Volunteer with JA

As a Junior Achievement volunteer, you will inspire kids to achieve a more fulfilling career and life by contributing your professional insights and personal experiences to the programs you teach.
We have several types of in-person and virtual volunteer opportunities with varying time commitments. Volunteers can teach JA curriculum, share their career path story, record vidoes, assist at a JA event, coach emerging entrepreneurs, or help facilitate our JA BizTown or JA Finance Park simulations.

For volunteer inquiries, please complete this volunteer inquiry form and one of our team members will contact you! Thank you for helping prepare our students for their future!

Volunteer Information

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2025 – 2026 JA VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

JA ELC PROGRAMS

JA BIZTOWN

  • 4th – 6th Grade
  • In-Person
  • 5-6 hours (one day)
  • Volunteers help 4th-6th grade students run their ‘businesses’ during our JA BizTown simulation in which students learn about jobs, money, and their local economy.

JA FINANCE PARK

  • 7th – 12th Grade
  • In-Person
  • 5-6 hours (one day)
  • Volunteers assist with our budgeting simulation where students must learn to manage a month’s worth of adult finances.
JA Finance Park Sign Up

JA IN THE CLASSROOM

JA IN A DAY

  • Kindergarten – 5th Grade
  • In-Person and Virtual
  • 5-6 hours (one day)
  • Take over the classroom and deliver our JA curriculum to Kindergarten – 5th grade students introducing students to financial literacy, career readiness and entrepreneurial concepts.
JA In a Day Sign Up

JA CAREER READINESS PROGRAMS

JA CAREER DAYS

  • Available for all ages
  • In-Person
  • 1-3 hours
  • Visit a school campus to share your educational and career journey, the company you work for, and your daily work-life so students can gain career insight. Companies can also sign up with multiple team members from various departments to provide students with a broader understanding of career opportunities.