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B. Experience <br />Taller San Jose serves the educational and job-training needs of the undereducated and <br />unemployed out-of-school youth population of Santa Ana who have fallen through the cracks of <br />traditional educational systems. Over the past two years Taller has operated the following youth <br />programs: <br />• Office Careers Academy: This program trains and certifies students in Microsoft Word and <br />Excel and prepares graduates for employment as administrative assistants, receptionists and <br />data entry specialists in local companies. Business Skills training is woven throughout the <br />curriculum and incorporates customer service, presenting Power Point presentations, working <br />with Outlook, writing business letters and professional etiquette. Every student participates in <br />mock interview sessions with local business professionals prior to graduation. Through a <br />unique partnership with Santa Ana College, students enrolled in this program are co-enrolled <br />at the college, attend class on campus one day a week, and, upon graduation, receive up to 5 <br />college credits toward their Associates Degree. Upon program completion the students have <br />become certified Microsoft Office Specialists from Certiport. <br />Over the past two fiscal years, 94 students have graduated from the Office Careers <br />Academy and: <br />¦ 67% of graduates found employment within 30 days <br />¦ $11.89 is the average wage of graduates <br />¦ 41 % of employed graduates receive full health benefits. <br />• Medical Careers Academy: The Medical Careers Academy trains youth as both <br />administrative and clinical medical assistants. Classes include basic computer and the use of <br />Electronic Medical Record as well as standard software used in most private medical <br />practices. The administrative medical assistant curriculum emphasizes medical terminology, <br />health insurance, record-keeping, telephone techniques, customer safety, computer skills, <br />health safety, communication skills and professionalism. Curriculum for the clinical medical <br />assistant training program teaches students to measure vital signs, assist the physician with <br />procedures, administer medications and give injections, record electrocardiograms (ECGs), <br />draw blood samples and perform basic laboratory tests. Clinical medical assistant trainees <br />will be required to participate in a 4 week externship after completing the job-training <br />program provided at Taller San Jose to allow them to gain real world experience. Students <br />also learn medical terminology and anatomy, basic math skills and medication dosage <br />calculations. Program graduates receive the Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers <br />certification and wallet card from the American Heart Association. This identifies the <br />graduate as a provider of CPR, administrator of the automated external defibrillator (AED) <br />and administrator of first aid measures. <br />In its inaugural year, 47 students graduated from the Medical Careers Academy and: <br />¦ 68% of graduates found employment or went on to community college <br />¦ $11.20 is the average wage of graduates <br />¦ 39% of employed graduates receive full health benefits. <br />• Construction: Led by a licensed general contractor, the building-trades training program <br />focuses on construction fundamentals and incorporates: safety awareness and training, <br />industry-related math proficiency, construction theory, hands-on experience, adherence to <br />attendance policies, mentoring, job coaching, and leadership development. Apprentices <br />participate in two hours of daily math training. Classes concentrate on the algebra, geometry <br />12 <br />ipousored by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange