Pitch Your Vision Junior
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Pitch Your Vision Junior
JA Canada provides hands-on experiential learning in the classroom and through extra-curricular activities. Programs focus on three educational pillars: financial health, work readiness, and entrepreneurship. JA recruits volunteers from the business community to collaborate on the delivery of programs, which exposes students to real world business perspectives and ideas.
Welcome to Pitch your Vision JR.
About Pitch your Vision JR.
Pitch your Vision Jr. is a version of the JA Pitch Your Vision program (for high school students) made appropriate for students in Grades 5-6. This learning experience gives students an opportunity to explore creating, developing and pitching ideas for launching a new entrepreneurial venture. Students will work in small teams, developing teamwork, leadership and collaboration skills while learning the basics of business and entrepreneurship.
Upon completing the program, teachers are invited to submit their top business idea to JA Central Ontario to be included in a regional competition.
Teacher Role
The teacher will act as a business advisor, and supervisor to their students, helping them develop and test ideas while developing an understanding of business and entrepreneurship through this experiential program.
The responsibility of the teacher is to help the students organize and assemble information so that they can make sound business decisions, without making those decisions for them. This is accomplished by understanding the program, highlighting important factors and asking questions which will stimulate the students' thinking throughout the process.
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Work closely with the students, and communicate with your JA Program Manager to ensure the success of the program
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Lead students through the program as outlined below
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Supervise the students and ensure they are following all guidelines
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Review each lesson/activity and prepare for your class time
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Be comfortable and willing to share your own professional experience/knowledge
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Ensure the students are meeting all outcomes of the program
Time Commitment
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Preparation time will vary
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The program is designed to take place over 6 hours (6 x 1 hour lessons). This can be done all once, or over several days or weeks.
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There are many extension opportunities with this program - the teacher can expand upon this experience to make connections across curriculum and may wish to dedicate more than the recommended time to these activities.
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During this lesson, students will discuss what businesses do and how businesses start. They will learn about using a business model canvas as a simple tool to help plan a business of their own.
Objectives
- Explain what a business is;
- Explain what a business model canvas is and why it is useful;
- Form teams and work collaboratively to brainstorm for business ideas based on needs they see in their communities.
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During this lesson, students will learn about using a business model canvas as a simple tool to help plan a business of their own.
Objectives:
· Explain what a business model canvas is and why it is useful;
· Describe aspects of the business they will plan – what it will sell and how it will work
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In this lesson, students will continue developing their Business Model Canvas by discussing possible target markets and branding.
Objectives
· Identify potential target markets for their business
· Describe what a brand is and explain what makes a good brand
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In this lesson, students will continue developing their Business Model Canvas by discussing possible promotional strategies and creating a social media post for their business.
Objectives:
· Describe promotions as one type of marketing
· Identify potential methods and messages to promote their business
· Learn how to create an effective social media post for their business
Activities that can be used for assessment:
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- Business Model Canvas
- Instagram Post
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Note: Please collect the group's Instagram posts and store them in a safe place. The selected team at the end of the program will need to submit this to JA for the regional competition.
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In this lesson, students will use all that they have worked on so far to develop a pitch for their business idea. They will have an opportunity to deliver a short Dragons’ Den style pitch to a panel of “Dragons” (peers, teachers or volunteers), demonstrating creativity, persuasive communication, and entrepreneurial thinking.
Objectives:
- Develop and organize a persuasive business pitch that clearly explains a product or service idea, its purpose, and its target audience.
- Collaborate effectively in small teams to plan and prepare
- Demonstrate communication and presentation skills by confidently delivering a 2–3 minute pitch that uses clear language, creativity, and persuasive techniques.
Activities that can be used for assessment:
- Pitch Planner
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The JA Pitch Your Vision Jr. experience culminates with a dedicated session for students to share all they have created and learned in a “Dragons’ Den”-style pitch.
Objectives:
- Collaboratively deliver a team pitch presentation that clearly explains their business idea, target market, and unique value.
- Demonstrate effective presentation skills including clear speaking, confident body language, and engaging visuals or props.
- Actively listen to peer presentations and provide constructive feedback or thoughtful questions that show understanding of the ideas presented.
Activities that can be used for assessment:
- Final Pitch Presentation
JA Regional Competition
After the teams have presented, select the one team that will advance to the JA regional competition from your class. This could be based on the evaluation sheet. After selected, please submit the selected team's Pitch Planner and Instagram Post by Monday May 3rd. Submit here - https://www.jacentralontario.org/pitch-your-vision-junior/
Teams will be evaluated using the Competition Rubric. The winning team will be announced in June and will win a pizza party for their class!
Program Feedback
PYV JR. is a pilot program. If you have feedback (positive or constructive) from yourself or students, please send to your JA contact.
