Welcome to JA BizTown™
Teacher Training
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JA Capstone Programs
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JA BizTown™ - Elementary Grades
JA Finance Park™ - Middle Grades
JA Job Shadow™ - Middle and High School
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Teacher Training Objectives
By the end of this training, you will understand:
• The purpose of JA BizTown.
• How to efficiently and effectively use the
JA BizTown curriculum materials.
• The teacher responsibilities necessary for a
successful JA BizTown student visit.
• The operation of the on-site JA BizTown simulation.
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Why JA BizTown?
• Align program content with JA Worldwide’s Pillars
of Student Success:
 Financial literacy
 Entrepreneurship
 Work-readiness
• Enhance the role of technology in the elementary
Capstone program
• Highlight experiential learning techniques
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JA BizTown Student Goals
Upon completion of the JA BizTown program, students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate a basic understanding of the free enterprise system.
2. Build money management skills through a practical knowledge of
economic concepts and banking practices.
3. Develop an understanding of basic business practices and
responsibilities.
4. Demonstrate the soft skills necessary for their successful
participation in the world of work.
5. Discuss the roles they, as citizens, play in their community as
workers and consumers, and relate these personal roles to the free
enterprise system.
6. Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of nonprofit
organizations in our communities.
7. Discuss the importance of citizen rights and responsibilities in a
community.
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JA BizTown Benefits To Educators
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The lessons, written by JA Worldwide, are easy to use.
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Minimal lesson preparation time is needed because of efficient activity
organization throughout the Curriculum Guide.
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The program content has been aligned with national and statewide
academic content standards in social studies (economics), mathematics,
language arts, and career development.
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Enhanced Learning Opportunities, that allow teachers to provide optional,
complementary activities to the core curriculum, are provided.
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The curriculum consists of fun, interactive, engaging content that gets
students excited about learning.
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JA BizTown
Program Components
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Teacher training
Classroom instruction
Volunteer training
Student on-site visit
Post-visit activities-blog
JA BizTown Video
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Why Experiential Learning?
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Memorable
Authentic experience
Chance to apply classroom learning
Interactive: problem solving, team work
Adult involvement
Functions across content areas
Curriculum Basics
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Four weeks: 45-minute, daily lessons
o Week One: Introduction and Economic
Basics
o Week Two: Money Management and
Job Preparation
o Week Three: Job Preparation and
Operating a Business
o Week Four: Visit Preparation, Site-Visit,
and Visit Follow-Up
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Curriculum Components
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Classroom Teaching Kit
Curriculum Guide
Citizen Guide
JA BizTown DVD
Classroom Kit
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Circular Flow Wall Map
Economy Poster (double-sided)
Check-It-Out Poster (double-sided)
Activity and Game Cards
Banking Bingo Card Pads
JA BizTown DVD
Curriculum Guide
Tab Sections
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Overview
Getting Started
Pretest/Posttest
Unit 1: Community & Economy
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Unit 2: Financial Literacy
Unit 3: Work-Readiness
JA BizTown Jobs
Unit 4: Business Management
13. Visit Information
14. Volunteer Information
15. Miscellaneous
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BizPrep
Unit 5: After-Visit Debriefing
Glossary
Extended Learning Opportunities
Other Curriculum Guide Features
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Citizen Guide pages included
Answer keys
Transparencies
Resource Sheets
Unit Assessments
Citizen Guide
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Classroom Activity Pages
Pretest/Posttest Answer Sheets
Citizen Alerts
Unit Assessments
BizConnects (family newsletters)
Practice Checkbook Materials
Glossary
Classified Ads
BizBriefs
Summer Camp Flyer
JA BizTown
Curriculum Guide
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Curriculum Guide
Suggested Curriculum Timeline
• Nineteen (19) previsit lessons
• One (1) day on-site
• Two (2) post-visit
lessons
• Twenty-two (22) total
days
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Curriculum Guide
Teacher Checklist and Timeline
8 weeks
4-5 weeks
3 weeks
1 week
1-3 days
On-site visit
Follow Up Lessons
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Lesson
Layout
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Lesson Description
Learning Objectives
Materials
Procedure
Check It Out!
Lesson Summary
Social Studies Connection
Additional Curriculum
Connections
Unit Wrap-up
Unit 1: Community and Economy
Description
Objectives
Materials
Procedure
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Notes
Unit 1: Community and Economy
New Vocabulary
Definitions
Notes
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Unit 1: Community and Economy
Lesson
Summary
Social Studies
Connection
Language Arts,
Math
Connections
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Lesson 1: What Is a Community?
Pretest Answer Sheet
• Citizen Guide
• Curriculum Guide, Unit 1
Lesson1
Actual Pretest
• Curriculum Guide,
Tab 3-Pretest and
Posttest. (You will
need to make
copies of the test. It
is not in the Citizen
Guide.)
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Lesson 1: What Is a Community?
Pretest Answer
Sheet
• Citizen Guide
• Curriculum Guide,
Unit 1 Lesson 1
•Curriculum
Guide, Tab 3Pretest and
Posttest
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Lesson 1: What Is a Community?
Citizen
Pledge
Voter
Registration
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Open a JA BizTown Bank Account
Bank account
application
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Check It Out Poster
• Completing a Deposit
Ticket
• Endorsing a paycheck
• Entering a transaction in a
Checkbook Register
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Double-Entry Accounting
Resource Sheet 2-3
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Enter transactions on white lines.
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Payments & deposits
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Transaction column and
balance column
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Show math work in balance column.
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Use + or - sign in balance column.
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Only new balance is written on the
grey line.
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Math work is not done in head, but
show all work,
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Lesson 3: Check It Out
Check It Out practices
continuously at end of
every lesson.
• Practice Checkbook
Materials at end of
Citizen Guide.
LOTS OF CHECKBOOK PRACTICE
• Scenarios must be
written on board as not
given anywhere else.
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JA BizTown Job Application
Personal Information
Education
Hobbies
Job Preference
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3 choices
JA BizTown Paycheck
Check
Gross Pay
Payroll Tax
Stub
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Net Pay
Business Costs Sheet
Salaries
Operating Costs
Total Business Costs
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Lesson 3:
Language Arts Connection
Friendly Letters
Letters should be written at school and
may be mailed at JA BizTown. Addresses
are found behind the Curriculum Guide,
Visit Information Tab.
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Citizen Checklist
Final Business
Team
Preparation
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JA
BizTown™
On-site Visit
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Facility Layout
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Unit 5: Debriefing
1. What Did I Learn About Business?
2. What Did I Learn About Economics?
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Sample Business Letter
Option: Incorporate
technology by having the
students visit the JA
BizTown blog
http://jabiztowncharlotte.
blogspot.com/
Where they can write/blog
a letter as well as read
other letters kids have
blogged on the website.
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Don’t forget...
Please either fax your JA BizTown Prep paperwork to 704-5634864 or bring it in with you the day of your JA BizTown visit with
the completely filled out JA BizPrep packets.
Remember to have the student citizens fill out their checkbooks
to match the example in the prep packets that you received with
the curriculum.
Please let your volunteers know that parking is not validated.
Directions are located on our website here at www.jacarolinas.org
in pdf form to print out an it includes the cost of area garages.
ALSO… We now have a Teacher e-Newsletter that goes out
monthly to participating 4th grade teachers. If you have not
received the e-Newsletter and would like to, email your request to
[email protected] .
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Questions?
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