What If Kids Ruled the World?

They Will…

Junior Achievement of Georgia

Directly serve over 100,000 students in the academic year

2006-07 with programs and courses aimed at financial

literacy, entrepreneurship and global marketplace.

JA partners local business and civic organizations with area school systems.

Volunteers from these organizations teach courses in economics, personal finance, and business ethics in grades K-12.

Volunteers also serve as role models and mentors for students, sharing their work and professional experiences, showing them the “real” economics of life.

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Junior Achievement Company Program

Junior Achievement Company Program is designed for high school students who will gain

practical experience and insights into the complexities of business by organizing and

operating companies. Volunteer consultants from local businesses assist students with

management consulting.

Junior Achievement Company Program Outline

Organization

Business Plan

Operations

Liquidations

Junior Achievement Company Program Goals

Help students better understand how businesses are organized and operated.

Introduce students to career opportunities and teach basic workforce-readiness skills.

Develop students’ understanding of the economic principles that influence business decisions.

Foster positive relationships between students and members of the business community.

Junior Achievement Company Program Principal

Outcomes Define capital and its role in business formation.

Explain how businesses determine and set prices.

Describe the characteristics of the basic forms of business organization.

Explain why businesses develop business plans and describe the main parts of that plan.

Junior Achievement Company Program Principal

Outcomes (con’t.) Make an effective sales presentation.

Read and interpret basic financial reports.

Describe the ordinary taxes businesses must pay.

Explain the importance of ethical standards in business.

Junior Achievement Company Program

In conclusion, the JA Company Program addresses basic economic concepts identified by the National Council on Economic Education as being essential to a high school

economic course.

Junior Achievement of Georgia District Contact Information

AugustaLaurie Cook

706-722-8345Lcook@georgia.ja.org

ColumbusMichelle Nelson-Hawkins

706-568-1407mnelsonhawkins@georgia.ja.org

DaltonJudy Norris

706-278-9180jnorris@georgia.ja.org

SavannahJohnathon Barrett

912-790-7822jbarrett@georgia.ja.org