View the videos to learn more about Junior Achievement or click one of the buttons below for important information
regarding the 2007/2008 School year:
VIDEO ONE: Watch how JA impacts our community.
VIDEO TWO: Watch how JA changed one student's life.
JA prepares young people to succeed in a global economy.
Welcome!
Junior Achievement of Northern Alberta is made up of passionate
people behind a larger, national and worldwide movement that seeks to
inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy. With our
central offices located in downtown Edmonton
(check
out the brand new JA Center), our operations provide leadership, training
and support for more than 400 volunteers in our region to carry out
our mission to reach approximately 10,000 students locally.
JA Video Releases
NEW!!! 2007 JA VIDEO
The Junior
Achievement Company Program
JA World
Wide - 100 Countries/7 Million Students
Volunteer
Recruitment Video
Across
the globe, JA Worldwide™ reaches more than 7 million students in over
100 countries. And, much like our affiliate programs all over the world, here
in Edmonton we
use an age-appropriate curriculum that begins at the elementary
school level to teach children how they can impact the world around them
as individuals, workers and consumers. Our programs continue through the
middle and high school grades, preparing students for future economic and
workforce issues they'll face.
LEARN MORE ABOUT JA!
Join the JA Alumni
Network
Parent’s
Page – Is JA in Your Child’s School?
4
Easy Ways to Give!
JA’s
Adopt-A-School program
Meet
The Junior Achievement Team
Meet
The 2007/2008 Board of
Directors
Is Junior Achievement In
Your Community?
What
is Junior Achievement?
Junior
Achievement is part of an international not-for-profit organization dedicated
to partnering the business and education communities. JA offers cost free,
curriculum enhancing programs delivered by trained and inspiring volunteers who
share their practical experience to equip students with the necessary skills to
enter tomorrow’s workforce and to face their futures with confidence. When you
volunteer with JA, you are part of a team... 170,000 strong. Now THATS impact! JA Worldwide (Junior
Achievement) is the world’s largest organization dedicated to educating young
people about business, economics, and free enterprise.
Why
volunteer for Junior Achievement in the Classroom?
Junior
Achievement provides you an opportunity to enrich the lives of students´
learning experiences with programs that are aligned with the learning outcomes
identified by Alberta Learning. JA programs and events offered through the
schools instill an understanding and appreciation of the benefits of successful
enterprise, enhance personal growth and achievement, and create an awareness of
the relationship between business and social responsibility. With teachers as
partners, JA can reach every available student with relevant, contemporary and
responsive programming.
Junior
Achievement's unique delivery system provides the training, materials, and
support necessary to bolster the chances for student success. We help arrange
for business people just like you and local community leaders to visit a
classroom a few times or throughout the semester. Volunteers share their
workforce experience with students, all while teaching
sound economic principles and reinforcing the class curricula. Throughout JA's
sequential and integrated grade 3 through grade 12 programs, students use information,
apply basic skills, think critically, and solve complex problems. JA provides
volunteers with extensive training and support, ensuring that every JA
experience is both positive and impactful.
Qualified volunteers just like you, in partnership with educators, enter the
classroom to teach Junior Achievement programs. In the process of delivering
these programs, they help to shape the future career paths of students. JA
volunteers act as positive role models and mentors by sharing personal knowledge
and experience.
