1. October 19th 2012 Westside Elementary
J.A. in a Day
October 19th 2012 Westside Elementary

2. Paperwork Complete Volunteer Information Sheet
(if never volunteered with JA before)
Print and sign Volunteer Conduct Standards (everyone)
Fill out Class Completion Form (everyone)

3. What is Junior Achievement?
The world’s largest non-profit organization dedicated to educating students in K-12 on work readiness, financial literacy and entrepreneurship

4. JA’s Reach
Globally, 178K volunteers in 176K classrooms empowering 4 million students to own their economic success.
Locally, 300 volunteers in over 600 classrooms reaching 11,271 students. 3

5. Namibia
Bahamas
Romania
Ghana
South Africa

6. Westside Elementary 2175 Degroodt Road SW Palm Bay, Fl 32908
Arrive at 7:45. Might have to circle around due to parents parking briefly to walk their children in.

7. Logistics Arrive at 7:45 Proceed to front office
Sign into VIPS computer
Directed to Media Center
Coffee and donuts
Escorted to classrooms at 8:15

8. Throughout the day Break for recess Break for special activity
Lunch (provided in break-room)
End of sessions, meet in break-room to return remaining materials and share your experience!

9. Lunch Times 10:06 – 10:51 – Kindergarten 11:15 – 12:00 – 1st Grade
10:42 – 11:27 – 2nd Grade
11:39 – 12:24 – 3rd Grade
11:00 – 11:45 – 4th Grade
10:24 – 11:09 – 5th Grade
11:59 – 12:41 – 6th Grade

10. What to wear

11. What to bring

12. Workshop model of instruction
How we teach
Workshop model of instruction
Share learning goal
Introduce topic or idea
Get students excited
Facilitate activity
Summary and review

13. Role of Volunteer Guest of Honor Expert from the “Real World”
Share/relate experiences to program activities and educational goals

14. Classroom Management
Teacher will remain in classroom to assist activities, provide disciplinary action, and control the classroom.
Connect with the students, greet them and introduce yourself, shake hands if you want. Be aware of recent or upcoming events in the school or classroom.
Set a positive tone, don’t talk over the students.
Walk around.
Give immediate and clear feedback, “Thank-you John for closing your workbook like I asked.”
Be empathetic; ask open-ended questions where a simple ‘ye’ or ‘no’ isn’t adequate.
Be patient!

15. Classroom Management cont’d
You shouldn’t be doing all the talking. Engage the students in conversation so they can learn from one another while being guided by you.
Use positive reinforcement, maintain eye contact, smile, don’t use false flattery.
Notice good behavior
Bring in Treats! Swag, items with company logo, food (check with teacher 1st for allergies)
Tell students upfront what you will be talking about and find out what they already know about the topic. As students engage in an activity tell them why they are doing it.

16. Open your kit!

17. Standard Items in Kit

18. Find 1 of the 2 Volunteer Guides
1st section is Program Overview includes class preparation, guide to working with students “Great at home reading”
Materials List - Master list & item numbers
Inventory – make sure all pieces are present and become familiar with them
Feel free to write, highlight, notate in Guide Book, anything you need to prepare
Divided into Sessions:
Grades K-5 have 5 sessions
Grade 6 has 6 sessions
First page of each session is overview-purpose-and specific material.
If an item says NOT INCLUDED it is something the teacher can provide like crayons or markers, etc.
Sidebars for quick reference
Lesson plan included for each session
Duration, number in groups, vocabulary, what to write on board, etc.

19. Volunteer Guides cont’d
Extended learning Opportunities – optional
Teacher Exercises – Optional
Notes and Glossary
***Guidebook is written for the traditional JA delivery model in mind where a volunteer visits a classroom 5 or 6 times over the course of 5 or 6 weeks. In this delivery methods you will be teaching all 5 or 6 lessons back to back. The lessons have not been revised or translated into this format because it is very easy to modify the lessons to accommodate the 1 day schedule. You will note that lessons 2-5 or 6 spend the first 5-10 minutes of class reviewing the last activity. Since the lesson was completed less than 5 minutes ago so be sure to “skip” the initial review at the start of the lessons.

20. Tips and Tricks