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Welcome to JA BizTown™Teacher Training
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JA Capstone Programs
• JA BizTown™ - Elementary Grades• JA Finance Park™ - Middle Grades• JA Job Shadow™ - Middle and High School
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Teacher Training ObjectivesBy the end of this training, you will understand:• The purpose of JA BizTown.• How to efficiently and effectively use the
JA BizTown curriculum materials.• The teacher responsibilities necessary for a
successful JA BizTown student visit.• The operation of the on-site JA BizTown simulation.
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Why JA BizTown?
• Align program content with JA Worldwide’s Pillars of Student Success:
Financial literacy
Entrepreneurship
Work-readiness
• Enhance the role of technology in the elementary Capstone program
• Highlight experiential learning techniques
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JA BizTown Student GoalsUpon completion of the JA BizTown program, students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate a basic understanding of the free enterprise system.2. Build money management skills through a practical knowledge of
economic concepts and banking practices.3. Develop an understanding of basic business practices and
responsibilities.4. Demonstrate the soft skills necessary for their successful
participation in the world of work.5. Discuss the roles they, as citizens, play in their community as
workers and consumers, and relate these personal roles to the free enterprise system.
6. Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of nonprofit organizations in our communities.
7. Discuss the importance of citizen rights and responsibilities in a community.
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JA BizTown Benefits To Educators1. The lessons, written by JA Worldwide, are easy to use.
2. Minimal lesson preparation time is needed because of efficient activity organization throughout the Curriculum Guide.
3. The program content has been aligned with national and statewide academic content standards in social studies (economics), mathematics, language arts, and career development.
4. Enhanced Learning Opportunities, that allow teachers to provide optional, complementary activities to the core curriculum, are provided.
5. The curriculum consists of fun, interactive, engaging content that gets students excited about learning.
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JA BizTownProgram Components
• Teacher training• Classroom instruction• Volunteer training• Student on-site visit• Post-visit activities-blog
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JA BizTown Video
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Why Experiential Learning?• Memorable• Authentic experience • Chance to apply classroom learning• Interactive: problem solving, team work• Adult involvement• Functions across content areas
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Curriculum Basics• Four weeks: 45-minute, daily lessons
o Week One: Introduction and Economic Basics
o Week Two: Money Management and Job Preparation
o Week Three: Job Preparation and Operating a
Businesso Week Four: Visit Preparation,
Site-Visit, and Visit Follow-Up
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Curriculum Components
1. Classroom Teaching Kit
2. Curriculum Guide
3. Citizen Guide
4. JA BizTown DVD
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Classroom Kit
• Circular Flow Wall Map• Economy Poster (double-sided)• Check-It-Out Poster (double-sided)• Activity and Game Cards • Banking Bingo Card Pads • JA BizTown DVD
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1. Overview
2. Getting Started
3. Pretest/Posttest
4. Unit 1: Community & Economy
5. Unit 2: Financial Literacy
6. Unit 3: Work-Readiness
7. JA BizTown Jobs
8. Unit 4: Business Management
9. BizPrep
10. Unit 5: After-Visit Debriefing
11. Glossary
12. Extended Learning Opportunities
13. Visit Information
14. Volunteer Information
15. Miscellaneous
Curriculum GuideTab Sections
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Other Curriculum Guide Features
• Citizen Guide pages included• Answer keys• Transparencies• Resource Sheets• Unit Assessments
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Citizen Guide
• Classroom Activity Pages• Pretest/Posttest Answer Sheets• Citizen Alerts • Unit Assessments • BizConnects (family newsletters)• Practice Checkbook Materials• Glossary• Classified Ads• BizBriefs• Summer Camp Flyer
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JA BizTownCurriculum Guide
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Curriculum Guide Suggested Curriculum Timeline
• Nineteen (19) pre-visit lessons
• One (1) day on-site
• Two (2) post-visit lessons
• Twenty-two (22) total days
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Curriculum Guide Teacher Checklist and Timeline
8 weeks
3 weeks
1-3 days
On-site visit
4-5 weeks
1 week
Follow Up Lessons
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• Lesson Description• Learning Objectives• Materials • Procedure• Check It Out!• Lesson Summary• Social Studies Connection• Additional Curriculum
Connections• Unit Wrap-up
Lesson Layout
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Unit 1: Community and Economy
Description
Objectives
Materials
Procedure
Notes
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Unit 1: Community and Economy
Notes
New Vocabulary Definitions
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Unit 1: Community and Economy
Social Studies Connection
Lesson Summary
Language Arts, Math
Connections
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Lesson 1: What Is a Community?
Pretest Answer Sheet
• Citizen Guide
• Curriculum Guide, Unit 1 Lesson1
Actual Pretest
• Curriculum Guide, Tab 3-Pretest and Posttest. (You will need to make copies of the test. It is not in the Citizen Guide.)
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Lesson 1: What Is a Community?
Pretest Answer Sheet
• Citizen Guide
• Curriculum Guide, Unit 1 Lesson 1
•Curriculum Guide, Tab 3-Pretest and Posttest
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Lesson 1: What Is a Community?
Voter Registration
Citizen Pledge
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Bank account application
Open a JA BizTown Bank Account
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Check It Out Poster
• Completing a Deposit Ticket
• Endorsing a paycheck
• Entering a transaction in a Checkbook Register
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Double-Entry AccountingResource Sheet 2-3
1. Enter transactions on white lines.
Payments & deposits
Transaction column and balance column
2. Show math work in balance column.
3. Use + or - sign in balance column.
4. Only new balance is written on the grey line.
5. Math work is not done in head, but show all work,
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Lesson 3: Check It Out
Check It Out practices continuously at end of every lesson.
• Practice Checkbook Materials at end of Citizen Guide.
• Scenarios must be written on board as not given anywhere else.
LOTS OF CHECKBOOK PRACTICE
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Personal Information
Education
Hobbies
Job Preference 3 choices
JA BizTown Job Application
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JA BizTown Paycheck
Check
Stub
Gross Pay
Payroll Tax
Net Pay
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Business Costs Sheet
Salaries
Operating Costs
Total Business Costs
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Lesson 3:Language Arts Connection
Friendly Letters
Letters should be written at school and may be mailed at JA BizTown. Addresses are found behind the Curriculum Guide,
Visit Information Tab.
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Citizen Checklist
Final Business Team
Preparation
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JA BizTown™
On-site Visit
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Facility Layout
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Unit 5: Debriefing
1. What Did I Learn About Business?
2. What Did I Learn About Economics?
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Sample Business Letter
Option: Incorporate technology by having the
students visit the JA BizTown blog
http://jabiztowncharlotte.blogspot.com/
Where they can write/blog a letter as well as read other letters kids have
blogged on the website.
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Don’t forget...
Please either fax your JA BizTown Prep paperwork to 704-563-4864 or bring it in with you the day of your JA BizTown visit with the completely filled out JA BizPrep packets.
Remember to have the student citizens fill out their checkbooks to match the example in the prep packets that you received with the curriculum.
Please let your volunteers know that parking is not validated. Directions are located on our website here at www.jacarolinas.org in pdf form to print out an it includes the cost of area garages.
ALSO… We now have a Teacher e-Newsletter that goes out monthly to participating 4th grade teachers. If you have not received the e-Newsletter and would like to, email your request to [email protected] .
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Questions?
