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

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Placement in alternative educational settings for the purpose of facilitating placement and retention in a post secondary educational setting will also be a key element of this aspect of the Success Bound. program. Individual needs will be assessed and documented through the normal secondary school delivery system and follow-up by staff. Depending on the needs, several options will be available for the students: tutoring, practice tests and preparation for college entrance exams, proficiency test practices, etc. Individual help from staff, adult mentors and others will ensure the success of the students. Grades and attendance will be monitored by the Success Bound! Community Resource Specialist. If additional intervention is necessary, the appropriate staff person will be notified of the needs of the student. ELEMENT #4: Opportunity for each participant to participate in paid and/or unpaid internships or work experiences. This successful element of the current 2009/10 WIA program will continue for the upcoming program period and maintain the opportunity for both paid or non-paid internship (work experience) opportunities for program participants that offer: => viable paid workplace internships which provide appropriate work-based learning opportunities; => strengthened comprehensive local community partnerships; and, =:> improved non-traditional employment opportunities for WIA eligible students. These work-based learning and connecting activities for the Success Bound. participants during the school year will be directly linked to either District facilities or community-based partners and implemented by proven delivery systems. These instructional strategies will include career related activities that focus on basic skills training, life-long learning and expanded career opportunities for non-traditional employment for WIA participants that focus in several areas including business, the arts and bilingual environments where using translation skills will serve the local community. Actual employment will be through the District with monthly time cards and student employee payroll data serving as documentation for the paid internship segment of the program. This paid internship program will complement and expand offerings for participating WIA in-school participants by implementing appropriate assessment activities that focus on specific employment/employability competencies. These program activities will utilize existing Central County ROP (CCROP) and District facilities working within existing class schedules & space utilization to eliminate any potential impact on regular programs at secondary sites. The primary vehicle for the delivery of this portion of the program will be the bi-monthly guidance/counseling meetings held on the individual high school campuses. All WIA Success Bound! participants will have a portfolio independent of any required for graduation that will be maintained by the WIA-funded Community Resource Specialist that includes resumes, letters of recommendations, school acceptance letters, certificates, a writing sample (personal statements), etc.; this would be something for participants to take after exiting the program. Other items that might be in these portfolios are job applications, bilingual medical/clerical and/or instructional proficiencies, job search materials/techniques, published expectations related to bio- medical and other academic and/or fine arts curricular areas and guidance materials relating to career ladder opportunities and their pre-requisites. Given the base of hundreds of internship or "Community Classroom Agreements" between the Career Development/ROP Department and local employers, the District does not need to enter into any other duplicate agreements. These when coupled with previous work-site agreements between various 18 EXHIBIT A