About Junior Achievement

Junior Achievement (JA) brings business into the classroom.  JA recruits and trains community volunteers to visit classrooms in south Texas and teach young people how the real world of business works.  JA volunteers use prepared and practical hands on activities to show students from kindergarten through twelfth grade how the business world operates and how it affects the students as family members, citizens and consumers. JA volunteers will meet with your students in their regular classroom for 45 minutes a week for 5 to 8 weeks depending on the program.

Junior Achievement Programs

JA programs are correlated to the TEKS requirements providing an opportunity to reinforce what educators teach in the classroom. Download correlations here.

How do I sign up?

If you are interested in having JA programs in your classroom select the office location nearest you under the Teacher Quick Links menu above, fill out the online form and submit it to JA.  You will be contacted by one of our staff members.  If you would like more information you can contact Bernadette Byrd, Director of Progams at 210.490.2007 ext. 106 or by email at bbyrd@jast.org.