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Title: Building a Foundation for the Future: Junior Achievement Entrepreneurship Programs


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Building a Foundation for the Future Junior
Achievement Entrepreneurship Programs
  • John M. Box, Ph.D.
  • Vice President, Product Development and Support
  • JA Worldwide

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Session Overview
  • Entrepreneurship A Pillar of Student Success
  • Scope and Sequence of JA entrepreneurship
    programs
  • JA Entrepreneurship Programs Two Examples
  • JAs Biz Kid
  • JA Its My Business!
  • QA

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JA Worldwides Core Purpose
  • To inspire and prepare young people to succeed in
    a global economy.

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Pillars of Student Success
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Work-Readiness
  • Financial Literacy

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Scope and Sequence
  • Mode of Delivery
  • Classroom-Based
  • Afterschool
  • Capstone
  • Focus on three pillars of student success.

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JAs Biz Kid
  • A series of 30-minute PBS television shows about
    entrepreneurship and financial literacy.
  • Designed for upper-elementary and lower
    middle-school students.
  • Teaches student through direct instruction,
    comedy sketches, and real-life profiles.

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JAs Biz Kid
  • Includes a website where information about the
    program and

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JAs Biz Kid
  • activities are available for use by the
    teacher, volunteers, and parents.

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JA Its My Business!
  • Emphasizes entrepreneurship.
  • Designed for students in grades 6-8.
  • Composed on six volunteer-led sessions.
  • Developed for use in after-school settings.
  • Strong focus on social studies, reading, and
    writing skills.
  • Includes access to an online Entrepreneur Journal
    at www.ja.org.
  • Designed to support the skills identified by the
    Partnership for 21st Century Skills.

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JA Its My Business!
  • Session One I Am an Entrepreneur
  • Students begin to identify entrepreneurial
    characteristics they possess by learning about
    the lives of entrepreneurs both past and present.

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JA Its My Business!
  • Session Two I Can Change the World
  • Students identify the first entrepreneurial
    characteristic Fill a Need. They begin to
    identify the skills and knowledge needed to start
    a business by considering customer needs and
    brainstorming product designs.

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JA Its My Business!
  • Session Three I Know My Customer
  • Students learn the second entrepreneurial
    characteristic- Know Your Customer and Product
    and discover ways to market specific products to
    the appropriate customer.

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JA Its My Business!
  • Session Four I Have an Idea
  • Students participate in an auction designed to
    highlight creative and innovative entrepreneurs
    and their businesses.

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JA Its My Business!
  • Session Five I See a Need
  • By analyzing current examples of social
    entrepreneurs, students identify businesses they
    can start. The examine ways entrepreneurs use the
    four entrepreneurial characteristics to develop
    their business plan.

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JA Its My Business!
  • Session Six Celebrate Entrepreneurs!
  • Students create Entrepreneur Profile Cards to
    showcase their understanding of the fourth
    entrepreneurial characteristic Believe in
    Yourself.

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