SANTA ANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT - 2006

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will be supported by both CBOC and Success Bound.' staff. This program will focus around ten monthly "MenlOr Nights" Follow.up activities to the CBOC evening meetings will be incorporated into the weekly Success Bound.' meetings, 1t should be noted that while these leadership and guidance/counseling meetings are on a weekly basis, school schedules, assemblies. holidays, etc., often consume at least one of the meeting times each month. !\1entors will be recruited in a variety of ways. Each high school campus has several business partners, some schools with as many as fifteen business partners. Community partners are interested in working with the schools to increase student achievement by providing better and more educational opportunities. Recruitment at these sites enables the business partner the opportunity to get "directly" involved with the students. Presentations will be made at breakfast, lunch and evening meetings, Another avenue for recruitment includes presentations at service organizations, Chamber of Commerce meetings, and the City of Santa. After initial recruitment, mentors will be asked to fill out an application and attend an orientation meeting and personal interview with staff. The Santa Ana Unified School District requires the volunteer to have fingerprints and TB testing. A physical is not necessary for any part-time volunteer. Fingerprinting will be done at orientation meetings or the first training meeting in a group setting. Orientation sessions will be scheduled to acquaint the potential mentors with the project. Orientation is not training. These sessions identify the who, what, where, why and how about the mentoring project. General information is given about the students, their school environment. the project and how it works, the duration of the volunteer commitment, etc. Training for mentors begins shortly after orientation. All mentors must attend a minimum of three hours of training before being matched with a student. The session identifies the need of the program, clearly defines who the students are. defines the goals of the mentor project, identifies the needs of the students and their stage in development. discusses problems that teenagers encounter including peer pressure, substance abuse, child abuse and family violence, and drugs. In addition, the training provides practical advice for the mentors - how to contact the students, their project coordinator. leacher or job developer. The training sessions include a manual that covers the necessary information to make the mentoring experience successful. The Career Beginnings evening begins with a hosted dinner (sponsors are regularly solicited) once a month at a school site, postsecondary campus or business which gives the participants and mentors an opportunity to come directly from school or the workplace without worrying about dinner. It is a great time for the mentor and men tee to socialize and relax. Individual contact and recognition with the mentors is important just to say thank you for volunteering. An end-of- the-year celebration will recognize the accomplishments of the mentees and mentors. Career Beginnings of Orange County, works with the school district to provide recognition of the mentors in the form of certificates. plaques, etc. and recognizes the students for their completion of the program. Scholarships are solicited from the community to be presented to the students. The evening is often the highlight of the year. The CBOC Board of Directors plans to award 20 $250 scholarships to students in their program (including Success Bound' participants). Follow. up ELEMENT #9: An efficient and effective delivery system for twelve months of follow-up serVIces. Note: the following activities are aID applicable to prior WIA participants from the 2004Al5 program. Evaluation and its required data gathering activities will take place throughout the project year on an ongoing basis. As with the 2003/04 Success Bound' program. the process for the l2- month follow.up services will focus on accumulating data to assess "continuous improvement" to the Success Bound! program offerings. Data from this database plus individualized quarterly follow-up contacts will become an integral part of the proposed follow-up services activities. 19