Love your job? Share it with a kid! Junior Achievement Volunteers Needed

This school year, Junior Achievement will teach an estimated 15,000 area students with their financial literacy and business education programs – in order to do this they need for individuals in the business world to serve as JA volunteers. Can you help?

Each year, JA recruits business professionals, parents, retirees and college students to serve as volunteers to go into the classroom and teach JA programs.  These volunteers use their personal experiences and JA’s curricula to teach students different aspects of economics, including how a community works, how to manage personal finances or even how to run a business.

Junior Achievement is currently seeking volunteers from leading businesses for this year’s programs.  JA offers programs from kindergarten through 12^th grade and orients volunteers on how to use the program materials and work with students.  For elementary programs, the volunteer visits the class for five, 45-minute sessions.  For middle school programs, the volunteer visits the class for six, 45-minute sessions.  For high school programs, the volunteer visits the class for seven, 45-minute sessions.  The schedule is very flexible, and the teacher and volunteer coordinate the dates of the program that will best accommodate each of their schedules.

While we will be serving many area schools in the Daviess County, Owensboro Public and Owensboro Catholic School Districts, below is a list of our immediate volunteer opportunities for the fall semester:

Apollo High School

• • One volunteer for a high school business class using the JA Business Ethics program.  The program has been scheduled for 10:21 to 11:13 p.m. on Fridays, Dec. 2, 9, 16, Jan. 6, 13, 20 and 27.
• Burns Elementary
  • Two volunteers to teach the JA Our Region Program for two 4^th grade classes.  These classes will participate in a JA in a Day event on Monday, Dec. 19.  The programs are scheduled for 8 to 11 a.m. and from 1:10 to 2:10 p.m.
• Burns Middle School
  • JA IN A DAY EVENT! -  We are looking for 3-4 volunteers to help us facilitate our annual JA in a Day event using the JA Economics for Success curriculum with Burns Middle.  Volunteers commit to teach one lesson five times throughout the day as students rotate to receive the entire program in this one day blitz event.  Topics include:  budgeting, pros and cons of using credit, opportunity risk/insurance, etc.  This event will take place on Friday, Nov. 11 at Western Kentucky University’s Owensboro Campus.  The volunteer will teach from 9 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. on this day.
• Daviess County High School
  • Four volunteers to teach the JA Personal Finance Program for high school juniors/seniors.  We need four volunteers students to the importance of making wise financial decisions.  There are five, 45-minute sessions included in the program, and the teacher will work with each individual volunteer to establish the program schedule.  Most classes have close to a 90-minute block, so it is possible to teach the lessons back to back for only 3 visits to the classroom.  Here are the class times:
    • One volunteer for a class from 9:35 to 10:45 a.m. to be scheduled mid-November through the end of January.
    • One volunteer for a class from 11:44 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.  For this class, the volunteer will need to plan to visit for five sessions.  This volunteer will schedule programs between September and mid-November.
    • Two volunteers for a class from 12:46 to 1:56 p.m.  One volunteer will schedule programs between September and mid-November.  The other volunteer will schedule programs from mid-November through the end of January.
• Deer Park Elementary
  • Three volunteers to teach the JA Ourselves Program for four kindergarten classes.  These sessions have been scheduled to take place from 1:45 to 2:15 p.m. on Thursdays, Oct 20, 27, Nov. 3, 10 and 17.
  • One volunteer to teach the JA Our Families Program for a first grade class.  There are five, 30-minute sessions to be scheduled.  These sessions have been scheduled to take place from 12:30 to 1 p.m. on Thursdays, Sept. 29, Oct. 6, 20, 27 and Nov. 3.
  • Three volunteers to teach the JA Our Community program for three 2^nd grade classes.  This program has been scheduled to meet daily from 12:30 to 1 p.m. the week of Oct. 24-28.
  • Three volunteers to teach the JA Our City Program for three 3^rd grade classes.  These programs have been scheduled from 1 to 1:45 p.m. to meet daily the week of Oct. 24-28.
  • Three volunteers to teach the JA Our Region Program for three 4^th grade classes.  These classes will participate using our JA in a Day format.  The program has been scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 15 from 8 to 10 a.m. and from noon to 2 p.m.
  • One volunteer to teach the JA Our Nation Program for a 5^th grade class.  This program has been scheduled to meet daily from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. the week of Oct. 17-31.
• Foust Elementary
  • All of the JA programs for Foust Elementary will take place using the JA in a Day format.  All programs will be scheduled to take place on Monday, Nov. 21.  The definite times have not been established yet.  Here are the volunteer opportunities:
    • Three volunteers to teach the JA Ourselves program for kindergarten classrooms.
    • One volunteer to teach the JA Our Families program for a 1^st grade classroom.
    • Three volunteers to teach the JA Our Community program for 2^nd grade classrooms.
    • Two volunteers to teach the JA Our City program for 3^rd grade classrooms.
• Highland Elementary
  • One volunteer to teach the JA Our Region Program for a 4^th grade class.  This program will take place using our JA in a Week format from 11:40 a.m. to 12:20 p.m.  We are still working with the school to establish the exact dates.
• Meadow Lands Elementary
  • Two volunteers to teach the JA Our Region Program for two 4^th grade classes.  There are five, 45-minute sessions to be scheduled.  JA is currently working with the teachers to establish the definite schedule.  We anticipate the program taking place the weeks of Oct. 17 through Nov. 18.
• Newton Parrish Elementary
  • One volunteer to teach the JA Our City Program for a two third grade class.  There are five, 30-minute sessions to be scheduled.  The definite schedule will be determined between the teacher and volunteer.
• Owensboro Catholic K-3 Campus
  • One volunteer to teach the JA Our City Program for a 3^rd grade class.  There are five, 45-minute sessions to be scheduled.  The definite schedule will be determined between the teacher and volunteer.
• Owensboro Middle School – South Campus (5^th grade)
  • Four volunteers to teach the JA Our Nation Program for 5^th grade classrooms.   The teachers will work with the individual volunteers to schedule the definite dates.  The class times are:
    • One volunteer for a class from 8:15 to 9 a.m.
    • One volunteer for a class from 9:15 to 10 a.m.
    • Two volunteers for two classes from 1 to 1:45 p.m.
• Southern Oaks Elementary
  • Two volunteers to teach the JA Our Families Program for two 1^st grade classes.  There are five 30-minute sessions to be scheduled.  The teacher and volunteer will work together to set the definite schedule.

If you are interested in volunteering for any of our current openings, or if you would like more information about volunteering for JA in the future, please contact Leanne Shockley at (270) 684-7291 or leanne.shockley@ja.org.  You can also complete or download a volunteer application online at http://westernky.ja.org/VolunteerforJA_1Volunteer.html