High School Programs
As high school students begin to position themselves for their future, there are many unanswered questions about what lies ahead. Junior Achievement’s high school programs help students make informed, intelligent decisions about their future, and fosters skills that will be highly useful in the business world.
JA All About Cars
JA All About Cars® introduces students to the essential costs related to buying and operating a first car, and offers tips on being a smart consumer when purchasing a vehicle
JA Be Entrepreneurial (Creative Problem Solving)
In JA Creative Problem Solving, students learn and apply design thinking, an innovative process for problem solving used by entrepreneurs (and intrapreneurs) to brainstorm customer-centric ideas.
JA Be Entrepreneurial (Rapid Business Planning)
In JA Rapid Business Planning, students learn about the Lean Model Canvas, the strategic management template for developing business models.
JA Be Entrepreneurial (Think Like An Entrepreneur)
In JA Think Like an Entrepreneur, students develop a mindset that enables opportunity identification, innovation, value creation, and problem solving.
JA Business Communication
JA Business Communications is a one-semester teacher-led course that equips high school students to focus on communication skills necessary to succeed in business.
JA Career
Speaker Series
In JA Career Speakers Series, a volunteer guest speaker visits the classroom and shares information about his or her career, work, and education experience.
JA Career Success
JA Career Success is an engaging and comprehensive learning experience that introduces high school students to the workplace. The learning experience teaches soft skills and business best practices in the context of scenarios and assignments.
JA Company Program
JA Company Program empowers high school students to fill a need or solve a problem in their community and teaches them practical skills required to conceptualize, capitalize, and manage their own business venture.
JA Company Program Pop-Up
JA Company Program® Pop-Up teaches students how to plan, launch, and operate their own business venture within a structured, guided experience. Throughout the start-up process, students collaborate, make crucial business decisions, practice communication skills, and develop entrepreneurial knowledge and skills.
JA Economics
JA Economics is a one-semester course that connects high school students to the economic principles that influence their daily lives as well as their futures.
JA Entrepreneurial Mindset
A Entrepreneurial Mindset, is a one-semester teacher-led course that introduces high school students to the basics of starting a business, including developing entrepreneurial abilities, identifying a business opportunity, creating a business plan, economics, and the stages of business growth.
JA Excellence Through Ethics
Through JA Excellence through Ethics, students will learn the importance of ethics and ethical decision-making and how ethical and unethical choices affect everyone in a community.
JA Finance Park - Entry Level
JA Finance Park® is Junior Achievement's capstone program for personal financial planning and career exploration. At the culmination, students utilize the JA Finance Park simulation, to put into practice what they've learned by developing and committing to a personal budget.
JA Finance
Park - Advanced
JA Finance Park is Junior Achievement’s capstone curriculum for personal financial planning and career exploration. An advanced curriculum and simulation give high school students a more personal focus. Students select their career and define their future lifestyle and financial goals. (Grades 9-12)
JA Financial Capability 1
JA Financial Capability 1 is a one-semester teacher-led course in which high school students examine financial capabilities from a business perspective, focusing on banking, economics, business planning, and risk management.
JA Financial Capability 2
JA Financial Capability 2 is a semester-long, teacher-led course, in which high school students examine financial capabilities from a business perspective, focusing on employee benefits, ethics, business investment, and international business operations.
JA Financial Literacy
JA Financial Literacy is a one-semester teacher-led course that equips high school students with foundational personal finance skills.
JA High School Heroes
JA High School Heroes provides leadership development opportunities to high school students who deliver JA programs in elementary schools.
JA Introduction to Business and Technology 1
JA Introduction to Business and Technology 1 is a one-semester teacher-led course that introduces high school students to the basic skills necessary to succeed in business.
JA Introduction to Business and Technology 2
JA Introduction to Business and Technology 2 is a one-semester teacher-led course that introduces high school students to the basic skills necessary to succeed in business.
JA It’s My Job
(Soft Skills)
JA It's My Job (Soft Skills) will help students understand the value of professional communication and soft skills, making them more employable to future employers across multiple career clusters.
JA Job Shadow
JA Job Shadow® is a comprehensive experience that helps students design an individualized career path. Supporting blended as well as self-guided activities, JA Job Shadow provides a design-thinking structure for career exploration.
JA Launch
Lesson
JA Launch Lesson is a point-of-entry program delivered by community entrepreneurs. Students gain firsthand knowledge about starting a business and the entrepreneurial journey
JA Marketing Principles 1
JA Marketing Principles® 1 is a one-semester teacher-led course that introduces high school students to marketing and some basic marketing techniques.
JA Marketing Principles 2
In JA Marketing Principles® 2, a one-semester teacher-led course, high school students learn about marketing in the world around them and potential careers in the field.
JA Personal Finance
JA Personal Finance® allows students to experience the interrelationship between today's financial decisions and future financial freedom. To achieve financial health and wellness, they learn about money-management strategies.