Let their success be your inspiration!
Let their success be your inspiration!
With JANY, you get an opportunity to share your personal insights with students who look up to you and
who are eager to learn from your experiences. And JANY makes it easy for you. We provide structured
lessons and a supportive environment, along with the flexibility for you to add your own personal touch.
The result: JANY volunteers often feel that they get just as much out of the experience as their students
do.
REGISTER HERE TO VOLUNTEER WITH JANY TODAY!
JANY volunteers come from diverse age groups, backgrounds, and occupations. Among our volunteers are business professionals, parents, retirees, college students, and high school students.
When you volunteer at JANY, we're there to guide you along the way. To support you in planning lessons, you receive a JA kit, which provides you with material and explicit lesson plans. In general, the JANY curriculum is flexible and creativity is encouraged so you can add your own personal touch with real-world examples.
You will always be supported by a classroom teacher, who is in charge of discipline. You may also choose to team up with a partner.
Learn more about teaching materials.
Volunteering with JANY doesn't have to take up a lot of your time. Visits last from 45 minutes to 1 hour and course durations range between 5—10 visits, depending on the program you choose. Many companies provide release time so that you can fit JANY volunteering into your work day. There are volunteering opportunities in classes throughout the five boroughs and Long Island. View a current list of participating schools.
Getting started is easy! Just attend one 2-hour training session and you're on your way.
When you volunteer for JANY, the students aren't the only ones who benefit. See more about what other volunteers have to say about their JANY experiences.
There are many ways in which you can get involved with JANY. Here are a just few of the programs we have to offer:
Core Classroom Programs
With the aid of a structured lesson plan provided to you by JANY, students learn through examples from
your life and work experience.
Job Shadowing
Provide students with an up close and personal look at the working world by hosting a student to shadow
you during your workday.
High School Heroes
For high school age volunteers
As a High School Hero, you teach a JANY program during one full school day to an elementary school
class. It's a wonderful leadership and learning experience for you as well as your elementary student mentees.
