The kids get so excited, they don’t realize they are tracking revenue and expenses!”įrost Bank has been a financial sponsor of Junior Achievement for many years and chooses to return to Oak Springs Elementary in Austin ISD every year. “I teach some fundamental tasks of business ownership through a fun game called Hot Dog Stand Game. “I love teaching the fourth grade curriculum JA Our Region,” said Tyler Jones, Frost Bank Assistant Vice President, Relationship Manager. We then talked about supply and demand while working with supply chains to get our needed supplies to sell our hot dogs. The students realized throughout the game they needed to buy the hot dogs when they were at a low cost in order to make a larger profit.
Betty Davis, Frost Bank Vice President of Community Development.įollowing training by Junior Achievement staff, Frost Bank employees from Commercial Lending, Corporate Banking and Relationship Managers spent the day in an elementary school classroom. As a classroom, we developed a hot dog businesses and talked about profit and loss. “JA in a Day is a great way for our bankers to get back into the community.”
Next year, I hope a few residents will join myself in the classroom and help me with the sessions.“Partnerships matter!” said Principal Monica Woods as Junior Achievement and Frost Bank volunteers returned to Oak Springs Elementary on April 23 and 25th for two days of financial education during Financial Literacy Month. I learned a ton about 4th graders and how they learn. The students realized if we did not have happy customers we would have to close our hot dog stand down because we would be out of money. If the supplies were on back order, we realized we could have angry customers and talked about our options as owners to solve the problems and complaints. At the culmination of this teacher-led program, students visit JA Finance Park, a realistic on-site or virtual community, to put into practice what they've learned by developing and committing to a personal budget. We then talked about supply and demand while working with supply chains to get our needed supplies to sell our hot dogs. JA Finance Park is Junior Achievement’s capstone program for personal financial planning and career exploration. Then, we discussed marketing techniques and how we were going to get the word out about our business while on a budget.Īs a classroom, we developed a hot dog businesses and talked about profit and loss. The grant from State Farm Insurance is to support the implementatio. We talked about starting a business and using the resources that are in our region to develop a business. Junior Achievement of Tampa Bay receives grant from State Farm Junior Achievement of Tampa Bay announced that it has received a grant in the amount of 17,000 to fund JA programming.
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We talked about entrepreneurs and what traits it takes to become a successful entrepreneur and how to work towards those traits if we did not hold those traits already. The lessons were very hands-on and interactive between myself and the students. Almost, all the students had something to say when a question was asked, all the kids wanted to give their thoughts and answers. The kids get so excited, they don’t realize they are tracking revenue and expenses Frost Bank has been a financial sponsor of Junior Achievement for many years and chooses to return to Oak Springs Elementary in Austin ISD every year. The kids had lots of energy and were very excited throughout the lessons I presented on. I teach some fundamental tasks of business ownership through a fun game called Hot Dog Stand Game. I had to prepare the lessons from the guide book, using the tools and handouts that were given to myself from Junior Achievement. This program is designed to work with students in grades K-12 by educating the students on entrepreneurship, work readiness, and financial literacy through experiential, hands-on programs to help student understand the economics of life. Wither’s 4th grade classroom through Junior Achievement. 5th Grade- JA Our Nation® provides practical information about the need for employees who can meet the demands of the 21st century job market, particularly high-growth, high-demand. In the month of May I have been working with Mrs. Students operate a hypothetical hot dog stand to understand the fundamental tasks performed by a business owner and to track the revenue and expenses of a business. By Kelsey Wichman, Executive Director, Woodstone of Hutchinson
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