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JA Career Success® equips students with the tools and skills required to get and keep a job in high-growth

career industries. Seven volunteer-led sessions required.

Concepts: Career clusters, career planning, career preparation, collaboration, conflict management, critical thinking, education and training, employer expectations, high-growth jobs, high-performance teams, interests, inventory and ordering, job interviews, job outlook, job retention, post-secondary options, problem-solving techniques, retail stocking, skills, soft skills, STEM, technical skills, the 4Cs, work priorities, workplace skills

Skills: Analyze data, collaborative discussions, conflict resolution, communication, competition, creativity and innovation, critical thinking, decision making, following written instructions, formulating answers from personal experiences, goal setting, identifying behaviors, interpersonal skills, organizing information, prioritizing, problem solving, research skills, role-playing, self-assessment, time management, working collaboratively, working in groups

JA Company Program® Blended Model provides students an actual opportunity to

fill a need or solve a problem in their community by building, launching, and managing their own start-up business. Available for both in-school or after-school implementation, and may be completed in one-semester or throughout an entire school year. Two implementation options are available: 13 two-hour meetings or 26 one-hour meetings. A volunteer must lead 13 Instructional Contact Hours; the teacher may deliver the remainder.

Concepts: Annual report, business plan, capitalization, charitable giving, company structure, entrepreneurial traits, financial tools, launch the company, leadership, liquidate, marketing, personal action plan, pitch, product development process, product and service evaluation, quality control, ROI, sales techniques, supply chain, SWOT analysis

Skills: Accountability, analyzing alternatives, brainstorming, creativity, critical thinking, cross-departmental collaboration, decision making, idea development, leadership, listening, product evaluation, public speaking, research, sales, self-assessment, synthesizing and evaluating information, task-management, teamwork

JA Be Entrepreneurial® introduces students to the essential components of a practical business plan and

challenges them to start an entrepreneurial venture while still in high school. Seven volunteer-led sessions required.

Concepts: Advertisement, business plan, competitive advantage, customer, demographic, entrepreneur, entrepreneurial spirit, ethical dilemma, ethics, financing, franchise, long- vs. short-term consequences, management, market, market needs, marketing, nonprofit business, product, product development, profits, social entrepreneur, social responsibility, stakeholder, voting

Skills: Analyzing information, business planning, categorizing data, decision making, evaluating alternatives, expressing multiple viewpoints, graphic presentation, oral and written communication, presenting information, reading for understanding, weighing consequences, working in groups and pairs

JA Economics® examines the fundamental concepts of micro-, macro-, and international economics. Seven

volunteer-led sessions required; typically a semester-long course with the majority of sessions teacher-led.

Concepts: Advantage, demand, economic systems, exchange rates, fiscal policy, government, gross domestic product, income distribution, inflation, investment, labor, markets, opportunity cost, productivity, scarcity, supply, trade

Skills: Applying information, classifying, critical thinking, decision making, giving reports, graphing, interpreting data, math computation, reading, research, taking notes, writing

*Pillars of Student Success signify a program’s primary focus; however, each JA program is developed to include all three pillars.

Blended Model: Programs are delivered to students through an integration of face-to-face volunteer and teacher mentoring and instruction, student-led groups, and digital learning during the traditional school day. Classroom-Based: Programs are delivered to students by a volunteer during the traditional school day.

JA AfterSchool®: Programs are delivered to students by a volunteer outside traditional school hours, including afternoon, evenings, weekends, and summer.JA Capstone: Programs in which the classroom teacher prepares students for a day-long, out-of-school, volunteer-led experience.

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JA Exploring Economics® fosters lifelong skills and knowledge about how an economy works,

including micro-, macro-, personal, and international economics. Seven volunteer-led sessions required.

Concepts: Banks as borrowers and lenders, command economy, consumer price index (CPI), consumer purchasing power, demand, distribution, economics, economic isolationism, economic systems, federal reserve system, free-rider problem, inflation, inflation rate, international trade, investing options, market economy, market-clearing price, non-rivalry, percentage change, private property, production, public vs. private goods, public vs. private sector, regional trade, risk versus reward, saving options, simple interest, supply, supply and demand, tariff, taxes, trade restrictions, utility, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), world trade

Skills: Analyzing information, categorizing data, decision making, evaluating alternatives, evaluating information, graphing, listening for understanding, oral and written communication, negotiating, public speaking, reading for understanding, solving algebraic equations, working in pairs and groups

JA Job Shadow™ prepares students to be entrepreneurial thinkers in their approach to work. Students acquire and

apply the skills needed in demanding and ever-changing workplaces. Two classroom sessions prior to a four- to five-hour site visit, and one classroom session required after the visit.

