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Financial Literacy | Work Readiness | Entrepreneurship
JA's K-12 digital programs from our home to yours.
WEEK 5
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Video Resources To Help Students
THRIVE
At Home
Just a few more weeks until teachers and parents can wrap up the school year with students! JACF is with you every step of the way! Read below to see how JA can help your distance learning programs today!
Welcome to our 5th week of
JA THRIVE
delivered to you by
JA of Central Florida.
JACF has developed this weekly "virtual backpack" filled with digital resources to help Central Florida's K-12 students, their teachers and parents
THRIVE
at home while schools are closed.
We can't wait for our volunteers to join students again when schools reopen in the fall! 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 activities, so students are successful.
Email us at
programs@jacentralfl.org
for any help needed!
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Looking for Parents and Teachers!
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Join JACF to create short, self made videos that highlight your education, your career and your "story."
Our
JA Career Speaker Virtual Volunteer program
just launched on Friday April 24, and we already have a dozen volunteers who are willing to inspire students by sharing their journey of grit and perseverance that led them to where they are today.
We need educators and other professionals to share their stories too! Use the button below to learn all about how to become a JA Virtual Volunteer and how to make and upload your video. Inspire students beyond your classroom and home!
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Teacher? Parent? Volunteer?
Start BELOW and help your students
THRIVE
today!
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Every JA digital lesson we have been sharing not only supports K-12 students, their teachers and parents by also helps us celebrate
Financial Literacy Month
!
Teachers!
This week, we want to focus
THRIVE
on some helpful lessons you can use to help students think about and plan for expenses that are "behind the scenes"........the ones students may not always think about, but are important to plan for! Great digital and
video resources
for all grade levels this week.
Parents/Guardians!
You and your family can
THRIVE
together by discussing the importance of planning for the unexpected, budgeting for goals, like college and even the importance of giving back like so many people are doing today due to the effects of COVID-19. Check out the selection of
video resources
to break up the day and keep your kids engaged at every level!
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MIDDLE AND HS STUDENTS
JA & CNBC Virtual Town Hall for Teens:
The Financial Impact of COVID-19
Wow! What an event! JA partnered with CNBC last week and hosted this live special program focused on answering teens questions about how COVID-19 is affecting their every day lives. Watch and listen to teen concerns and a panel of business experts who answer every question.
Yes! Daymon John,
American businessman, investor, television personality, author, and motivational speaker was a member of the expert panel! He is best known as the founder, president, and CEO of FUBU, and appears as an investor on the ABC reality televi
sio
n series
Shark Tank.
Congratulations to our very own
JA Academy Senior, Symone Washington
who participated in this nationwide event! She was selected from over 100 students across the country to pose her question to the panel....way to go Symone!
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ELEMENTARY STUDENTS
Nightly News with Lester Holt - Kids Edition
NBC's Lester Holt has created kid-friendly programming to help younger students feel more at ease with recent changes in their home and school lives. Kids don't just ask the darnedest questions...they ask honest, important questions too! Inspirational, student friendly stories and highlights of the greatest of strength coming from the youngest of people!
Join Lester, select student-centric experts and his student guests at
4:00PM on Tuesdays and Thursdays
on NBC's YouTube Channel.
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You asked and we listened! New BONUS K-2 Activities This Week:
Thank you to our educators and parents who asked for more read aloud book activities that help young students learn about managing money for now and the future! Don't worry if you don't have them at home - we've found the audio-recordings your student/child can watch, listen to and enjoy and connected you to a list of discussion questions that go along with each book.
JACF Weekly K-5 Selections for Teachers & Parents:
Teachers and Parents have started using our JA recorded lessons to help balance distance learning activities. Let our volunteers help you teach from home!
This week's lessons/activities have been organized with hyperlinks to all sessions and related videos. Easy for teachers to upload to your digital lesson plan books. Even easier for parents to download and share with your children today!
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MIDDLE 6-8
JACF Weekly 6-8 Selection for Teachers & Parents:
There is no better day than today to help middle schoolers play for tomorrow by thinking about what they need and want today. Check out this great selection of activities designed with the end in mind: How to help young people identify how they can plan for a successful future of being financially responsible and capable over time. Great activities before students enter high school, so they can keep their eyes on the prize of planning for life after high school.
SPECIAL NOTE:
: JA "blended courses" provide opportunities for you to teach virtually and customize content to meet the needs of your middle grades students.Sign up today to gain access to these courses and digital resources.
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JACF Weekly 9-12 Selection for Teachers & Parents:
All lessons have been organized with hyperlinks to sessions or main activity.. Easy for teachers to upload to your digital lesson plan book. Even easier for parents to download and share with your children today!
Three (3) new items
this week:
- Planning for Unexpected Expenses - Times like these make planning for emergencies more important than ever. Strong activities to help high school students apply reality to stronger savings goals.
- How to Handle Extracurricular Expenses - High school life is busy! Part time jobs, Ubers, cell phone bills, gas, football games....how does a teenager manage it all? Check out these activities designed to help them manage the "every day" life of a teenager.
- Start Early: Becoming a Teen Philanthropist - Help teenagers understand the value of giving back to their community or to a cause that matters to them most. Teach teens how to consider becoming a modest donor and set the example for being passionate about helping others.
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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Hear From Our JA Career Speaker Virtual Volunteers!
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Our partners at JA USA have been working hard to start a library of videos shot by our volunteers while THEY are working from home!
Watch these videos where our JA Volunteers share their education and experience background about how they arrived where they are today in their careers!
Get to know our volunteers and learn about the hard work it takes to persevere and find success! Can be viewed as a school assignment or general life lesson to help everyone distance learning today, but planning for their future tomorrows!
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Teachers! Free NY Times Digital Access for Teens 13+
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In a time of tremendous uncertainty, The New York Times and Verizon are partnering to give high schools across the country free digital access to The Times to help students understand and stay connected to this rapidly evolving world.
U.S. high school students, teachers and administrators are eligible for three months of free access to The New York Times online.
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MyCareerShines - Career Tools for Florida's Students
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P
rovided by the Florida Department of Education,
MyCareerShines
provides elementary, middle, high school and college students and the workforce with career exploration tools that will help benefit their financial health over time.
Used in our
JA Inspire
program, student accounts grow as students grow. Help learners at any age and at every stage of life, so they can plan for their futures and own their economic success!
Access Florida's career planning tools for different people in your life...maybe even you:
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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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