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ESIS: Economics for Success (Grade 9)

Show students how to go far by staying right where they are – in school! ESIS encourages junior high school and high school students to reflect on the advantages of remaining in school to acquire the knowledge, attitudes and skills needed for long-term career success.
View the program's curriculum links to Alberta Education outcomes.

“When you set a goal, you cannot only set it but you have to plan ahead for it” Student, Grade 9

Finish What’s Been Started

Many exciting options are made available for students who graduate high school! Economics for Success(ESIS) is currently JASA’s most widely delivered program and it's no wonder when you consider that Grade nine students are either making course decisions that will affect their post-secondary education, or considering how their high school diploma may allow them a career path of their choice. ESIS gives students a new perspective on how informed choices can jump-start their future, today! Those students who attend ESIS seminars are encouraged to see education as an opportunity to broaden their life choices.

ESIS helps students explore and manage their job and career choices by focusing on the direct links between further education and personal goals. Students come to understand how every opportunity is a stepping-stone to success and realize the financial constraints of independence. They explore the relationships of the following four concepts:

  • Success - Develops a relationship between education and the achievement of personal goals

  • Balance - Identifies the financial costs of independence and how to make choices matching lifestyle to salary

  • Opportunity - Identifies Employability skills and their value for future job opportunities

  • Futures - Identifies career mentors and highlights possible career opportunities, planning resources and other key concepts in the program

STUDENT BENEFITS

1. Achieve greater appreciation of the opportunities available through education and staying in school.
2. Improve their ability to plan and manage educational and financial futures.
3. Define role models and the qualities necessary for success.
4. Develop employability and interpersonal effectiveness.
5. Identify resources needed to support a life long career journey.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

ESIS can be delivered by JASA volunteers as a four hour morning session or as a full-day session at a local college. For half-day sessions, Volunteers are partnered with a class to facilitate this program. It is generally run from about 8am-12pm. Training and all teaching materials are provided by Junior Achievement to prepare you for a dynamic classroom experience.

For more information or to register your students, please contact
Clarende Duby, Manager Elementary & Middle School, at (403) 781-2581 or email cduby@jasouthalberta.org
or
Claire Caffrey Coordinator, Elementary and Middle School, at (403) 781-2584 or email ccaffrey@jasouthalberta.org