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will be supported by both CBOC and Success Bound! staff. This program will focus around ten <br />monthly "Mentor Nights." Fol]ow-up activities to the CBOC evening meetings will be <br />incorporated into the weekly Success Bound! meetings. It should be noted that while these <br />leadership and guidance/counseling meetings are on a weekly basis, school schedules, <br />assemblies, holidays, etc., often consume at IeasC one of the meeting trmes each month. <br />Mentors will be recruited in a variety of ways. Each high school campus has several business <br />partners, some schools with as many as fifteen business partners. Community partners are <br />interested in working with the schools to increase student achievement by providing better and <br />more educational opportunities. Recruitment at these sites enables the business partner the <br />opportunity to get "directly" involved with the students. Presentations will be made at breakfast, <br />lunch and evening meetings. Another avenue for recruitment includes presentations at service <br />organizations, Chamber of Commerce meetings, and the City of Santa. <br />After initial recruitment, mentors will be asked to fill out an application and attend an orientation <br />meeting and personal interview with staff. The Santa Ana Unified School District requires the <br />volunteer to have fingerprints and TB testing. A physical is not necessary for any part-time <br />volunteer. Fingerprinting will be done at orientation meetings or the first training meeting in a <br />group setting. Orientation sessions will be scheduled to acquaint the potential mentors with the <br />project. Orientation is not training. These sessions identify the who, what, where, why and how <br />about the mentoring project. General information is given about the students, their school <br />environment, the project and how it works, the duration of the volunteer commitment, etc. <br />Training for mentors begins shortly after orientation. All mentors must attend a minimum of <br />three hours of training before being matched with a student. The session identifies the need of <br />the program, clearly defines who the students are, defines the goals of the mentor project, <br />identifies the needs of the students and their stage in development, discusses problems that <br />teenagers encounter including peer pressure, substance abuse, child abuse and family violence, <br />and drugs. In addition, the training provides practical advice for the mentors -how to contact the <br />students, their project coordinator. teacher or job developer. The training sessions include a <br />manual that covers the necessary information to make the mentoring experience successful. <br />The Career Beginnings evening begins with a hosted dinner (sponsors aze regularly solicited) <br />once a month at a school site, postsecondary campus or business which gives the participants and <br />mentors an opportunity to come directly from school or the workplace without worrying about <br />dinner. It is a great time for the mentor and mentee to socialize and relax. Individual contact <br />and recognition with [he mentors is important just to say thank you for volunteering. An end-of- <br />the-year celebration will recognize the accomplishments of the mentees and mentors. Career <br />Beginnings of Orange County, works with the school district to provide recognition of the <br />mentors in the form of certificates, plaques, etc. and recognizes the students for their completion <br />of the program. Scholarships are solicited from the community to be presented to the students. <br />The evening is often the highlight of the year. The CBOC Boazd of Directors plans to award 20 <br />$250 scholarships to students in their program (including Success Bound. participants). <br />Follow-up <br />ELEMEI~'T #9: An efficient and effective delivery system for twelve months of follow-up <br />services. <br />Note: the folbvving activities are alv applinbie to prior WIA paiticl[kvits from the 2110405 program <br />Evaluation and its required data gathering activities will take place throughout the project year <br />on an ongoing basis. As with the 2003/04 Success Bound. program, the process for the 12- <br />month follow-up services will focus on accumulating data to assess "continuous improvement" <br />to the Success Bound! program offerings. Data from this database plus individualized quarterly <br />follow-up contacts will become an integral part of the proposed follow-up services activities. <br />19 <br />