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Financial Literacy | Work Readiness | Entrepreneurship
JA's K-12 digital programs from our home to yours.
WEEK 2
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Help your students and children
THRIVE
at home with Junior Achievement of Central Florida!
Schools are closed for now, but learning never ends!
JA of Central Florida
(JACF) has developed this weekly "virtual backpack" filled with resources to help Central Florida's K-12 students, their teachers and parents
THRIVE
at home!
Through the help of nearly 1,000 volunteers, JACF serves nearly 30,000 K-12 students across Central Florida. We can't wait for our volunteers to join students again when schools reopen! Until then, our goal is to help adults find meaningful ways to keep
all
students
planning
for and
dreaming
about tomorrow...and worry less about what's happening today.
This
is how we "JA!"
Share
JA THRIVE
with anyone helping students while they learn from home! Keep your ideas/requests coming! A member of our JACF staff
can help walk you through any lessons and also hep you modify lessons, so students are successful.
Email us at
programs@jacentralfl.org
for any help needed!
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Teacher? Parent? Volunteer?
Start BELOW and help your students
THRIVE
today!
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Wow! What a week! Lessons and laptops. Portals and power surges. Zoom, WebEx, Facebook Groups, Virtual Chats and more! You've got to be exhausted and maybe even overwhelmed. Let's help you make this week less stressful.
JA USA is helping teachers and parents gain access to student lessons, materials and resources that can be guided with the help from an adult or completed by a student independently.
THRIVE
with these resources below. Then check out what our JACF staff has selected for you this week to help you reduce the stress of sharing K-12 Distance Learning resources with your students and children.
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Subscribe Now! JA's Podcast: The Money JAR
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Welcome to
The Money JAR
, a podcast about Kids, Families and Money, brought to you by Junior Achievement.
Along with a cadre of guest experts, show hosts Todd Yuzuriha and Mindy Lockard pair their unique perspectives with a mild dose of humor as they attempt to demystify the common challenges all families face while trying to educate their children on the economics of life...especially during these challenging times. Also see our Healthy Conversations handout below to help middle and high school students.
From money apps for kids to teaching young people how to find their dream job, our show is designed to be a practical catalyst for meaningful dialog, helping families to begin conversations around the subjects of financial literacy, entrepreneurship and being ready for the workforce ahead.
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She's Back! Our JA Kid Professor interviews for an assistant!
Check out our JA Kid Professor as she interviews "applicants" for her new business!
Click
here
to view her quick video as she listens to her
inner
entrepreneur.
JA USA Videos and Grade Level lessons for K-5 students are here!
JA USA has moved our kit-based JA K-5 financial literacy, work readiness and entrepreneurship programs to a digital format that will help with at home learning. Videos and activities are organized by grade level. Watch the video with your child and then help your student complete the activity as a team. Can also be a creative virtual partner project or team activity you assign this week. Don't wait - click
here
to access all our K-5 program activities and videos today!
JACF Weekly K-5 Selections for Teachers & Parents:
All lessons have been organized with hyperlinks to sessions and related videos. Easy to upload to your digital lesson plan book. Download and share with your students or children today!
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MIDDLE 6-8
HEALTHY CONVERSATIONS: How do I talk to my students or pre-teens about the about the
financial impact
of COVID-19?
Times are tough and they are getting tougher. Young people notice too. How can you have a healthy conversation about how COVID-19 affects everyone? Help young people make sense of why grocery stores are running low, why gas prices are dropping, what is causing unemployment to rise...and how resources are being developed to help people recover after this crisis passes. Click
here
to access
JA's Making Sense: Understanding the Financial Impact of COVID-19.
JACF Weekly 6-8 Selection for Teachers & Parents:
Help middle school students explore STEM careers! This online interactive lesson has been organized with hyperlinks to the Teacher/Parent guide and online student activity. Easy to upload to your digital lesson plan book. Download and share with your students or young teens today!
SPECIAL NOTE
: JA "blended courses" provide opportunities for you to teach virtually and customize content to meet the needs of your middle grades students.
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HEALTHY CONVERSATIONS: How do I talk to my students or teens about the about the
financial impact
of COVID-19?
Times are tough and they are getting tougher. Young people notice too. How can you have a healthy conversation about how COVID-19 affects everyone? Help young people make sense of why grocery stores are running low, why gas prices are dropping, what is causing unemployment to rise...and how resources are being developed to help people recover after this crisis passes. Click
here
to access
JA's Making Sense: Understanding the Financial Impact of COVID-19.
JACF Weekly 9-12 Selection for Teachers & Parents:
All lessons have been organized with hyperlinks to sessions and a related video. Easy to upload to your digital lesson plan book. Download and share with your students or teens today!
SPECIAL NOTE:
JA "blended courses" provide opportunities for you to teach virtually and customize content to meet the needs of your high school students.These are supplemental and semester-long programs you can select for students you support.
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Parent? Teacher? Have questions about any of the JA resources above? Need something you don't see?
A member from our JACF Programs team will be glad to assist you!
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Liven Up Your Lessons with Virtual Volunteers
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JA of Central Florida has partnered with our friends at
The Florida High Tech Corridor
to give your class or family access to free, recorded videos that connect young people to career experts from STEM and other industries and from Florida's three Corridor universities (UCF, USF and UF).
Students in grades 6-12 can view recorded videos and learn from "virtual volunteers" about their careers in Video Game Design/Animation, Construction, CyberSecurity, Artificial Intelligence, Modeling and Simulation and so many more! These videos are great resources break up a busy day of learning from home and can inspire students to think BIG and plan for their futures. Access to a schedule of live stemCONNECT sessions will be made available through
JA THRIVE
over the next few weeks, so stay connected to JA to learn more!
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Need help staying "connected" at home?
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AT&T
is committed to being here to help you stay connected throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Details about options for current customers and eligible families can be found
here.
Use the link above and contact AT&T directly with any questions about how they can help your family stay connected at home.
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Comcast
announced it will be increasing speeds for the Internet Essentials program, and making the program free to new low-income customers for two months, amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Spectrum
is also offering special discounts to households affected by COVID-19.
Beginning Monday, March 16, they will offer free access to internet and WiFi for 60-days for new Pre-K to 12, college student and teacher households who don't currently have internet or WiFi service.
This discount will be applied as a credit for your first two months of internet services. Spectrum will waive any installation or pre-payment fees to help get you started. For more information, contact Spectrum at (855) 243-8892.
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NEXT WEEK IN JA THRIVE:
More JA Financial Literacy, Work Readiness and Entrepreneurship programs for K-12 distance learning!
We're here to help teachers and parents throughout Central Florida!
Let our team help you modify any JA activities for your students or children learning from home. Contact us at
programs@jacentralfl.org
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