Volunteer

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, assist with at a JA event, mentor high school students, or help facilitate our JA BizTown or JA Finance Park simulations.

For volunteer inquiries, please contact Pana Hap at phap@jasandiego.org or fill out the volunteer form.

Volunteer Inquiry Form
volunteer at JA with kids

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, assist with at a JA event, mentor high school students, or help facilitate our JA BizTown or JA Finance Park simulations.

For volunteer inquiries, please contact Pana Hap at phap@jasandiego.org or fill out the volunteer form.

Volunteer Inquiry Form

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, assist with at a JA event, mentor high school students, or help facilitate our JA BizTown or JA Finance Park simulations.

For volunteer inquiries, please contact Pana Hap at phap@jasandiego.org or fill out the volunteer form.

Volunteer Inquiry Form
volunteer at JA with kids

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROGRAMS

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROGRAMS

McGrath Family JA BizTown

  • In-Person

  • 5-6 hours (one-day)

  • Volunteers help 5th grade students run their shops during our BizTown simulation in which students learn about jobs, money, and their local economy.
NO CURRENT OPENINGS

JA BizTown Summer Camp

  • Mock Interviews

  • In-Person

  • Wednesdays from 10:30-12:00pm from July-August

  • Volunteers will help campers practice their interview and communication skills by facilitating mock interviews. Interview questions and a feedback form for each camper with be provided. Volunteers will be providing students with key early preparation for the real-world of job interviews.

  • Shark Tank Judge

  • In-Person

  • Thursdays from 9:30-10:30am or 11:30am-12:00pm from July-August

  • Be a Shark Tank judge. Provide feedback and ask questions on camper’s business pitches.

SIGN UP HERE

MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS

Mission Fed JA Finance Park

  • In-Person

  • 5-6 hours (one-day)

  • Volunteers teach students about personal finance and assist our budgeting simulation where students must learn to manage a month’s worth of adult finances.
NO CURRENT OPENINGS
JA volunteers working with students on finance

JA Fellows

  • In-Person or Virtual

  • 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.
  • This volunteer opportunity will take place during the fall semester.
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JA Finance Park Summer Camp

  • Mock Interviews

  • In-Person

  • Thursdays from 10:00-11:30 am from July-August

  • Volunteers will help campers practice their interview and communication skills by facilitating mock interviews. Interview questions and a feedback form for each camper with be provided. 

SIGN UP HERE

Volunteer Requirements

– Volunteers must review our JA Volunteer Policies and submitted a signed Acknowledgement Form.

– All in-person volunteers must provide proof of a COVID vaccination or a negative test within 72 hours.

VIEW & DOWNLOAD FORM HERE

For volunteer information, please contact Pana Hap at phap@jasandiego.org.