Self-Directed Programs

 
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Through these self-directed online JA Programs, you can gain the skills that will help you succeed in school, life and your career. JA offers learning opportunities in three key areas – financial literacy, work readiness and entrepreneurship. All of our self-directed programs can be found at jacampus.org.

 
 
 

Our Business World

Elementary students explore how businesses are created and what makes them thrive. Using games and multimedia, students learn about innovation, start-ups and self-employment.


More than Money

Elementary students are taught about earning, spending and saving money and are introduced to the process of starting, running and growing a business.


A Business of Our Own

Elementary students explore how businesses are created and what makes them thrive. Using games and multimedia, students learn about innovation, start-ups, and self-employment.


JA BizCraft

Put on your entrepreneurial hat and run your own retail business in JA Canada's BizCraft game.


Dollars with Sense

Through the newly updated program, Grade 7-9 students get the vital tools they need to make smart financial decisions, live debt-free and become savvy investors. Students learn personal money management skills that they can apply to their lives beginning now.


Economics for Success

Grade 7-9 students take a closer look at the advantages of staying in school, as well as learn what’s needed to succeed in today’s workforce. This program will help students see the link between education and achieving their goals.


 

Investment Strategies

This program teaches grade 10-12 students how to save and invest for the future. The program includes both interactive lessons and an online stock market simulation, Invest JA, where students manage their own simulated stock portfolio. The simulation is linked to live data from North American stock markets and is an exciting, risk-free way for students to apply the investing principles they learn in the program.


Be Entrepreneurial

Grade 10-12 students are inspired to imagine a business venture while still in school. This program is designed to help ignite students’ entrepreneurial spirit and help them create business plans.


 

Entrepreneurial Trades

In this program, students in grades 10-12 will learn the business side of the skilled trades to complement the technical training they receive in school. Combined, these skills help students successfully transition to further education or employment opportunities and assist them in understanding, analyzing, evaluating and applying financial and business skills essential for a successful trades career.


Personal Finance

This program teaches students personal money management skills including the key elements of personal finance such as spending wisely, budgeting, saving, investing and using credit.