare students for the working world. Students will develop the personal-branding and job-hunting skills needed to earn a job. (Grades 6-8)
JA It’s My Future Program Brief
JA It’s My Future Program Overview
JA It’s My Job (Soft Skills) will help students understand the value of professional communication and soft skills, making them more employable to future employers across multiple career clusters. (Grades 6-12)
Junior Achievement has several highly effective programs for middle school students that reinforce the value of workforce readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy. Students are introduced to many economic concepts and useful facts about the working world.
These learning experiences build on concepts the students learned in Junior Achievement’s elementary school programs and help teens make difficult decisions about how to best prepare for their educational and professional futures. The programs supplement standard social studies curricula and develop communication skills that are essential to success in the business world.
JA Career Speaker Series provides students with a guest speaker or video sharing information about his/her career, work, and education experience. (Grades K-12)
JA Career Speaker Series Program Brief
JA Career Speaker Series Program Overview
JA Economics for Success gives students the information needed to build strong personal finances, a cornerstone to a happy, secure life. Students learn the importance of exploring career options based on their skills, interests, and values. They also learn about spending money within a budget; saving and investing wisely; and using credit cautiously. (Grades 6-8)
JA Economics for Success Program Brief
JA Economics for Success Program Overview
JA Excellence through Ethics students will learn the importance of ethics and ethical decision-making and how ethical and unethical choices affect everyone in a community. (Grades 6-12)
JA Excellence through Ethics Program Brief
JA Excellence through Ethics Program Overview
JA Finance Park is JA’s capstone curriculum for personal financial planning and career exploration. This teacher-led classroom curriculum culminates with a visit to JA Finance Park, a realistic onsite facility or virtually in the classroom, where students engage with volunteers and put into practice what they’ve learned by developing a personal budget. Students select their career and define their future lifestyle and financial goals. (Grade 8)
JA Global Marketplace introduces students to the global marketplace and the ways in which countries buy and sell from each other. Through completion of this program, students gain an understanding of producers and consumers in the interconnected global market. (Grades 6-8)
JA Global Marketplace Program Brief
JA Global Marketplace Program Overview
JA It’s My Business! teaches students how to apply their entrepreneurial skills to education, career, and service pursuits. (Grades 6-8)
JA It’s My Business Program Brief
JA It’s My Business Program Overview
JA It’s My Future offers practical information to help prepare students for the working world. Students will develop the personal-branding and job-hunting skills needed to earn a job. (Grades 6-8)
JA It’s My Future Program Brief
JA It’s My Future Program Overview
JA It’s My Job (Soft Skills) will help students understand the value of professional communication and soft skills, making them more employable to future employers across multiple career clusters. (Grades 6-12)
Christy Kunz
Vice President – Education
christy.kunz@ja.org
Stacy Voelliger
Senior Education Manager
stacy.voelliger@ja.org
Nora Shook
Education Manager
nora.shook@ja.org
Melissa Rebro
JA World Program Director
melissa.rebro@ja.org
Christy Kunz
Vice President – Education
christy.kunz@ja.org
Stacy Voelliger
Senior Education Manager
stacy.voelliger@ja.org
Nora Shook
Education Manager
nora.shook@ja.org
Melissa Rebro
JA World Program Director
melissa.rebro@ja.org
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