JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT WORLDWIDE
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Junior Achievement or JA or JA Worldwideis a non-profityouth organization that was founded in 1919 by Horace A. Moses, Theodore Vail, and senator Winthrop M. Crane. JA focuses on educating kids in K-12 about the free enterprise system. Junior Achievement originally began as a collection of small, after-school business clubs for students on the East Coast of the United States, but has since grown to become known as the world's largest organization dedicated to teaching students about entrepreneurism, workforce readiness and financial literacy.
Junior Achievement's global headquarters is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The organization merged its U.S. and international operations in 2004, and currently reaches 10 million youth in 123 countries.
Junior Achievement's programs focus on work readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy, and teach young people important skills to help them become economically empowered. JA students learn how to start and grow a business, how to successfully contribute in the workplace, and how to effectively manage the money they earn. Junior Achievement programs also help prepare young people for the real world by showing them how to generate wealth and effectively manage it, how to create jobs which make their communities more robust, and how to apply entrepreneurial thinking to the workplace. Students put these lessons into action and learn the value of contributing to their communities.
JA programs are taught in the classroom and after school by community volunteers, who use JA curriculum and share their work-life experiences with students.
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Programs
Junior Achievement develops and maintains programs for children of all ages. The curriculum for each program is developed and maintained by a team of educational professionals. Both in-school and after-school JA programs are taught by community volunteers. Its programs are funded by businesses, foundations, individuals and special events. They are designed to be taught in the classroom by business, parent, and community volunteers.
Junior Achievement or JA or JA Worldwideis a non-profityouth organization that was founded in 1919 by Horace A. Moses, Theodore Vail, and senator Winthrop M. Crane. JA focuses on educating kids in K-12 about the free enterprise system. Junior Achievement originally began as a collection of small, after-school business clubs for students on the East Coast of the United States, but has since grown to become known as the world's largest organization dedicated to teaching students about entrepreneurism, workforce readiness and financial literacy.
Junior Achievement's global headquarters is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The organization merged its U.S. and international operations in 2004, and currently reaches 10 million youth in 123 countries.
Junior Achievement's programs focus on work readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy, and teach young people important skills to help them become economically empowered. JA students learn how to start and grow a business, how to successfully contribute in the workplace, and how to effectively manage the money they earn. Junior Achievement programs also help prepare young people for the real world by showing them how to generate wealth and effectively manage it, how to create jobs which make their communities more robust, and how to apply entrepreneurial thinking to the workplace. Students put these lessons into action and learn the value of contributing to their communities.
JA programs are taught in the classroom and after school by community volunteers, who use JA curriculum and share their work-life experiences with students.
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Programs
Junior Achievement develops and maintains programs for children of all ages. The curriculum for each program is developed and maintained by a team of educational professionals. Both in-school and after-school JA programs are taught by community volunteers. Its programs are funded by businesses, foundations, individuals and special events. They are designed to be taught in the classroom by business, parent, and community volunteers.