SANTA ANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT/CENTRAL COUNTY ROP - 2009

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be ongoing for the time each participant is in the Success Bound! program; e.g., in the area of support services, the need for transportation assistance etc., will be reviewed on a regular basis. Case Management If any revisions are necessary due to staffing changes in the WIA case management staff on the W /O /R/K Center Service Navigation team, they will be worked on in collaboration with the Santa Ana Unified staff after funding notification. While the support of the W /O /R/K Center staff will be appreciated, the Santa Ana Unified School District staff in the Career Development/ROP Department's Secondary Enrichment Programs office is very experienced with youth programs and at -risk populations. This is particularly true with respect to dealing with the data collection requirements of youth related programs; both those problems encountered in enrolling potential participants and those unique to reporting program completion data. Staff is well versed in the completion of ongoing Individual Service Strategy documents for each participant, the administration of objective assessments, etc. The full -time Community Resource Specialist assigned to the WIA Success Bound! program will maintain overall responsibility for the objective assessments, ISS forms and VOS system entries. The assessments will be accomplished either at the ROP Ritchey Center or one of the full service Career Centers on the regular high school campuses. Unless there is a change for the 2009/10 program year, ISS folders will be maintained in the Secondary Enrichment Programs office. Any other concerns vis -a -vis the interface of Success Bound! staff with the W /O /R/K Center Service Navigation team will be dealt with when the occasion arises Parent involvement With respect to parent involvement, initial contact with parents is normally made during the enrollment process. Completion of the Work Permits also often requires another parent contact. The WIA Success Bound! Community Resource Specialist will make home telephone and /or home visits during the course of the program year. Normally, the initial reason will be either attendance and/or paid work experience concern but other calls will also focus on missing graduation requirements, college financial assistance documentation, training site issues, etc. Experience with previous years' programs has taught the Success Bound! staff that parental support can be key to getting a senior "back -on- track" towards graduation, career and higher education goals. After the initial enrollment process, there will be a few other formal school /parent activities; e.g., parents are invited to several of the adult mentor activities. But, strong informal relationships with parents will be developed with parents when there have been concerns about attendance or other related problems with training and work sites. These parental relationships will be maintained and strengthen for the 2009/10 Success Bound! program year as we have learned the value of parental support in these areas. The bi- monthly guidance /counseling sessions often provide opportunities to discuss parental/adolescent relationships in a private setting and the success, which has been experienced in improving these relationships in what can be a very trying time for both parents and teenagers, will be continued for the upcoming program year. Like the comments pertaining to actual program services, information regarding job placement, continuing education and follow -up activities is explained below in the description of the ten program elements. Again, the primary goals of the program are threefold: ✓high school graduation (diploma rate); ✓enrollment in a higher education program (retention rate); and the ✓acquisition of appropriate academic and/or employability skills for an entry level or higher position which will assist the participant in his or her pursuit of both a career and a post- secondary education (skill attainment rate). 16