Junior Achievement Ireland Breakfast Briefing

JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT IRELAND INVITES CORK BUSINESSES TO CELEBRATE THE SUCCESSFUL INTERACTION OF INDUSTRY AND EDUCATION IN THE CORK REGION.
 
Cork Businesses are invited to attend the Junior Achievement Ireland 2016 Breakfast Briefing on Thursday, October 20^th, Registration 7.45am for 8.15am, kindly hosted by Ronan Daly Jermyn Solicitors at  Citygate, Mahon, Cork. Guest speaker is Former Cork Senior Hurler Donal Óg Cusack.
 
This unique event will introduce Junior Achievement Ireland’s (JAI) industry-education partnerships which support Corporate Social Responsibility policies and the JA mission to inspire and motivate primary and second level students to maximize their potential by valuing education and understanding how to succeed in the world of work.
 
Junior Achievement Ireland (JAI), is the largest non-profit organisation of its kind in the region. JAI recruits, trains and supports volunteers from business to deliver education programmes across a range of  employability, financial literacy, Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) subjects and entrepreneurship skills in total 17 structure primary and second level programmes for 6-16 year olds.
 
Attendees at the JAI Breakfast Briefing will hear from the pupils of Glasheen Girls National School who recently participated in the Junior Achievement 'Our World' programme with their business volunteer Siobhan Bowden from Johnson Controls.  The students will demonstrate their newly-acquired knowledge in Science Technology Engineering and Maths subjects to the audience. They also learned how technology and communications are critical growth areas in the global marketplace and they actively practiced their newly acquired entrepreneurship skills by developing their own business ideas as part of the programme.
 
CEO of Junior Achievement Ireland, Helen Raftery said “We at Junior Achievement Ireland truly appreciate the generosity of business leaders in the Cork Region in enabling Junior Achievement to partner with 29 corporate supporters, which provided 436 volunteers, enabling almost 11,000 students to participate in JA programmes and events in 2015/16. In highlighting why JA programmes are so impactful, she advised: “research shows us that helping young people to see the relevance of their academic studies to their everyday lives is a vital factor in persuading them to stay in school and to take maximum advantage of the opportunity that education offers.”
 
To book a place at the JAI Breakfast Briefing email lmcavoy@jai.ie or call Liz 087 284 7427.
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For further information on Junior Achievement in Cork please contact: Liz McAvoy 087 2847427 lmcavoy@jai.ie  or for information on our work in the rest of the country please drop a line to info@jai.ie
 
 
Junior Achievement Ireland:
Junior Achievement Ireland (JAI) works in partnership with our corporate supporters to complement the work of our schools by recruiting, training and managing business volunteers to work with students to inspire and motivate young people to make the most of their education.

Our twin aims are to encourage students to stay in school and to inspire students to maximise the opportunities that their education provides.
 
In partnership with business and educators, JA activities bring the real world to students, opening their minds to the opportunities available to them.  
 
JAI has a range of innovative high quality Enterprise, Maths, Science, Technology and Employability/ Life skills programmes, which are taught in the classroom by business volunteers from local companies. These positive role models encourage students to plan for their future and give them a link into the world of work.
 
Key elements of our in-classroom programmes include:

• Developing decision making and critical thinking skills;
• Teaching economic awareness and enterprise skills through practically based “hands-on” course work;
• Enhancing self-esteem and confidence, teamwork, leadership and interpersonal skills; 
• Redressing the disadvantages of pupils in circumstances with little/ no knowledge of the business world.