Participation Requirements

Each Pop Shop Studio comes with a license that gives learners access to The Money Guide for Young Entrepreneurs Online Course and a copy of The Money Guide for Young Entrepreneurs Activity Workbook.  

It also requires learners to participate in a JEM Team Leadership Workshop which:  

• Demonstrates how to use our signature CIGS Model and STEAM Investigative Process 
• Explains how to form and assign the roles and responsibilities of a Junior Executive Management (JEM) Team.
• Introduces money principles and resource management concepts to strengthen their financial literacy skills, and 
• Offers exclusive investment opportunities that will advance them through all levels of Community On Demand™ competitive game play. 

All content created by JEM Teams can be entered into the Gamers & Mixers Esports League in order to compete for cash, prizes, Skillcoin Rewards and additional resources.  Doing so gives them opportunities to present their achievements to a broader audience of community stakeholders. Furthermore, as an enhanced work-based learning experience, Pop Shop Studios ensure that members of the JEM Team and their Local Contributor Network work together toward a shared economic goal.

Training Schedule & Workshop Series

Regular training sessions last between 8-14 weeks:

Session I: August – December (12-14 weeks)
Session II: January – May (12-14 weeks)
Session III: June – July (8 weeks)

• Workshops I – Weekend training activities that conduct business/industry workshops and provides opportunities for students to work on their Community On Demand™ Projects.
• Workshop II (Field Trip) – Weekday activities that introduce students and groups to the set of the Community On Demand™ Digital Media Network and allows them to produce a film, music or radio commercial for the network.
• Workshop III – After school activities that allow SAE students to mentor K-16 students and serve as production assistants for Community On Demand™ projects.
• Workshop IV – Training competition with voting and elimination rounds (8 weeks) that give student production teams an opportunity to produce the best film, music and radio content for non-profit organizations or worthy causes.
• Workshop V – Promotion and event training that allows students to coordinate an SAE STEM Fair, Investor/Mentor Meetup, and/or showcase featuring all the quarterly participants and winning projects of Community On Demand™. It also serves as a recruitment and awareness campaign for the SAE Institute.

Key Benefits

When Local Contributor Networks support the development of a Junior Executive Management (JEM) Team, they help:

• The socio-psychological problems and delinquency that come from unemployment
• Consumers gain by increasing market competition
• Youth and young adults provides goods and services to the community
• The revitalization of the local community
• Promote innovation and resilience
• Give disadvantaged youth the ability to succeed regardless of their background
• Promote social and cultural identity
• Build a stronger sense of community
• Give youth, especially at-risk youth, a sense of meaning and belonging™