JA BizTown Teacher Training So What’s New?

1. JA BizTown Teacher Training So What’s New?

2. Training Objectives • By the end of training, you will understand: • How JA BizTown lessons have changed. • How to effectively use the updated curriculum materials. • Changes and additions to the simulation visit.

3. JA BizTown Curriculum Basics • Financial Literacy • 4 class periods • Community and Economy • 3 class periods • Work Readiness • 2 class periods • Business Management • 3 class periods • Simulation and Debrief

4. Curriculum Guide Tabs • Overview/Getting Started • Financial Literacy • Community and Economy • Work Readiness • JA BizTown Jobs • Business Management • BizPrep • Visit and Debriefing • Visit Information • Volunteer Information

5. Overview/Getting Started • Overview (Pages 3-6) • Program Goals, Experiential Learning, Economics • Getting Started • Materials (Pages 7-9) • Lesson Format (Pages 10-16) • Simulation Prep (Pages 17-20) • Timeline and Checklist (Pages 20-23) • Master List of Materials (Page 24)

6. Timeline – Implementation Option 1

7. Timeline – Implementation Option 2

8. Lesson Format – Unit Overview

9. Lesson Features

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11. Lesson Features

12. Lesson Features

13. Lesson Features

14. Lesson Features

15. Application/Extension Activities

16. Financial Literacy • Four core lessons • 5 lessons in the past • Order flexibility • Before or after Community and Economy lessons • Electronic payments added

17. Lesson One: Financial Institutions • What is the Same? • Services offered by financial institutions • Connecting money and accounts • Banks in an Economy Poster • Why Go To The Bank worksheet • What is New? • Scavenger Hunt (revised Financial Services Ads) • Financial ads updated

18. Lesson One • Application Activities • Banking Bingo – bank services (game in kit) • Vocabulary Review – (in Citizen Guide) NEW • Extension Activities • Choosing a Financial Institution - financial institution differences (in Citizen Guide) NEW • Bank Teller Computations – money skills (practice)(Connections activity in past)

19. Lesson Two: Checking Accounts • What is the same? • Endorse a check • Complete a deposit ticket • Record transactions in a check • register • What is new? • Insufficient account balance • consequences • Check It Out! starts here

20. Lesson Two • Application Activities • Transaction Actions – deposit tickets/checkbook registers (in Citizen Guide) • Paycheck Practice – endorsement/deposits (in Citizen Guide) NEW • Extension Activities • Direct Deposit – (local JA Area option) • Gordon’s Bounced Check – (in Citizen Guide)

21. Lesson Three: Savings Accounts • What is the same? • Check writing • Benefits of saving • Earning interest on savings • What is new? • Saving and spending game

22. Lesson Three • Application Activities • $1 Million or Double the Pennies? (option for Getting Started) • John’s Shopping Day – check writing/register (in Citizen Guide) • Savings Plan – inquiry-based (Internet required) NEW • Extension Activities • Rule of 72 • Compound Interest NEW

23. Lesson Four: Debit Cards • What is new? • Debit card transactions • Recording debit purchases • in a check register • Comparing various • payment types • Skill and vocabulary review Debit cards

24. Lesson Four • Application Activities • Venn Diagram (compare/contrast) NEW • Let’s Go to the Bank (revised) • Extension Activities • The Debit Card Transaction (in Citizen Guide) NEW • Interest in Your Favor (Internet option)(in Citizen Guide) NEW

25. Unit Summary • Check It Out! • Continuous scenarios • Family Newsletter • Citizen Guide page revised • Assessment • Optional • Not included in Citizen Guide • CCSS References • Vocabulary

26. Community and Economy • Three core lessons • Five lessons previously • Order flexibility • Before or after Financial Literacy lessons • Circular flow • Organizing construct

27. Lesson One: Circular Flow of an Economy • What is the same? • Citizen Pledge • Circular Flow of an Economy • What is new? • Lemonade Stand activity • Check It Out! continues daily

28. Lesson One • Application Activities • Circular Flow Game (game cards in kit) • My Business (in Citizen Guide) NEW • Extension Activities • Discovering Character Traits NEW • Code of Ethics NEW

29. Lesson Two: Free Enterprise • What is the same? • Production (prototype) activity • Basic economic questions

30. Lesson Two • Application Activities • What is Free Enterprise? (in Citizen Guide) (homework option) REVISED • Jim’s Popcorn Daydream (in Citizen Guide) NEW • Extension Activities • Economic Freedoms Poster NEW • Family Resources (money cards in kit) REVISED

31. Lesson Three: Public Goods and Services • What is the same? • Taxes • Public vs. private goods • Philanthropy • What is new? • Paying Taxes

32. Lesson Three • Application Activities • Word Search • Public and Private Goods and Services (in Citizen Guide) REVISED • Extension Activities • Philanthropy NEW • Deleted Activities • So Many Choices • Citizen Game

33. Unit Summary • Family Newsletter • Citizen Guide page • Assessment • Optional • Not included in Citizen Guide • CCSS References • Vocabulary

34. Work Readiness • Two core lessons • Previously four lessons • Career exploration • Interests/skills • JA BizTown Jobs Tab • Local jobs • Staffing model

35. Lesson One: Interests and Skills • What is the same? • Skills and interests inventory • Career types • Workplace behavior scenarios • What is new? • STEM career match game

36. Lesson One • Application Activities • Career Types • Education Pays Off (in Citizen Guide) NEW • Extension Activities • Soft Skills – Teamwork • Soft Skills – Problem Solving

37. Lesson Two: Applying for a Job • What is the same? • Job application • Making the right impression • Interview evaluation • What is new? • Speed interviews

38. Lesson Two • Application Activities • Job Interviews (moved from Jobs Tab) • Elections (moved from Jobs Tab) • Extension Activities • Writing a Resume NEW • Career Exploration NEW

39. Unit Summary • Check It Out! • Continues with each lesson • Family Newsletter • Citizen Guide page revised • Assessment • Optional • Not included in Citizen Guide • CCSS References • Vocabulary

40. JA BizTown Jobs Tab – What’s New? • Staffing Model • Job Descriptions • Employment Letter • Job Assignments • Classified Ads

41. JA BizTown Staffing Model – What’s New

42. JA BizTown Jobs – What’s New

43. JA BizTown Jobs – Assignments • Fill positions based on group size • JA staff will specify priority for “between” group sizes • One student per line

44. JA BizTown Jobs – Employment

45. Business Management • Three core lessons • Previously six lessons • Focus is on visit prep • BizPrep Tab • Shop Envelopes • Budget • Ads

46. Lesson One: Business Costs • What’s the same? • Payroll • Budget – Operating costs • What’s new? • Business Group • CEO in charge

47. Lesson One • Application Activities • Customer Service (in Citizen Guide) NEW • Ranking Criteria (in Citizen Guide) • Extension Activities • Quality Task Committee (in Citizen Guide) • BizBriefs (in Citizen Guide)(businesses in simulation)

48. Lesson Two: Setting Prices • What’s the same? • Which Price activity • Setting a Selling Price activity • Price Setting at a JA BizTown Business activity • What’s new? • Which Price is Best? (revised)

49. Lesson Two • Application Activities • Wants and Needs NEW • Business Costs and Profit (in Citizen Guide) NEW • Extension Activities • History Connection – Inquiry-Based Lesson (Internet required) NEW • Identity Theft NEW

50. Lesson Three: Visit Preparation • What’s the Same? • Business Costs Sheet • Advertisements • Philanthropy Pledge • Checkbook Prep • Friendly Letters • Letter to the Editor