Simply put, Junior Achievement programs teach core concepts that are based on three "pillars": job readiness, entrepreneurship, and financial literacy. Junior Achievement programs are also very important to the business world - by positioning our students for success, we help businesses succeed. By experiencing Junior Achievement programs, our students will help foster economic development in their communities.
Junior Achievement has experienced some of its most profound organizational changes during the past 10 years, and is poised to become a major global player in the field of economic development during the next decade. Like many JA operations, Junior Achievement of South Dakota has faced challenges related to student growth while maintaining sustainable quality programs.
The AT&T/JA Job Shadow initiative, which uses Junior Achievement's JA Job Shadow curriculum and is supported by a $5.5 million investment from AT&T, prepares students for the business world. This initiative is an important component of AT&T's Aspire program, a $100 million philanthropic program to help strengthen student success and workforce readiness. Ralph de la Vega (left, in photo), JA board member and president and CEO of AT&T Mobility, is instrumental in implementing the program.
JA Job Shadow Inspires Tomorrow’s Workforce
As you passed by office buildings, you wondered what people in the windows did at those desks all day. Junior Performance's involvement in job shadowing began in 1997 with the founding of the National Job Shadow Coalition. The program matches employee volunteers with students to showcase careers and job skills achievable with a successful education.
Seventy-nine percent of students who participate in job shadowing report that the program increased their desire to stay in school, according to JA research. Through job shadowing, the AT&T Aspire program supports educators – and their commitment to helping students succeed every day. Even in the United States, 60 percent of teens don't know the difference between cash, credit cards and checks, according to a 2006 Credit Union National Association report.
Obviously, young children can benefit from an organized program of financial education that meets them at their own level of learning and speaks to their experience. Financial education should begin in the primary grades so that knowledge and skills can be mastered before facing crucial decisions as adults, recommends the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. With $3.4 million in funding from HSBC Holdings plc, JA More than Money is being delivered in 15 countries across five continents during 2008-2009.
The goal is to teach financial literacy to more than 100,000 children in the first three academic years of the program.
Reaching People at an Early Age
In today's challenging global economy, young people need to learn the financial facts of life as early as possible. The new program, which is adapted from an established JA curriculum, is an effective teaching tool. The possibility of independence, free choice of place and time of work and better income prospects are attracting more young people to consider the world as an entrepreneurial opportunity.
In the United States, 18- to 24-year-olds are starting businesses at a faster rate than 10- and 20-year-olds, and college entrepreneurship programs have grown sevenfold since 2001.1. Ranking high among the reasons Gen Y entrepreneurs (ages 18-29) say they want to start their own businesses is the opportunity to use their skills and abilities and see their ideas come to life. Eighty-six percent of these young entrepreneurs rely on technology and believe it is vital to the success of their business.2.
JA Worldwide recognizes the need for sophisticated technological skills as well as basic business and entrepreneurial skills to gain a competitive advantage. Students act as virtual CEOs and make critical economic and managerial decisions through an interactive simulation of companies competing in an imaginary global market. And now Oracle, the world's largest enterprise software company, is providing a $1 million grant to support the translation and cultural adaptation of JA Titan into 10 languages and expansion into 10 countries, including Israel, Spain, Romania, Poland and South Africa, which gives more. teenagers the opportunity to take control of their business tenure.
Oracle is committed to advancing education in innovative ways to ensure students have access to the technology skills and training needed to succeed in today's global economy.
JA Titan Provides a Competitive Edge in the Global Marketplace
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George Van Kampen Foundation Mr. Wilson Zvenjnieks Foundation Entrepreneur Level Gift of $10,000 or more Mr. Edward & Helen Bartlett Foundation Mr. Gina and Jim Blayney Mr. Campanelli Geralyn and William Cannon mr. John and Mary Franklin Foundation Mr. Stephen Furbacher Jody and Mark F. John Gogian Family Foundation Michael Roos and Cindy Goplen Mr. Hainline Family Foundation Mr. Founded in 2000, the Free Enterprise Society® recognizes leadership gifts of $10,000 or more made by individual donors in order to perpetuate the system of free enterprise. Hunt Family Foundation and Diane Harris Sandy Hill Foundation Mr. The Ron Weyers and Wally Hilliard Freedom Fund.
Lowrie Marianne and Sheldon Lubar Mr. McBrayer The Sisler McFawn Foundation D. McMillan Trust and Foundation Mr. Linda and John Mellowes Mr. Robert Merrick The Mick Foundation Mrs. Nasgovitz Nicholas Family Foundation The Dick & Mary Nunis Charitable Gift Fund. Phillips Sandy and William Pickart Mr. Hany and Mervat Said Mr. Scheid Sam and Kay Sheth Ms. The Stiles-Nicholson Foundation Mr. David Nicholson Ten Talents Foundation Mr. Yvonne and James Ziemer Five anonymous donors Charter level. Shawn Aebi The AIM High Foundation Mr. Ned Bechthold The Becker/Mohanco family Mrs. Jack Benaroya Berger-Solano Foundation Mr. Capdevilla/Gillespie Foundation Wendy Gillespie and Martin J. Leo Dembinski Douglas and Maria DeVos Foundation Richard and Helen DeVos Foundation Mr. Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation.
Karl Eller Filstrup Family Foundation Mr. Garretson In honor of the Ronald D. Hall Hall Family Foundation Mr. Jerry Hank Hunt and Diane. Hemak Herbster Family Foundation Mr. Dean Huisingh Ingram Advised Charitable Fund Mr. Martha Holden Jennings Foundation Mr. Keaton John and Nancy Kennedy Family Foundation Mr. Knipe John and Linda Knox Foundation Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. Readiness for work | Enterprise | Financial Literacy www.ja.org. McConnell Cleveland Foundation McDonald Fund Mr. McNear Meinders Foundation Mr. Morris Morris Foundation Horace Moses Foundation Mr. Jeff Nadeau NewCity FoundationMr. Mr. Mark and Patricia Suwyn Family Foundation Mr. Teerlink Ten Talents Foundation Mr. Viscogliosi Waldron Family Foundation Mr. Keith Withycombe Thomas and Frances Wolf Fund Mr. Work Readiness | Enterprise | Financial Literacy www.ja.org.
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We are grateful for the support and commitment of the JA Worldwide and Junior Achievement USA Board of Directors. This event would not have been possible without the incredible support of the board of directors and staff of Junior Achievement of Middle Tennessee, Inc., and especially event chair Mary Cavarra, and the event steering committee: Jeffrey Buntin Jr., Yonnie Chesley, Margaret Dolan, Tom Frautschy, JA Worldwide (the Organization) was formed as a corporation on July 1, 2004 as a result of the merger between Junior Achievement, Inc.
The financial statements of the subsidiaries are not included in the financial statements of JA Worldwide as it does not have a controlling interest in the board of directors of the subsidiaries or a financial interest in the operations of the subsidiaries. Interim Senior Vice President of Information Technology Caroline Jenner Senior Vice President of the Europe Region Linda Rimer Senior Vice President. Region Jennifer Bodensiek Vice President of Development – East Ken Brown Vice President Procurement Jackie Dant Vice President US South.
Vice President Africa Region Frances Neu Vice President Development - South Debra Stinton Vice President Otitis. The printing of the JA Worldwide Annual Report 2007-2008 was generously contributed by Deloitte & Touche USA LLP. JA Worldwide believes that responsible environmental management helps create better lives for our young people.
