Agency Details:

Junior Achievement Of Arizona, Inc. - Southern District

Junior Achievement of Arizona, Inc. inspires and prepares K-12 students for the global workplace. Our volunteer-led classes focus on financial literacy, workplace readiness, and entrepreneurship.

Description:
Junior Achievement (JA) teaches children practical economic concepts to prepare them to become productive members of our communities. Volunteers who work through JA get dramatic results: young people who have exposure to JA are nearly 25% more likely to graduate from high school (93% vs. 70%) and are more likely to attend college (73% vs. 60%).

In the Tucson region, we will reach 11,500 students in 2000-10, more than in any previous year of our existence. We are classroom-based, real-world focused, and funded entirely through private donations.

Our volunteers receive a two-hour training which equips them to offer our prepared curriculum to young people in the grade level of their choice, ages 5 to 18. Each volunteer is provided with a full curriculum kit, free of charge, and we encourage our volunteer-teachers to personalize lessons with observations from their own careers and school years. If you like to think and discuss finance, business ethics, and entrepreneurship, you will enjoy this program!

Contact person: Mary Paul, Program Coordinator, (520) 792-2000, (email)

Office fax number: (520) 792-2356

Languages Spoken: English

Address:

2919 E. Broadway Suite 230 Tucson, AZ 85716 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.jaaz.org

Directions:

We are a half block WEST of the intersection of Broadway and Country Club. Parking is free in any uncovered spot in the lot behind our building.   Nearest Bus Stop: Broadway line, 3 minutes minute walk

Last updated on November 9, 2009