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Brentwood - Pioneer Elementary - 4th Grade Entrepreneurship
ORGANIZATION: Junior Achievement of Northern California
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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5 people are interested
Make an exciting difference in the future of Brentwood 4th grade students at Pioneer Elementary by teaching them entreprenurial skills!
You can inspire young people to experience the realities and opportunities of the new global marketplace through Junior Achievement. JA, the nonprofit leader in providing innovative financial literacy, work-readiness, and entrepreneurship education, needs volunteers to take career- and life-skills mentoring into local classrooms.
See an example of the impact you could generate.
Requirements
Volunteers need enthusiasm and a willingness to share their experience. The time commitment is three 2 hour visits the week of December 12th. Volunteers will teach 2 sessions of the JA Our Region program over a period of 3 days (Monday - 12th, Wedensday - 14th, and Friday - 16th).
Training and JA program materials will be provided.
Junior Achievement is the world’s largest organization dedicated to inspiring and preparing young people to succeed in a global economy. Through a dedicated volunteer network, Junior Achievement provides in-school and after-school programs for students which focus on three key content areas: work readiness, entrepreneurship, and financial literacy. Today, 129 individual area operations reach more than four million students in the United States, with an additional 5.7 million students served by operations in 122 other countries worldwide. For more information, visit www.ja.org .
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About Junior Achievement of Northern California
Location:
3003 Oak Road, Suite 130, Walnut Creek, CA 94597, US
Mission Statement
To inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy.
Description
Junior Achievement of Northern California (JA) achieves this mission through teaching students about their expanding roles as individuals, consumers, employees, employers, and productive members of our society. Working in partnership with over 4,000 community and corporate volunteers, we provide empowering programs to K-12 students across 26 counties in Northern and Central California. JA's vision is to make a positive impact on the lives of all students in our operational area, and our efforts towards this ultimate goal are guided by these core values:
- Belief in the boundless potential of young people
- Commitment to the principles of market-based economics and entrepreneurship
- Passion for what we do and honesty, integrity, and excellence in how we do it
- Respect in the power of partnership and collaboration
- Conviction in the educational and motivational impact of relevant, hands-on learning
Each school year, JA NorCal impacts over 90,000 students with programs that will help them become economically confident and career-ready adults.
Our regional headquaters is located in Walnut Creek, and we have branch offices in San Jose and Fresno. We currently operate in the following counties:
Alameda, Calaveras, Contra Costa, Fresno, Humboldt, Inyo, Madera, Marin, Mariposa, Mendocino, Merced, Mono, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Kings, Tulare, Glenn, and Tuolumne.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
2010 Shady Willow LnBrentwood, CA 94513
DATE POSTED
January 26, 2017
SKILLS
- Teaching / Instruction
- Financial Literacy
- General Education
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Orientation or Training
- Three days for 2 hours a day.
- Meet with me to review materials.