What's New :: Educators and Volunteers on JA

"The lessons were fun for the students, while being educational. They were enthusiastic and eager to participate. I believe they learned the program well."

This program is fabulous—it teaches students important life skills and knowledge and is fun for them!"

"I thought the activity kits were great! Everything you needed was right there. JA did a wonderful job."

"This is a great program. It’s such a good way to get the public involved with the schools. Thank you for the time of the volunteers and the great materials."

"JA teaches good concepts and ideas—children working together, teamwork, earning and saving money, and friendship."

"It was great. It was a joy to be involved in a program that was organized and fun to teach!"

"Awesome program! I am totally impressed. Thank You!"

"Most of the 1st graders weren’t really aware of what their parents’ jobs were. I know what they learned in JA class sent them home interested to find out what their parents did at work."

"As a teacher, I especially enjoyed doing activities that followed-up the lessons taught by JA volunteers. The curriculum fits perfectly with our school benchmarks. The kids said Junior Achievement was their favorite time!"

"It is so helpful to have a program that teaches kids why and how to save money. Thank you for making this lesson available to kids at no cost!"

"This class provided a well-needed array of hands-on activities as well as stimulated interactive group activities. Students enjoy being able to creatively produce activities and present their work."

"This was my first experience with young children and the curriculum was so specific, I felt a log of confidence throughout. Thank you for this experience."

"I am so impressed with Junior Achievement’s curriculum. It is very effective in that each grade level materials and concepts build on the previous year."

"I found the experience to be very enriching and educational. The class I taught let the children experience a degree of creativity and teamwork that I just never saw when I was that age."

"The children really loved the class I taught. They sent thank you notes after my last day, which made me realize they understood the concepts I taught them."

"The best part of the Junior Achievement program is when you get to make a product. I learned how to produce nail polish and package them in little medicine cups. I can’t wait to learn how to sell our product!"

"I think Junior Achievement was great because it teaches us how to be a business person."

"I think it was a good idea to send someone from a business into our classroom to talk to us about business and how they work. I know a lot more about business now then I did a long time ago. I like that."

"I feel more educated in business now that Mrs. Emmert came in and taught our class. I feel that when I grow up, I’ll probably get a better job than other people will."

"I feel lucky that our school can have Junior Achievement. I learned about interviewing and other skills I need in the real world. I like Junior Achievement a lot."

"Junior Achievement was a very good experience and I feel very lucky that my class was able to have a real business worker teach us about how to become successful in the real world. It was a very enjoyable experience and taught me a lot."

"We thought the course was fun, a good teaching and learning experience for ourselves, and a wonderful experience for the children. JA has done a terrific job of pulling together creative ways for helping children to learn and assisting business people in teaching it."

"I enjoyed the JA volunteer coming in and teaching us about the business world. I still remember half of the stuff she taught me."

"Thank you so much for being part of our education Junior Achievement. Hillary Clinton hit the nail on the head when she stated, ‘It takes a village to raise children’."

"I thoroughly enjoyed teaching with Junior Achievement materials. They are well-planned, developmentally appropriate and engaging materials for young children and fill our need for quality career education curricula."

"I had a wonderful time with the children and thought the program is a great way to allow business volunteers to give back to the younger populations. It is my hope that some of the lessons I taught the children would help them better understand their community throughout their lives, The program is great. Thanks for putting together such a fun way for me to give back to the community!"

"As a former middle school and high school teacher, I thoroughly enjoyed returning to the classroom to share my business experience with and learn from such enthusiastic future business leaders of America."

"The lessons are well designed. Students are highly motivated to participate!"

"One week after I finished teaching my JA classes, I received a large package in the mail containing letters from each of my students telling now much they loved me and learned from my visits. These letters are now one of my most treasured belongings! Thanks for the opportunity."

"Taxes help to pay police and firemen."

"JA materials are well aligned with state standards for 6th graders."

"JA is a good program because it helps me make the right choices in the future and makes me interested in a job that I will like and get good pay. It teaches me strategies on how to get a job and proper manners on how I should act in an interview."

"Never having taught school before, I was undeniably nervous at the thought of standing before second graders. But the lessons were easy, and the program simple to prepare for. The materials were highly durable and very stimulating to the class. They actually liked Junior Achievement and I think they even liked me."

