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(CCROP) and District facilities working within existing class schedules & space utilization to eliminate any potential impact on regular programs at secondary sites. ELEMENT #5: Access to an effective program of occupational skills training. The overall approach of the Santa Ana Unified School District's Regional Occupational Program (ROP) is to maximize community resources, integrate services within the educational and business communities and find new avenues to increase the level of employer involvement in the creation of internships and work-based learning. Allied with this activity are the strong work- based programs and the network linking of career pathways and work site experiences of the Central County's Regional OccupationaI Program (CCROP), local WIA (Right Start, the Chamber of Commerce, the City of Santa Aha and local business and community-based organizations. The cornerstone of all of this is the ROP as it is the District's vehicle for providing appropriate, timely and effective entry level training. ROP classes will provide participants with the means to prepare for entry-level employment, receive elective credit toward graduation, enter a career pathway, sample various work site experiences, earn money for educational expenses and/or verify career choices. And from a very practical point of view, the ROP Certificates will verify that a program participant has indeed met his/her Skill Attainment Rate goal. Operationally, ROP consists of a variety of occupational training programs that lead to entry- level job skills for students age 16 and over. ROP classes, which are funded by the State, include integrated classroom and work-based activities. ROP teachers are experts in their field with a minimum of five years of work-based experience and a teaching credential. Of particular importance to many of the Right Start.t participants is the fact that these courses are offered not only at the ROP's Ritchey Center, but also on high school campuses throughout the District. Transportation is available at no cost for late afternoon courses and courses are also available in the evening and on Saturdays. Participants in Right Start/will be given priority registration for ROP courses during their time in the program-including the twelve-month follow-up period. ELEMENT #6: Provision of a support plan that affords participants with leadership development activities as an integral part of their total program experience. This standard like Numbers 1, 2 and 8, is not a direct service of the Right Start/Program. However, it should be noted that leadership techniques are a part of traiuing that students-both high school and adult-receive in their ROP courses. Also, the whole concept of "customer service" is a key element of the career development and ROP courses that participants will be taking. It is well know that most teens and young adults lose their employment over non-skill related issues (the "soft skills") such as work place attitudes, attendance, etc. These "soft skills" will be highlighted throughout each participant's experience in the Right Start! Program as they play such a key role in each participant's future employment history ELEMENT #7: Provision c~/' a support plan that affords participants with appropriate supportive services when needed to facilitate their successful completion of the program. One of the key components of the Right Start/program will be the degree of support provided to each participant. Transportation to ROP training classes and summer work sites will probably be the most common example of support services. However, via the ROP's Community Advisory Committee and the Assistance League of Santa Ana, participants will have access to appropriate 13