JA Inspire® Entry
Middle School
Implementation:Classroom Based
After School
Pillars of Student Success
Work Readiness
High Work Readiness
Financial Literacy
Minimal Financial Literacy
Entrepreneurship
Minimal Entrepreneurship
JA Inspire® Entry is more than a career fair. It brings together the business community and local schools and is designed to help launch middle school students into their future - high school, postsecondary education, and careers beyond. The program consists of three segments: (1) pre-event career-oriented sessions; (2) the JA Inspire event, and (3) a post-event reflection. The JA Inspire event (in-person, virtual, or both) provides students a powerful way to learn about real-world career opportunities and their local economy.
JA Inspire in-person events are multi-hour experiences where students interact with company representatives and participate in hands-on activities, often using equipment or tools used on the job. VFairs, the online interactive platform used to host JA Inspire virtual events, provides a visually rich virtual environment that mimics the dynamics of a physical live event. Here students attend webinars and presentations, explore company exhibits, and interact with company representatives.
Following participation in JA Inspire Entry, students will be able to:
-- Gain insight into career clusters that interest them.
-- Make connections with adults who have jobs in careers that interest them.
-- See the connection between high school programming choices and careers.
-- Collect information about the education required to be successful in a job.
-- Practice soft skills.
JA Inspire Entry is part of the JA Work and Career Readiness Pathway and is recommended for middle school students (grades 6-8). It has multiple curriculum implementation options: fully teacher-led, fully self-guided, or hybrid with classroom introductions and talking points for all self-guided sessions. A Spanish translation is available.
As part of this program, JA teachers and volunteers are encouraged to use the resources available in JA Connect®, located at https://connect.ja.org/. This self-guided experience includes interactives, exploration of JA Here to Career, and apps for student use.
JA programs support national and state standards in reading, mathematics, social studies, and work and career readiness. See below for more information on alignment with national and state standards.
JA Inspire in-person events are multi-hour experiences where students interact with company representatives and participate in hands-on activities, often using equipment or tools used on the job. VFairs, the online interactive platform used to host JA Inspire virtual events, provides a visually rich virtual environment that mimics the dynamics of a physical live event. Here students attend webinars and presentations, explore company exhibits, and interact with company representatives.
Following participation in JA Inspire Entry, students will be able to:
-- Gain insight into career clusters that interest them.
-- Make connections with adults who have jobs in careers that interest them.
-- See the connection between high school programming choices and careers.
-- Collect information about the education required to be successful in a job.
-- Practice soft skills.
JA Inspire Entry is part of the JA Work and Career Readiness Pathway and is recommended for middle school students (grades 6-8). It has multiple curriculum implementation options: fully teacher-led, fully self-guided, or hybrid with classroom introductions and talking points for all self-guided sessions. A Spanish translation is available.
As part of this program, JA teachers and volunteers are encouraged to use the resources available in JA Connect®, located at https://connect.ja.org/. This self-guided experience includes interactives, exploration of JA Here to Career, and apps for student use.
JA programs support national and state standards in reading, mathematics, social studies, and work and career readiness. See below for more information on alignment with national and state standards.
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