SANTA ANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT/ROP (3) - 2010

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Program Services: SUCCESS BOUND! Program Quality Elements ELEMENT #1: An effective academic support system of the participants' educational activities leading to high school graduation. The basic academic component of the program will focus on the unique needs of each participant-both in terms of academic support and in terms of meeting high school graduation requirements. Those in need of tutoring will be referred to ongoing tutorial programs at each campus that are normally staffed by Compensatory Education staff (Title I, one of the largest K-12 federal education programs). Specifically, the tutorial services at the currently participating sites are: Valley HS- Library & staff; Century HS- Library & staff plus PAL peer tutoring; Santa Ana HS- Homework Cafe (Library) & staff; Saddleback HS- Library & staff, and, Cesar Chavez HS- Library & staff. Other tutorial referrals may be made to student resource center at the ROP Ritchey Center where the WIA staff is housed. While WIA funds are not be used to equip this center, some WIA funds could be used for instructional supplies to support the identified academic needs of Success Bound! participants. Those students whose TABE scores indicate so will be required to participate in these tutorial activities prior to participating in any other program elements involving pay or other incentives. Other Success Bound! Participants will also be encouraged to participate in their schools tutorial activities. The WIA funded resources for this element of the program will be the staff (program management, guidance and support) that assist and monitor participant progress towards meeting the three goals for the program identified earlier in this section. A key facet of this activity, which was added during the 2001/02 program after a recommendation by the WIB's Youth Council, was (and will continue to be) a paid incentive to attend tutorial programs outside of the school day. This action provided participants with pay that they would normally have received in a paid work experience or internship position. Given the economic situation from which most participants come, this aspect of the program gave participants the incentive to address their academic needs while at the same time meeting economic needs. Evaluation materials developed for the Success Bound! program will be designed to elicit participant opinions concerning both the effectiveness and the appropriateness of the program vis-a-vis their needs and the degree to which the project's activities helped them graduate and pursue an occupational career while also entering a higher education program. As with any useful and valid evaluation instrument, the data from these initial participant reviews will be incorporated into program modifications if necessary to better meet participant needs. ELEMENT #2: Provision of access to appropriate alternative secondary school services if needed to facilitate graduation on schedule. The Success Bound! program staff will carefully monitor each participant's progress toward the attainment of both their basic academics, work readiness & occupational skill attainment goals and their high school diploma. When necessary, participants will be directed to alternative programs both within the Santa Ana schools and at other agencies in order to acquire the need units/classes needed to meet their diploma requirements. These alternative programs will include the District's Independent Study, Middle College, High school Inc. and Teen Parent programs, Santa Ana College's Adult Education Programs and the Orange County Department of Education's two alternative programs; Horizon and Summit. The high school guidance counselors and Rosa Galindo at the District's Student Services Office will assist program staff in the enrollment of participants in alternative programs. 17 EXHIBIT A