STUDENT: Complete this page with a parent/guardian
Should you/your student be accepted into JA Company Program After-School, you will receive an invitation to finalize your/ your student's place in JA Company Program by signing some permission/consent forms via an eSignature provider. The terms below are not comprehensive or binding. We ask for your signature to acknowledge you understand the program commitment required.
For complete information about the 2024-2025 JA Company Program After-School, please review the FAQ, which can be found here.
1) Attendance is mandatory
The 2024-2025 JA Company Program After-School will be an in-person experience. There may be some optional connected activies that are virtual, and the weekly meeting may move to virtual in the case of inclimate weather, etc. Students are responsible for their own transportation to and from the host site.
Volunteer mentors will be donating their time and energy to mentor students and students will need to rely upon one another to achieve company goals. Please do not register for the JA Company Program if you cannot commit to attending each scheduled company meetings each week. Due to the accelerated and collaborative nature of the JA Company Program, it will be very difficult to catch up on a missed meetings.
Should a student unexpectedly be unable to attend a meeting, it is their responsibility to let their volunteer mentors know with as much notice as is appropriate. Each host site will share their attendance policy during the first meeting. Volunteer mentors are instructed to contact the student's emergency contact in the case of a student no-showing without notice.
The All Program Orientation will be on Monday, November 4, 2024 at 6pm, and meetings will occur on your designated meeting night/time starting the week of November 4 and running though Mid-March.
2) JA Company Program is more than just meetings
JA Company Program is similar to a sports team, theater production, or band/orchestra in that to be successful, students will need to both work/participate in meetings as a group and individually on their own time. To accomplish student company tasks and the student's own development goals, students will also have to complete assignments on their own time along with attendance and participation at weekly meetings. Such assignments may include research and brainstorming or executing company tasks such as selling or promoting the company product/service. Students also may schedule small group video calls with their department or leadership team on non-meeting days.
3) Respect and Professional Conduct is mandatory
Students must show appropriate respect to fellow students and volunteer mentors at all times. Communications that are offensive, derogatory, inappropriate, bullying, discriminatory, disrespectful, etc. will not be tolerated and are grounds for dismissal from the JA Company Program. (These are examples only and are not intended to be a comprehensive list) Should you ever be uncomfortable with communication(s) received from another student or volunteer mentor, please speak to JA Staff immediately.
4) Communication/Technology
JA Company Program After-School brings together motivated high school students and business professionals to help high school students launch a company and meet their development goals. With all these moving parts, good communication is essential to successful JA Company Programs.
Students need to have and regularly check a professional email address that can send and receive emails from external domains. (a professional email can be created for free via Gmail, Yahoo, etc.) Each JA Company Program host site is also provided a Microsoft Teams group to aid in collaboration, communication, and file sharing.
In the event of inclement weather, host sites may opt to meet virtually via their own virtual meeting platform or on Microsoft Teams. Especially if students are interested in taking a leadership role or in later parts of the program, students may organize virtual meetings on their own, with or without volunteer mentor presence.