Junior Achievement of Central Iowa, Inc

Student Growth Winner 2001

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JA Job Shadow Works!

JA Job Shadow provides real-life opportunities for students to learn about fundamental business concepts, including careers, competition, voluntary exchange, markets and prices, investments, benefits and costs, incentives, specialization and income.

JA appointed an independent evaluator to assess the impact of the program; particularly, the impact on students’ beliefs and attitudes about education and themselves, and teachers’ perceived impact of the program.

Overall, all ethnic groups, and both males and females demonstrated increased knowledge; particularly, Hispanic-Americans and females made the greatest gains. The more JA experience students had during previous years, the more they understood the relationship between business and education.

JA Job Shadow influences student attitudes!

• 79% reported that it “had a large impact on their desire to stay in school.”

• 72% said that it “made a large contribution to their understanding of the relationship between education and work.”

• 68% said that it “affected their belief in the importance of teamwork.”

• 67% reported that JA Job Shadow “would increase their ability to be successful on the job.”

• 67% said that it “made ‘a lot’ or ‘all the difference’ in their interest in business.”

• 48% reported that it “led to a desire to own or run a business.”

JA Job Shadow is beneficial for workplace hosts!

• 93% said that students who participated in the program would be more prepared for the world of work than students who did not participate.

• 77% reported that JA Job Shadow “allowed them to help students and give back to the community.”

• 61% reported what they liked best about the program is “interaction with students.”

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