"This is a great program. Keep up the good work! JA helps to bring a focus to the real life skills everyone needs to know. It is so nice to have people from outside the school join us in educating the future leaders."

"I learned a lot through teaching this class. Now, I realize how much I didn’t know or had forgotten from my earlier years. It was a learning experience for myself along with the children."

"Teaching for Junior Achievement has helped my self-esteem tremendously. The teacher was wonderful and the children were so responsive to me being there. I plan to continue my involvement with Junior Achievement."

"As a 4th grade teacher, it appears to me that Jr. Achievement is an excellent program where the students are actively involved in each lesson. Through these activities, they are applying concepts necessary for success on the Ohio 6th grade Proficiency Test."

"The Jr. Achievement program is very valuable to our boys and girls. The concepts presented allow them to be creative and responsible. The positive role models that present the information also provide inspiration and encouragement. The concepts presented allows the students to develop life skills."

"JA should be congratulated for delivering programs that bridge the gap between the business community and our schools. Teaching in the classroom was truly a learning experience. I am not sure who gained more, the students or myself."

"The kids learned a lot about interpersonal skills and had their questions about the workplace environment answered."

Free enterprise is the backbone of business in the United States. JA is important to this country because it teaches entrepreneurship, one important aspect of the free enterprise system."

"Teaching the students shows me that business in America is only going to get better. They’re interest is far beyond what it was when I was their age. I really envy these young students."

"Education is vital if someone wants to succeed in business and I think JA teaches the essentials."

"Business and civic involvement go hand-in-hand. To just run your business and forget about the community is a terrible mistake. The finest companies in Kansas City volunteer through programs such as Junior Achievement."

"I first read about Junior Achievement in a newspaper article and gave them a call. Then, I went to a training session and thought, ‘I want to do this."

"My favorite part about volunteering in the JA classroom is the enthusiasm. Their minds are like little sponges. They absorb everything you talk about."

"I thought working with children would be a rewarding change from working with adults all day long."

"JA is an investment in our children because we need to help these young people who are going to be the adults who run this country in the future."

"The kids were very positive from the beginning of the class to the end. They enjoyed having someone different in the class. The teachers were very cooperative."

"JA provides instruction on realistic things that are going on in this world and the kids open up and begin to believe in themselves."

"The greatest satisfaction that I’ve gotten out of JA is when volunteers come into my classroom and teach leadership skills to my high school students. Then, my kids turn around and mentor the elementary kids during a JA class."

"A JA volunteer may make one instant in a students life where his destiny is understandable to him."

"My JA experience really helped my communication skills, in that being in front of 30 students and trying to involve them carries over to the workplace for co-workers and customers."

"Anybody can volunteer if they have their company’s support. It took only 2 hours out of my workday and they called it "volunteer time."

"My father was involved in Junior Achievement when I was young, so all my life I’ve known of JA and the great things it does."

The aspect of business people volunteering is what distinguishes JA."

"Junior Achievement exposed me to business earlier than most of my peers. I went to college knowing I had an interest in business as a career."

"The students have learned life skills through programs such as Project Business and Enterprise in Action. Now these are skills that they can use everyday."

"My favorite part about being a JA consultant is the respect I get in the classroom. I know I change kids lives because they come back to me and tell me what they’ve done with the lessons I’d taught them."

"I try to teach classes in the inner city schools where I can be a black role model for the young people."

"JA has opened my eyes to the possibilities children have now that people from outside of the school environment are willing to broaden their horizons."

It was the children’s first real contact with someone that worked out in the community. They would cheer when the JA volunteer came to the classroom door."

"When I was in Junior Achievement as a senior in high school, I attended a National Conference for JA students. It was here that I met the president of the local university and was offered a full scholarship to college."

"I put my JA experience on an application for a bank teller position. The bank called me in for an interview, but as a loan analyst. It turns out that the bank president was a classroom volunteer and knew first-hand what JA had taught me."

"Thank you for teaching us about owning a restaurant. I have decided to work in one and if I like it a lot, I might start my own business."

"I know this is your first year teaching JA and I would like to let you know you did a great job!"

"I thought you explained things really well to us. (I think you should get a full time job doing the things you taught us)"

"Public support for JA was evident wherever I asked for help. From the local bank, the Virginia Department of Labor, the IRS and branches of the Armed Services, I found numerous advocates of JA’s purpose."