JA Banks in Action is a volunteer-led program built around eight classroom sessions. During each session, students learn the fundamentals of the banking industry and then have the opportunity to apply what they learn in a competitive environment using the JA Banks in Action computer simulation. Through the simulation, students form banking teams and operate a bank over time by making several decisions, each of which represents three months or a calendar quarter. Competing banks are doing the same thing and the banks start out on an equal basis. The banking team that develops the best strategy and makes a greater profit than its competitors is the winner, earning the title “Bank of Choice.”
The classroom-based version of JA Banks in Action offers a program kit containing lesson materials with administrator control of the simulation. It is available only through Junior Achievement of Mississippi Valley in this area.
See the Scope and Sequence chart for a complete listing of program concepts and skills. Each JA Banks in Action program kit comes with an informative workbook like the one seen here.
For more information about this program, read the Program Summary.
JA staff, volunteers, and teachers: Take the JA Banks in Action training here!
