CENTER

The Missouri Association of REALTORS® (MAR) established the CENTER for Education & Private Enterprise (the CENTER) in 1981.  It is a not-for-profit foundation to provide consumer and business education to the youth of Missouri.

The Jefferson City Area Board of REALTORS® is proud to support the following CENTER programs and the area youth that benefit from the programs.

"It’s Your Move" (IYM) is a real estate consumer education unit developed specifically for high school juniors and seniors and donated to schools by MAR local Boards and Members. The course is designed to teach future real estate consumers about renting, buying and selling homes. Also included is basic but valuable information about establishing good consumer credit. The curriculum material consists of a 32-page student manual, a teacher’s notebook, and a 10-minute video about buying a home. The course is taught as a unit in already existing high school courses such as Housing, Consumer Education, Independent Living, and other Family and Consumer Science classes. IYM takes 1 to 4 weeks to teach depending upon use of the material provided. A Speakers Bureau of trained real estate professionals has been established to provide expert information to students studying IYM. Names of these REALTOR speakers can be found in the teacher’s notebook.

MISSOURI BUSINESS WEEK (MBW) is a fast-paced summer institute that brings Missouri high school students together with top business people to "live and learn" the free enterprise system. In a casual but stimulating atmosphere, students and business people become partners in learning as they explore such topics as: how our economic system works, business decision-making, leadership skills, marketing and ethics in the workplace.