Middle School Programs
The middle grades programs build on concepts the students learned in Junior Achievement’s elementary school program and help teens make difficult decisions about how to best prepare for their educational and professional future. The programs supplement standard social studies curricula and develop communication skills that are essential to success in the business world.
JA Career Speaker Series
In JA Career Speaker Series, a volunteer guest speaker visits the classroom and shares information about their career, work, and education experience.
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 for Success
JA Economics for Success gives students the information needed to build strong personal finances, a cornerstone to a happy, secure life.
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 Virtual includes a virtual culminating experience for students Students put into practice what they've learned by developing and committing to a personal budget.
JA Global Market Place: Blended
JA Global Marketplace Blended Model introduces students to the global marketplace and the ways in which countries buy and sell from each other. Through completion of this program, students will gain an understanding of producers and consumers in the interconnected global market.
JA Inspire
JA Inspire is more than a career fair, it brings together the business community and local schools and is designed to help launch middle school students into their futures: high school, college, and careers beyond.
JA It’s My Business
Through engaging activities, JA It’s My Business! Blended Model provides middle school students an opportunity to experience the initial steps necessary to start a business. New program content provides an authentic entrepreneurial experience for students, with each session building up to a product-pitch competition.
JA It’s My Future
JA It’s My Future Blended Model offers middle school students practical information to help prepare them for the working world. Students will develop the personal-branding and job-hunting skills needed to earn a job.
JA It’s My Job
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 Tools for Success
JA Tools for Success® is recommended for middle school students. The five self-guided modules can be integrated during or after implementation of other JA learning experiences or used independently.