Thank you for your willingness to help with JA Finance Park on a student visit day.  Your participation is important to the students' success as they find out what it is like to balance a budget on a limited income.

 

 

 

Briefly, the project is about creating a budget for a fictional life situation.  The students will:

  • Be assigned a job and a family situation -- a character they will become for the day
  • Determine their Net Monthly Income (NMI), after taxes and deductions
  • Make spending and saving decisions in seventeen budget categories
  • Create a balanced budget
  • Track the value of a stock portfolio

Your role on the visit day is to:

  • Provide access to your adult experiences relating to spending decisions
  • Help with calculations and critical thinking
  • Monitor student progress and keep them on task

In order to be able to help the students, volunteer training in advance of the students' arrival is critical.  There are two ways to receive training:

Visit Day Training 

Online Training 

This is the best form of training.  You will receive instruction directly from a JA staff member who will walk you through the visit day experience.  This training takes place in JA Finance Park and places what will happen in context.

This will help you get ready to serve the students if early arrival is not possible.  Before the visit day, you should view the slideshow presentation and read through the information packet.  When you arrive at our site, a JA staff member will help you get oriented to the on-site materials.

Of course, you may also review the online materials (links to the right) if you want to get a head-start.

Please access both of the following items before arriving at Junior Achievement:

Arrive 45 to 60 minutes before the students are scheduled to arrive.  Contact your student's teacher for the exact start time.

Arrive 15 minutes before the students are scheduled to arrive.  Contact your student's teacher for the exact start time.

If you have any questions about the visit day, please contact your child's teacher or Junior Achievement.