BUSINESS ACADEMY

Keeping JCI and our local chapters on the leading edge in business and the entrepreneurial world.

Business Academy Overview

The JCI-BA is designed to be beneficial to all members regardless of their level of business knowledge. The BA provides lessons for the beginners (i.e. “How to be an entrepreneur”), the advanced (i.e. “International trade agreements”), and the in-between. The long-term goal of creating a meaningful “Junior Chamber World Business Certification” has been established.

To enroll in the JCI-BA, you must be a Junior Chamber member in good standing and submit a completed Academy Enrollment Form with will be avaliable soon.

Academy members must submit documentation to the world headquarters, to receive credit for training hours.

To submit a program for Academy approval, a NOM or LOM must submit a complete outline directly to the BA web site. ALL WORLD CONGRESS BUSINESS SEMINARS AUTOMATICALLY QUALIFY FOR BUSINESS ACADEMY CERTIFICATIONS.

The Junior Chamber Business Academy is a paperless program. Therefore, all applicants must have e-mail or an e-mail address that can be used for communications.

A BA committee is appointed by the World President and should include members who have successfully participated in the program.

Once enrolled, an applicant will receive a certificate for any level earned. Based on life experiences, the applicant may opt to skip certain levels.

There are five levels of certification to the JCI-BA, each representing a greater degree of difficulty. To qualify for each level, the applicant must:

1. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATE (IBA)

· Attend 20 hours of IBA approved business training at JCI Area Conferences or World Congress, OR 30 hours of IBA-approved programs at a Junior Chamber approved event or meeting;

· OR automatically qualify for this BA designation by providing documentation of 5 years of supervisor/management business experience.

(The programs and seminars will be JCI-BA endorsed. A system will be in place to record the hours of attendance and to endorse the standard of business programs.)

2. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MANAGER (IBM)

· Have previously completed IBA requirements.

· Complete 5 hours of IBM approved training if he/she holds a BBA in business; OR

· Complete 15 hours of IBM approved training programs if he/she does not hold a BBA in business.

· Have successfully completed the JCI Training Institute Prime Training Course.

· OR, in lieu of all the above, automatically qualify for the IBM designation by providing documentation of 5 years of senior management experience.

3.INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS EXECUTIVE (IBE)

· Have previously completed all IBM requirements.

· Attend a total of 20 hours of JCI-BA approved business programs. This requirement can be reduced to 10 hours by providing documentation of owning or running a business venture for a minimum of 2 years.

· Have a minimum of 2 years of management experience.

· Write a business concept (in a JCI-BA approved business plan format) that is approved by the JCI-BA review committee.

· Complete an additional 10 hours of JCI-BA approved International Business programs.

· Complete an additional 5 hours of JCI-BA approved technology training.

4. INTERNATIONAL CHIEF EXECUTIVE (ICE)

· Have previously completed all IBE requirements.

· Complete a total of 20 hours of JCI-BA approved business programs.

· Complete an additional 20 hours of JCI-BA approved International Business programs.

· Complete an additional 10 hours of JCI-BA approved technology training.

· Have at least 2 years of experience as COO or CEO of a company, or as a company’s founder and owner.

· Successfully present a business plan to the JCI-BA review board.

· Recruit, coach and mentor 3 JCI members until they complete the Business Associate level.

5.INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS FELLOW

· The JCI-BA special counsel appointed by the JCI President for a two-year term will award this level.

Registration must be completed on line.

What is the JCI Business Academy?
The JCI Business Academy is designed to teach local members business skills. The Academy is collecting business programs and projects from local and national organizations all over the world. The programs are being arranged by "Degree" of sophistication and will be available to Local Chapters throughout the world.

Junior Chamber members will one day be eligible to earn an International Business Certificate from JCI and JCI’s educational world business partners.

How can I participate today?
If your chapter or national organization runs a business program that teaches business skills, the Academy needs you to submit the program for review. Please submit a course outline and any training materials used when teaching this program. If the program requires an expert to present the program, include suggestion on where a chapter can go for assistance (example: for international financing, contact a banker who makes international loans, etc.). If your program/project is included in the Academy’s final curriculum, your chapter or NOM will be forever sited as the source of that program. All world congress usiness programs qualify for the Academy.

How can I enroll?
To enroll you need to attend a business course during a Congress or Conference.

Where do I send business programs/projects and suggestions to the JCI Business Academy?

Send suggestions to:Lisa Parrish cpajc@aol.com