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

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2010111 Success Bound. clients who express an interest but it will no longer be as significant a component of the Success Bound! program that it has been in the past.. It is planned that each adult mentor will have no more than two mentees. The adult mentor program will be supported by both CBOC and Success Bound. staff. This program will focus around ten monthly "Mentor Nights." Mentors will be recruited in a variety of ways. Each high school campus has several business partners, some schools with as many as fifteen. Community partners are interested in working with the schools to increase student achievement by providing better and more educational opportunities. Recruitment at these sites enables the business partner the opportunity to get "directly" involved with the students. Presentations will be made at breakfast, lunch and evening meetings. Another avenue for recruitment includes presentations at service organizations, Chamber of Commerce meetings, and the City of Santa. After initial recruitment, mentors will be asked to fill out an application and attend an orientation meeting and personal interview with staff. The Santa Ana Unified School District requires the volunteer to have fingerprints and TB testing. A physical is not necessary for any part-time volunteer. Fingerprinting will be done at orientation meetings or the first training meeting in a group setting. Orientation sessions will be scheduled to acquaint the potential mentors with the project. Orientation is not training. These sessions identify the "who, what, where, why and how" about the nentoring project. General information is given about the students, their school environment, the project and how it works, the duration of the volunteer commitment, etc. Training for mentors begins shortly after orientation. All mentors must attend a minimum of three hours of training before being matched with a student. The session identifies the need of the program, clearly defines who the students are, defines the goals of the mentor project, identifies the needs of the students and their stage in development, discusses problems that teenagers encounter including peer pressure, substance abuse, child abuse and family violence, and drugs. In addition, the training provides practical advice for the mentors; i.e., how to contact the students, their project coordinator, teacher or job developer. The training sessions include a manual that covers the necessary information to make the mentoring experience successful. The Career Beginnings evening begins with a hosted dinner (sponsors are regularly solicited) once a month at a school site, postsecondary campus or business which gives the participants and mentors an opportunity to come directly from school or the workplace without worrying about dinner. It is a great time for the mentor and mentee to socialize and relax as individual contact and recognition with the mentors is important for both the mentors and mentees. An end-of-the-year celebration will recognize the accomplishments of the mentees and mentors. Scholarships are solicited from the community to be presented to the students. The evening is often the highlight of the year. The CBOC Board of Directors annually plans to award a number of $250 scholarships to students in their program (including Success Bound! participants). ELEMENT #9: An efficient and effective delivery system for twelve months of follow-up services. Evaluation and its required data gathering activities will take place throughout the project year on an ongoing basis. As with prior Success Bound! programs, the process for the 12-month follow-up services will focus on accumulating data to assess "continuous improvement" to the Success Bound! program offerings. Data from this database plus individualized quarterly follow-up contacts will become an integral part of the proposed follow-up services activities. The Success Bound! staff will continue to monitor school and work attendance with students after they exit the program upon their 21 EXHIBIT A