Investment Strategies
Junior Achievement's Investment Strategies Program (ISP) is an e-learning opportunity, consisting of classroom activities and an online stock market simulation for grade 8-10 students called Invest JA. Junior Achievement matches the classroom with a trained volunteer from the financial sector. Students interact with business people, develop financial strategies, and use technology. The role of the mentor is to conduct several pre-simulation activities and coach the students in the on-line stock market simulation. Also, teachers receive a Teacher’s Resource, which includes units on investment strategies, ethics/philanthropy, and the world of business. The online simulation (designed and managed by Claero Systems, a computer consulting company in Calgary, Alberta) reinforces the need to increase the use of technology within the classroom. The simulation is currently offered twice a year in the fall and spring semesters. For more information, please visit http://www.investja.jacan.org/.
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Like other Junior Achievement programs, Investment Strategies is curriculum-linked, student centered and skills focused. It is delivered by a qualified business volunteer in four one-hour in-class sessions, at no cost to schools or groups.
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For more information please contact your local Program Manager:
Ivy Chan, Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley
Deborah Wakeham, Vancouver Island
Beth Veenkamp, Okanagan
Gemma Gowling, Kamloops
Jack Hooper, Northern BC