Concepts: Career assessment, career clusters, career planning, elevator pitch, infographic profile, interests, job hunting, job interview, job outlook, networking, professional and ethical behavior, resume, skills, thank you notes, work priorities

Skills: Analyze and apply data, business communication, creativity and innovation, following written instructions, formulating answers from personal experience, identifying behaviors, interviewing, oral and written communication, organizing information, presenting information, researching a variety of sources for information, role-playing, self-assessment, technical writing, working collaboratively

JA Finance Park® builds a foundation on which students can make intelligent lifelong financial decisions,

including those related to income, expenses, saving, and credit. Composed of project-based learning activities, the program culminates in a hands-on budgeting simulation at a facility, mobile unit, or virtual site. A minimum of 13 teacher-led sessions required; 1 volunteer-led simulation required.

Concepts: Banking, benefits, budgets, career, categorization, credit, credit reports, credit score, debit, debt, deposit insurance, financial responsibility, goal setting, government, identity theft, impulse buying, income, interest, loans, opportunity cost, payment methods, risk, saving, savings, taxes, values, wages, wants and needs

Skills: Active listening, brainstorming, collaboration, comparing, comprehension, creativity, critical thinking, decision making, following directions, interpreting data, math, reading, self-knowledge and reflection, speaking and listening, vocabulary, working in pairs and teams, writing

JA Launch Lesson™ is a point-of-entry program delivered by community entrepreneurs. Students gain

firsthand knowledge about starting a business and the entrepreneurial journey.

Concepts: Capital, customers, elements of the entrepreneurial experience (motivation, inspiration, preparation, expectations, and challenges), entrepreneurship, marketing, product, sales, service, value proposition

Skills: Funding a startup, meeting a need, product ideation, steps to becoming an entrepreneur, problem solving

*Pillars of Student Success signify a program’s primary focus; however, each JA program is developed to include all three pillars.

Blended Model: Programs are delivered to students through an integration of face-to-face volunteer and teacher mentoring and instruction, student-led groups, and digital learning during the traditional school day. Classroom-Based: Programs are delivered to students by a volunteer during the traditional school day.

JA AfterSchool®: Programs are delivered to students by a volunteer outside traditional school hours, including afternoon, evenings, weekends, and summer.JA Capstone: Programs in which the classroom teacher prepares students for a day-long, out-of-school, volunteer-led experience.

High School Programs (Grades 9-12)

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JA Titan® introduces students to critical economic and management decision making through an interactive simulation.

Seven volunteer-led sessions required.

Concepts: Business management, capital investment, charitable giving, demographics, fixed costs, four Ps of Marketing, law of diminishing returns, marketing, marketing research, price, product life cycle, production, research and development, target marketing, variable costs

Skills: Analyzing information, critical thinking, data analysis, decision making, mathematical skills, planning, reading charts and graphs, researching, teamwork, working in groups

JA Personal Finance® Kit-Based focuses on earning money; spending money wisely through

budgeting; saving and investing money; using credit cautiously; and protecting personal finances. Five volunteer-led sessions required.

Concepts: Budgeting, credit, financial choices, fraud, identity theft, insurance, investment, pay yourself first, saving, setting goals, spending

Skills: Analyzing information, categorizing data, decision making, financial planning, group work, organization, oral and written communication, public speaking, reading comprehension

JA Personal Finance® Blended Model demonstrates the interrelationship between

today’s financial decisions and future financial freedom. Money-management strategies include earning, employment, income, budgeting, savings, credit and debt, consumer protection, smart shopping, risk management, and investing. Two implementation options are offered: Basic (Sessions One–Five volunteer-led) and Advanced (Sessions One–Five volunteer-led; Sessions Six–Eight teacher- or volunteer-led).

Concepts: Benefits versus costs, budgeting, compound interest, consequences, cost of living, credit, credit card fraud, credit reporting and rating, debt, delayed gratification, earnings, education, expense tracking, financial management, identity theft, income, interest, investing, job skills, limited resources, liquidity, maximizing earnings, opportunity cost, pawnshop, payday loan, priorities, rent-to-own, return on investment, reward, risk, saving, savings plan, unlimited wants, variable and discretionary expenses

Skills: Analyze and evaluate data from multiple sources, car buying, comparing results, comparison shopping, computer skills, critical thinking, decision making, disputing unauthorized credit card charges, estimating, evaluating risks, rewards, online resources, options, and personal skills, grocery shopping, interpreting analogy, long-term planning, online research, personal inventory, planning, predicting outcomes, presentation skills, prioritizing, proactive planning, problem solving, recognizing scams and fraud, requesting and checking credit reports, research, saving and investing, sorting, teamwork, tracking expenses, weighing costs and benefits

*Pillars of Student Success signify a program’s primary focus; however, each JA program is developed to include all three pillars.

