JA Be Entrepreneurial

PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION

Classroom Based OR After School

PROGRAM DURATION

18 Weeks

PROGRAM GRADE LEVEL

High School

The program focuses on challenging students through interactive classroom activities, to start their own entrepreneurial venture while still in high school.

PROGRAM CONCEPTS

Advertisement, business plan, competitive advantages, customer, demographic, entrepreneur, entrepreneurial spirit, ethical dilemma, ethics, financing, franchise, long- vs. short-term consequences, management, market, market needs, marketing, nonprofit business, product, product development, profit, social entrepreneur, social responsibility, stakeholder, voting.

PROGRAM SKILLS

Analyzing information, business planning, categorizing data, decision-making, evaluating alternatives, expressing multiple viewpoints, graphic presentation, oral and written communication, presenting information, reading for understanding, weighing consequences, working in groups, working in pairs.