These short videos give you what you need to know before stepping into your learning experience. Watch at your own pace, and come ready to make it a great one for your students.
Training Resources for All Units
JA Financial Literacy® Overview
Get an introduction to the JA Financial Literacy course, including its goals, structure, and what students will learn.
JA Learning Platform™ Walkthrough
Get a walkthrough of the JA Learning Platform so you can access course materials and navigate the learning experience as a facilitator.
How to Use Your Facilitator Guide
Learn how your Facilitator Guide is organized so you can prepare efficiently and lead each session with confidence.
The 5E Framework
Learn how JA Financial Literacy lessons are structured around the 5E learning framework, and how your role shifts from lesson to lesson.
Case-Based Learning
Discover how JA Financial Literacy uses real-world scenarios to help students practice decision-making, and what your role looks like in guiding the experience.
JA's Approach to Character Education
Discover how character is amplified throughout JA Financial Literacy, and how you can help students reflect on the habits, values, and behaviors that support positive character development.
Get Ready for Unit 1
Get ready for Unit 1 where students explore how earning, education, taxes, and benefits work together to shape financial stability and long-term opportunity.
Get Ready for Unit 2
Get ready for Unit 2 where students explore the relationship between earning, spending, saving, budgeting, and financial decision-making.
Get Ready for Unit 3
Get ready for Unit 3 where students explore how borrowing, credit history, debt management, and consumer protections work together to shape financial stability and long-term opportunity.
Get Ready for Unit 4
Get ready for Unit 4 where students explore how saving, investing, risk management, insurance, and long-term planning work together to shape financial independence over time.
Get Ready for the Case Challenge
Get ready for the Case Challenge where students bring together everything they've explored in Units 1 through 4 to create a financial plan for themselves.