Junior Achievement Ireland

1. Junior Achievement Ireland “Generating impact through your partnerships with business.”

2. Role of supporting company • Contributions: • Annual monetary contributions • 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

3. Recruiting business volunteers • Volunteers recruited from supporting companies through: • Information sessions held each term • Canteen Stands • Eflyer/emails through link person in organisation

4. 1.Information meeting format/ The Recruitment Pitch • Link 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 DVD • Demonstrate one primary & one secondary programme • Info sessions approx 40mins in duration

5. 2.Canteen stands • JA 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

6. 3. Eflyer format

7. 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

8. Business volunteers role • All programmes delivered by a business volunteer • Volunteer acts as a role model to the students • They bring their own experiences into the classroom • Programme is delivered in partnership with the teacher, they arrange dates/times together

9. Training • Training 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.

10. Typical training agenda • Introduction to Junior Achievement • Icebreaker • Teachers’ role in the programme • Volunteers’ role in the programme • Student characteristics- what to expect! • Basic classroom management • Junior Achievement kits- how to prepare your programme

11. Retaining Volunteers • Match volunteer into appropriate programme to suit individual preferences • High quality training sessions & full support network during programme • Evaluations • Ongoing feedback to company link • Recognition event- presentation of certificates to all volunteers

12. 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 photos • Email feedback questionnaire • Send thank you mail

13. Communications with our companies • Provide a bi-annual newslinkto 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.

14. Thank you!