In-Class Online Training Index
Module 1: Overview
Information about Junior Achievement's purpose, why JA uses volunteers, and testimonials from volunteers, teachers, and students.
Module 2: Other Opportunities
JA in a Day, Capstone and Job Shadow.
Module 3: Working with JA Staff
Communicating with your JA office, required paperwork, volunteer conduct standards, and FAQ's
Module 4: Working with the Teacher
Connecting with the teacher, what to expect in todays classrooms, class rules, and school policies, and expecting the unexpected.
Module 5: Classroom Management
Discpline, engaging the teacher and students, giving direction, asking questions, tailoring presentations to meet the needs of students and teachers, handling issues with language and reading skills, distinguishing between active learning and disruptive/inattentive behavior.
Module 6: Teaching Tips
Preparing to teach a lesson, the different ways in which children learn, responding to personal questions from students, and team teaching.
Module 7: Student Characteristics
Examples of inner-city, suburban, and alternative schools, afterschool programs, socio-economic differences among schools and students, and age appropriate behavior.
Module 8: Experience It!
Follow first time volunteer Erica Baird, as she discusses why she volunteered for Junior Achievement, how she prepares for her first class, what her first class is like as well as her last class and what she thinks about it all.
Training Quiz
Please complete the training quiz at the end of Module 8, without this quiz being completed we will not know that you finished the training. Thank you.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to call us at 302-654-4510, ask for any member of the program team.