Can you help Junior Achievement? | Business

Junior Achievement of West Kentucky will provide the JA Success Skills programs for all sophomores at Muhlenberg County High School during the spring semester.  They are seeking individuals in the business world to serve as JA volunteers to teach this program, which heavily focuses on work-readiness topics such as how to prepare an effective resume, the importance of teamwork and team building skills in the workplace, how to market yourself in today’s job market, effective job-interviewing skills, among other important life skills in local classrooms.

JA will provide a new volunteer training session to orient volunteers (which will last approximately 1 ½ hours) on how to use the program materials and work with students at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 13 at the Muhlenberg County Board of Education Office.  At the high school level, volunteers visit their assigned class for five visits to teach the programs’ seven lessons.  This program has been scheduled on Mondays, Feb. 25, March 4, 11, 18 and 25.

They are seeking volunteers for the following class times:

• One volunteer for a class from 9 to 9:42 a.m.
• Two volunteers for a class from 10:28 to 11:14 a.m.
• Three volunteers for a class from 11:14 a.m. to Noon
• One volunteer for a class from Noon to 1:16 (Lunch will be scheduled during this class)
• Two volunteers for a class from 1:16 to 2:02 p.m.
• One volunteer for a class from 2:05 to 2:48 p.m.

If you are interested in volunteering for any of the current openings, or if you would like additional information about volunteering for JA, please contact LeAnne Shockley, Program Director at (270) 684-7291 or leanne.shockley@ja.org.

You can also complete or download a volunteer application online at http://westky.ja.org/VolunteerforJA_1Volunteer.html