JA Volunteers are the heartbeat of our organization!
As a Junior Achievement volunteer, you will inspire kids to achieve a more fulfilling career and life by sharing your professional insights and personal experiences with the students we serve.
With varying time commitments available, individuals can volunteer their time and talents in-person or virtually. Volunteers can teach JA curriculum in the classroom, help facilitate JA Finance Park programming, share their career path story, support organizational projects, or assist at JA events.
Junior Achievement of Southeastern Michigan provides volunteers with training that is simple and relatable; programs that are engaging and fun; and a space full of eager kids ready to learn from you!
JA Capstone Program
JA Finance Park
Volunteers assist with our budgeting simulation where students must learn to manage a month’s worth of adult finances.
7th - 12th Grade
In- person
5-6 hours (usually 8:30 am – 1:30 pm., which includes training in the morning)
JA in the Classroom
Traditional programming
Visit a classroom five times over the course of a semester to deliver our JA curriculum - introducing students to financial literacy, career readiness and entrepreneurial concepts.
Kindergarten - 12th Grade
In-Person and Virtual
1 hour per week for 5-8 weeks, depending on grade level
JA in a Day
Take over the classroom and deliver our JA curriculum to introduce students to financial literacy, career readiness and entrepreneurial concepts.
Kindergarten - 5th Grade
In-Person and Virtual
Deliver 4-6 sessions of traditional programming in one day.
Additional Volunteer Opportunities
Assistance with building educator and student materials
Assistance with building content in Google Classroom and creating Google Sites
Data entry & data analysis
Photography & Videography
Fundraising Events