The Junior Achievement curriculum: consultants in the classroom from the entire campus community

As an all campus project GateWay Community College faculty, administrators, and professional support staffers teamed GWCC service-learning students to deliver the Junior Achievement curriculum to all K-8 students (24 classes) at our neighboring Crockett Elementary School. This is a first for Arizona where a community college has provided a consultant for every classroom at an elementary school. This is an example of a true community partnership. In Fall 1999, outgoing President Randolph asked the college to identify a project that would involve our “”GateWay Family”” (our entire campus community). About that time, we received a call from the principal of…