More than 3,500 volunteers will participate in Junior Achievement classrooms this year and count among them the president and CEO of JA, Robin Wise. Robin is teaching the high school program – “JA Success Skills.” Here’s what she has to say about her experience.
“I just got back from teaching my fourth session of JA [...]
Junior Achievement – Rocky Mountain announced today that the prestigious JA Worldwide® Extreme Partnership Award goes to Accenture, the global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, and the Accenture Foundation. Accenture has a long-standing relationship with Junior Achievement, involving funding, board participation and volunteer activity.
The annual JA Extreme Partnership Award was created [...]
Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain is celebrating the commitment of volunteering by partnering with Disney to reward our volunteers through the “Give a Day. Get a Disney Day.” program. Disney will give each volunteer a free, one day admission to Disneyland® Resort or Walt Disney World® Resort.
If you are a JA classroom volunteer, serve as a JA [...]
A recent national poll conducted by Junior Achievement (JA) and Deloitte indicates teens freely admit to unethical behavior today.
A few of the key findings:
80% of teens believe they can make ethical business decisions when they join the workforce, yet 38% think they have to break rules at school to succeed nearly half believe that lying [...]
On December 1 2009, the Junior Achievement of Rock River Valley in IL will close because of the challenging economic conditions. One volunteer from the area shared his thoughts about the importance of JA on his blog…
“And that’s the importance of Junior Achievement. It’s not to turn them into instant entrepreneurs or to save them, [...]