Junior Achievement Ireland “Generating impact through your partnerships with business.”
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Transcript of Junior Achievement Ireland “Generating impact through your partnerships with business.”
Junior Achievement Ireland
“Generating impact through your partnerships with
business.”
Role of supporting company Contributions:1. Annual monetary contributions2. Provide business volunteers to teach
programmes Promote JA internally within the
company Host information sessions/stands Have Council Member and Link person
in each company
Recruiting business volunteers
Volunteers recruited from supporting companies through:
1. Information sessions held each term
2. Canteen Stands3. Eflyer/emails through link
person in organisation
1.Information meeting format/ The Recruitment PitchLink person in organisation reserves a
room for JA to present to all staff and includes:
Brief introduction on history of JA Ireland along with aims and objectives of the organisation.
Overview of time commitment involved and support provided
Show brief DVDDemonstrate one primary & one
secondary programmeInfo sessions approx 40mins in duration
2.Canteen standsJA set up stand in organisation
canteen at lunch time to recruit volunteers.
Can be effective for busy staff to drop by
Enhances brand recognition in organisation
Encourage past volunteers to attend the stand to assist in getting new staff to sign up
3. Eflyer format
Recruiting business volunteers format
Volunteer completes business volunteer form to determine teaching preferences
Volunteer contacted and matched to a programme after expressing an interest
Volunteers matched to programme term by term
All volunteers fully trained for 2.5 hours before programme commences
All teachers invited to training once programme has been requested
Business volunteers roleAll programmes delivered by a
business volunteerVolunteer acts as a role model to
the studentsThey bring their own experiences
into the classroomProgramme is delivered in
partnership with the teacher, they arrange dates/times together
TrainingTraining takes place in supporting
organisations over 2.5 hours.Sessions are broken down and trained
according to programmes ie: Primary Junior / Senior and Secondary programmes.
1 hour on how to prepare, classroom management advice and teacher support
1.5 hours on individual programme and class preparation using materials and guides.
Typical training agendaIntroduction to Junior AchievementIcebreakerTeachers’ role in the programmeVolunteers’ role in the programmeStudent characteristics- what to
expect! Basic classroom management Junior Achievement kits- how to
prepare your programme
Retaining Volunteers
Match volunteer into appropriate programme to suit individual preferences
High quality training sessions & full support network during programme
EvaluationsOngoing feedback to company link Recognition event- presentation of
certificates to all volunteers
Steps in supporting business volunteers
Contact volunteer once training is complete about start date in school
Phone volunteer once programme is up and running
Email volunteers regarding classroom visit
Visit where possible/take photosEmail feedback questionnaireSend thank you mail
Communications with our companies
Provide a bi-annual newslink to all supporting companies on nationwide JA activity
Have Council Member and Link complete surveys to improve communications
Monitor all press to see if supporting companies have exposure through JA and send to Council Member and Link.
Thank you!