Upcoming Virtual Workshops & Volunteer Opportunities
View below for more details about our upcoming virtual workshops for students, educators, and volunteers!
Women’s Future Leadership Academy
This collaborative, virtual series inspires the next generation of female leaders and brings professional women from a variety of career stages and backgrounds and high school girls across NJ together to share advice, learn new skills, and set goals for the future. Volunteer mentors inspire and empower students with career advice and coach them through virtual activities that build confidence and leadership skills. Volunteers and students can register for any of the hour long sessions.
*New this year - students can earn a digital badge for career readiness!
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Professional Development Workshops
In 2019, Junior Achievement of New Jersey was selected by the NJ Department of Education to serve as provider of financial literacy education to New Jersey public schools aligned to state standards and graduation requirements. The goal of the partnership is to further develop, implement, and administer financial literacy education programs, offer credit-earning professional development to educators, and provide model curriculum aligned to NJSLS 9 at no cost to school districts.
Please follow the link below to access JA’s financial literacy resources, learn about NJ’s revised academic standards for financial literacy, and register for a Professional Development workshop.
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JA Inspire
JA Inspire Virtual Career Expo
Imagine being a middle or high school student walking into a virtual convention center, with a lobby, auditorium keynote speaker, and an exhibit hall filled with virtual exhibit booths representing NJ companies, across a variety of career industries. At the JA Virtual Inspire Career Expo, thousands of young people will “visit” booths to learn about companies, career opportunities and their pathways, culture, and more to see what it is like to be a part of your world of work. As they visit the booths, students will be able to “chat” with volunteers through a virtual chat functionality to hear your story, job, and learn about the skills you find to be important in your career. Students will walk away inspired and understanding the connection between what they are learning in school to their futures!
Virtual Volunteer Role: As students are “visiting” your company booth, they will be prepared and encouraged to ask virtual volunteers questions about their careers through the digital platform’s chat box. Volunteers will spend time answering questions, sharing about your organization, and the career opportunities available.
Fireside Chats
Fireside Chats are a flexible way for volunteers to talk about their careers & how they got to where they are (all levels & career backgrounds are welcome!). Videos can be done solo or with a JA Program Manager, who schedules “Fireside Chat” conversations for folks interested in being interviewed to create short, sweet & meaningful videos to inspire students from a distance. Videos are uploaded to JANJ’s YouTube video library showcasing employers & opportunities in NJ, and used to enhance JA programs.
JA Finance Park Webinars; Financial Education Virtual Mentorship
Upcoming Sessions - TBD
From student loans and credit card debt to building and maintaining a budget, young adults deal with financial challenges affecting their generation in unique ways. Using the JA Finance Park curriculum, these interactive webinars address financial issues that are very specific for young adults and offers ideas for preventing and addressing financial problems. The sessions will host special guests and bring NJ student and professional mentors from a variety of career stages and backgrounds together to share financial advice, learn new budgeting & saving skills, and build a strong foundation for wise financial decisions for the rest of their lives.
All virtual session content is derived from JA Finance Park, a program recognized by the New Jersey Department of Education as their premier financial education curriculum of choice. Sessions are collaborative with activities and lessons used from JA Finance Park and will include polls, quizzes, chat box activities, breakout rooms and panel discussions.