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JA Spark

JA Spark curriculum cover
Students will learn the skills needed to start and grow a thriving business by working with other students and hearing from successful local entrepreneurs. Get advice, guidance, and insight from leaders who’ve done it. During this workshop, students will learn the steps to prepare a flawless business plan and pitch the plan to expert judges at the end of the day.

Program Concepts

Business, consumer feedback, design, entrepreneur, entrepreneurial characteristics, funding, innovation, innovative, investor, market, market research, need, product, passionate, persistent, persuasive, pitch, presentation visuals, product, product sketches, prototype, risk-taker, self-confident, self-motivated, service, speaking skills, story, surveys, target market, team player

Skills Students Learn

  • Analyze an example performance
  • analyze data from a variety of media sources
  • applying terms
  • brainstorming
  • collecting data
  • creating a model
  • creative thinking
  • communicating information through design
  • deduction
  • empathy
  • evaluating alternatives
  • group brainstorming
  • group presentation
  • group work
  • individual brainstorming
  • labeling an illustration
  • listening
  • logical reasoning
  • memory recall and matching
  • presenting ideas
  • problem solving
  • processing data from media
  • self-evaluation
  • synthesize data
  • teamwork

JA Program Details

Grades:
High School
Sessions:
0
Volunteer Time Commitment:
Implementation Options:
After School
JA Focus:
Financial Literacy Minimal Financial Literacy
Entrepreneurship High Entrepreneurship
Work Readiness Moderate Work Readiness
Related Program Supplements:

Alignment with Standards

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Scope and Sequence

Junior Achievement learning experiences cover financial literacy, career and work readiness, and entrepreneurship. Our extensive scope and sequence helps explain how our programs cover these subjects at various grade levels.

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