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JA LEARNING EXPERIENCES
High School 2024-2025
Junior Achievement of New York (JA New York) is the local affiliate of Junior
Achievement USA, the nation's largest organization dedicated to giving young
people the knowledge and skills they need to own their economic success, plan
for their futures, and make smart academic and economic choices.
We recruit, train, and mobilize thousands of volunteers from businesses, high
schools, and the local community to provide relevant, hands-on experiences
that give students knowledge and skills in financial literacy, work readiness, and
entrepreneurship.
2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR IMPACT
NEW YORK CITY
41,236 137 253,224 3,572
STUDENTS IMPACTED SCHOOL PARTNERS HOURS OF VOLUNTEERS
CURRICULUM
STUDENTS BY BOROUGH STUDENTS BY GRADE LEVEL
Staten Island Bronx Middle School
9% 12% 21.7%
Elementary School
39.2%
Brooklyn
22%
Queens
37%
Manhattan High School
20% 39.1%
RECOMMENDED LEARNING EXPERIENCES
FOR GRADES 9-12
= Financial Literacy = Work Readiness = Entrepreneurship
In-school Experiences
JA High School Heroes™ | Grades 9-12
JA High School Heroes engages high school students as mentors to elementary
students, teaching them financial literacy and entrepreneurship concepts through JA’s
interactive curriculum. High School Heroes fosters essential leadership and soft-skills in
the older students while imparting crucial financial literacy concepts to their younger
peers in a supportive learning environment.
JA Career Speakers Series® | Grades K-12
The JA Career Speaker Series is an educational initiative that brings professionals from
various industries into classrooms to share their career journeys and insights with
students. This program provides an interactive platform for students to engage with
industry experts, ask questions, and gain valuable career advice.
JA Inspire® | Grades 6-12
JA Inspire introduces students to the variety of career paths and opportunities available
at regional companies and organizations representing sixteen different career clusters.
Students interact in real-time with professionals, attend insightful webinars, and access
resources that help inform, inspire and prepare them for their future careers.
Off-Site Experiences
JA Finance Park l Grades 6-12
Empowers students to make informed financial choices as they transition into adulthood.
Using a series of classroom-based lessons that culminate with a visit to the Park, JA
Finance Park equips young people with essential skills in budgeting, saving, and an
understanding of economic principles. The program provides a hands-on personal
finance education to students using a real-world simulation where they manage personal
budgets and make their own financial decisions.
JA Job Shadow | Grades 6-12
The JA Job Shadow program offers students the opportunity to spend a day in a real
workplace, observing and interacting with professionals. This hands-on experience helps
students gain a deeper understanding of the day-to-day responsibilities and skills
needed for various careers.
RECOMMENDED LEARNING EXPERIENCES
FOR GRADES 9-12
= Financial Literacy = Work Readiness = Entrepreneurship
Semester-based courses
JA Financial Literacy®
JA Business Communications®
Students are equipped with foundational
Students learn the communication skills
personal finance skills.
necessary to succeed in business.
JA Introduction to Business and Technology 1®
JA Economics®
Students learn basic business skills, including
Students connect the economic principles that
teamwork, innovation, decision making, and
influence their daily lives and their futures.
ethics.
JA Entrepreneurial Mindset®
JA Introduction to Business and Technology 2®
Students are introduced to the basics of starting
Students learn basic business skills, including
a business.
innovation, management functions, and
accounting.
JA Financial Capability 1®
Students examine financial capabilities focusing
JA Marketing Principles 1®
on banking, economics, business planning, and
Students are introduced to marketing and some
risk management.
basic marketing techniques.
JA Financial Capability 2®
JA Marketing Principles 2®
Students examine financial capabilities focusing
Students learn about marketing in the world
on employee benefits, ethics, business
around them and potential careers in the field.
investment, and international business
operations.
Teacher-Led Courses™
Teacher-led programs range from 5-10 sessions. As an alternative, there are semester-long courses. See
examples below*
JA Be Entrepreneurial® | Grade 9-12
Students learn and apply design thinking, an innovative process for problem solving used by entrepreneurs.
JA Personal Finance® | Grade 9-12
Students plan their financial future by focusing on budgeting, saving and investing, using
credit cautiously, and protecting personal finances.
JA Career Success® | Grade 9-12
Students learn soft skills and business best practices as they are introduced to the intricacies of the workplace.
JA Take Stock in Your Future | Grade 9-12
JA Take Stock in Your Future teaches students about the stock market, personal
finance, and economic principles to empower them to make informed financial
decisions for the future.
*Additional curriculum and programming can be found at newyork.ja.org
and may be available upon request
IMPLEMENTATION
JA New York Volunteers
Our volunteers are made up of corporate and community professionals, often experts in their
field. They bring their expertise from the workforce to classrooms, building real-world connections
between the curriculum and New York City careers. Volunteers are provided training by JA New
York and receive school-specific information to prepare them for a successful learning experience.
The JANY programs that our volunteers support, include:
JA Career Speaker Series
JA Finance Park
JA Job Shadow
Our corporate partners also support our work financially, so we can offer our learning experiences
to schools at no cost. The ability for these companies to see the impact of their philanthropy in
action helps to bridge the connection between students and job opportunities in the future.
Some of our corporate partners include:
Next Steps
Interested in scheduling JA programming? Next steps include:
Reach out to NYC Director of programs at infojany.org to express interest (or reach out to your
contact if you have an existing relationship with JANY)
Schedule information meeting with NYC-based program manager to discuss specific
programming and needs
Contact Us at
[email protected]
Learn more about JA of New York
200 W. 41st Street, Suite 800,
Learning Experiences at newyork.ja.org New York, NY, 10036
