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