Blended Model: Programs are delivered to students through an integration of face-to-face volunteer and teacher mentoring and instruction, student-led groups, and digital learning during the traditional school day. Classroom-Based: Programs are delivered to students by a volunteer during the traditional school day.

JA AfterSchool®: Programs are delivered to students by a volunteer outside traditional school hours, including afternoon, evenings, weekends, and summer.JA Capstone: Programs in which the classroom teacher prepares students for a day-long, out-of-school, volunteer-led experience.

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JA Company Program provides high school students (grades 9–12) an opportunity to fill a need or solve a problem in their community by launching their own start-up business, unleashing their entrepreneurial spirit. The program utilizes both original and curated content. Meeting-specific, student-friendly materials enable students to identify the key elements of organizing and operating a business and to consider creating their own start-up business.

JA Company Program Blended Model is available for implementation in school or after school, and may be completed in one semester or throughout an entire school year. Two implementation options are available: 13 two-hour meetings or 26 one-hour meetings. A volunteer is required to lead 13 Instructional Contact Hours; the teacher may deliver the remainder. Each student receives 26 Instructional Contact Hours.

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Meetings One–Five: Startup and LaunchMeeting One: Start a BusinessStudents examine their own entrepreneurial traits and how those traits fit within their company structure, and they explore potential ways to fund their venture.

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Meeting Three: Vet the VentureStudents conduct research on their top product or service ideas and decide which idea to move forward with based on a series of factors.

Meeting Four: Create a StructureStudents form business teams and begin to develop their business plan through a series of specialized tasks.

Meeting Five: Launch the Business!Business teams report on their tasks and findings to the entire company and come to a consensus on major decisions as they launch the business and finalize their business plan.

Meetings Six–Eleven: Run the BusinessEach week, business teams meet to provide status updates to the entire company, review priorities, and accomplish tasks to meet company goals and objectives.

Meetings Twelve and Thirteen: Wrap-up and Look AheadMeeting Twelve: Liquidate the CompanyStudents conclude remaining business operations, liquidate the business, and decide what to do with the profits.

Meeting Thirteen: Create a Personal Action PlanStudents create their own personal action plan using the knowledge and experience gained throughout the program.

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JA Economics®

The JA Economics program includes four components: Textbook: Contains the information students need to gain an understanding of economic concepts and principles.

Student Study Guide: Provides students with an opportunity to extend their learning beyond the knowledge gained from the textbook through a variety of reinforcement and enrichment activities.

Guides for Teachers and olunteers: Includes lesson guides for the teacher to assist in presenting program content and activities for the volunteer to present to students during classroom visits.

Test Bank: Generates economics quizzes and tests from a bank of nearly 500 multiple choice questions categorized by chapter, written at varying levels of difficulty, and accessed from a CD-R M.

Reformatted to allow students to complete in-text activities as part of each chapter. Students also are prompted to mark content in the text that is important to remember, or information that is unclear or confusing. This interactive format provides students with a resource they can take with them at the completion of the course.

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JA Economics® is a one-semester teacher-taught course recommended for students in grades 11 and 12. The program examines the fundamental concepts of micro-, macro-, and international economics.

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Synthesize and evaluate how fundamental economic concepts and principles guide the U.S. and global economic systems.

Identify the role and impact of government within the market economy. Demonstrate an understanding of economic principles that guide personal and business decisions.

Students examine how the economic system that a society uses for production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services significantly affects the individuals in that society.

Students illustrate the impact of supply and demand on the economy by participating in an economic situation using real-life examples.

Using an experiential game format, students demonstrate the interaction of supply and demand and how market forces affect the price of products.

Students explore concepts related to saving and investing. They compare the characteristics, risks, and rewards of several saving and investing options.

Students analyze the effect of government on the economy, including intervention through the production of public goods and services, taxes, and its role in protecting private property.

Students learn about inflation and its effect on prices, consumer purchasing power, the willingness of financial institutions to loan money, and how the Consumer Price Index CPI is used to monitor inflation.

Students see the advantages of international trade through a simulation based on the increased utility satisfaction of global interaction.

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Through hands-on classroom activities, JA Exploring Economics fosters lifelong skills and knowledge about how the economy works, including micro-, macro-, personal, and international economics.

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Recognize career clusters and potential job positions and understand the importance of researching the requirements needed to earn a position.

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Identify the next steps needed in their personal career preparation.

Students are introduced to the JA Job Shadow program and the Seven Steps to Get Hired and Succeed. Through a close examination of specific skills and career clusters, they learn the key factors to investigate in career planning: skills, interests, work priorities, and job outlook.

Students review the Seven Steps to Get Hired and Succeed and analyze job-hunting skills. They then participate in mock interviews to prepare for the Job Shadow Challenge at the site visit.

Students visit a business or nonprofit organization, where they observe professional work conduct, learn what skills and education they need to earn jobs, and participate in a series of host-led challenges that bring home lessons from the “real world” of work.

Students reflect on what they learned before and during the site visit, and they practice business communication by composing a thank-you note. They then create one of four career-preparation tools: a career assessment, elevator pitch, resume, or infographic profile.

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JA Personal Finance®

Recognize the fundamental elements of their personal finances: earnings, saving and investing, budgeting, credit, risk management, and giving.

Apply these fundamental elements to a personal financial plan that allows them to set specific goals for their lifelong financial needs and desired quality of life.

Students learn that healthy personal finances take planning and managing. They begin to analyze major life events and issues that have financial implications.

Students analyze the role saving plays in their personal finances and how having a healthy savings plan is necessary in all phases of life.

Students investigate budgeting and why many people have difficulty staying within a budget.

Students analyze the importance of credit and the outcomes of wise and poor use of credit.

Groups work together to create public service announcements (PSAs) to inform each other of risks they could face in their finances and identify ways to protect themselves from potential loss.

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JA Personal Finance focuses on earning money spending money wisely through budgeting saving and investing money using credit cautiously and protecting one’s personal finances.

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JA Personal Finance® Blended Model

JA Personal Finance Blended Model consists of eight 45-minute sessions with Additional Opportunities offered throughout. The program has two implementation options—basic or advanced.

• Basic implementation includes Sessions One–Five delivered by the volunteer.• Advanced implementation includes Sessions One–Five delivered by the volunteer and Sessions Six–Eight delivered by the teacher or volunteer.

Basic or advanced implementation depends on educator requirements and correlations to local standards. Contact your local JA Area staff to find out which implementation will be used.

Session Titles and Summaries:

Session One: Earning, Employment, and Income (volunteer-led)Students learn that healthy personal finances require planning and managing. Students begin to analyze the financial implications of educational and career choices as a basis for understanding the relationship between earnings and personal finance.

Session Two: Budgeting (volunteer-led)Students investigate the importance of budgeting and how to plan for staying within a budget.

Session Three: Savings (volunteer-led)Students analyze the role that saving plays in their personal finances. They recognize that having a healthy savings plan is necessary in all phases of life, but is especially critical for big-ticket items and emergencies.

Session Four: Credit and Debt (volunteer-led)Students explore the importance of credit and identify the outcomes of wise and poor uses of credit. Students role-play as lenders to evaluate risk and make decisions about giving credit.

Session Five: Consumer Protection (volunteer-led)Students investigate factors that may pose a threat to their finances and learn ways they can protect themselves through vigilance and making smart choices.

Session Six: Smart Shopping (volunteer- or teacher-led)Students explore making informed purchasing decisions to maximize their buying power. They work in groups to compare prices in a simulated shopping experience.

Session Seven: Risk Management (volunteer- or teacher-led)Students investigate risks that can lead to financial loss and practice applying appropriate risk management strategies in scenarios.

Session Eight: Investing (volunteer- or teacher-led)Students explore investing and work in groups to simulate evaluating investments with different levels of risk and reward.

Students experience the interrelationship between today’s financial decisions and future financial freedom. To achieve financial health and wellness, they learn about money-management strategies, including earning, employment and income, budgeting, savings, credit and debt, consumer protection, smart shopping, risk management, and investing. At the conclusion of this program, students will be able to identify how their personal finances affect their quality of life. They will understand how their financial choices will be the basis of how they get what they want and need.

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Clarify personal goals, ethics, and working styles by using decision-making skills from a business-leadership perspective.

Apply concepts to a virtual simulation to understand how key business decisions affect a company’s bottom line.

Students explore how price and production can affect business performance.

Students learn to make decisions about price and production levels using the JA Titan computer simulation.

Students design a research and development plan for their business. They also examine marketing’s impact on sales and explore marketing strategies.

Students learn to make decisions about research, development, and marketing using the JA Titan computer simulation.

Students learn methods to make capital investment decisions, promote new business growth through capital investment, and why businesses make charitable-giving decisions.

Students make decisions about capital investment using the online JA Titan computer simulation. Students also make decisions related to charitable giving.

Using knowledge gained from previous sessions, students compete as businesses to see which will be crowned the JA Titan of Industry.

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