RANCHO SANTIAGO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT (17) - 2012

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the upcoming "Seeds To Trees" program during its Summer Volunteer Institute program, which annually recruits over 120 summer volunteers, many of which are WIA eligible, and the Institute's Probation Youth Community Service program which has an average annual participation of 40- 50 youth on probation. In addition to recruiting from its pool of WIA eligible summer volunteers, staff will also make presentations at Orange County FYO (Foster Youth Outcomes) meetings, and at local Santa Ana High Schools to recruit candidates for the program (refer to attachment 421B for recruitment flyer). We will begin accepting notices of interest into the Seeds To Trees Digital Media Academy in May and begin distributing and accepting applications, including assembling all documents required by the Service Navigator to determine youth WIA eligibility. Once youth eligibility is confirmed, youth will be hired as Work Experience employees (WEX). It is anticipated that all this will occur in the months of July August, and September, 2012. Ground work phase will culminate in a "Seed Planting" Orientation, where all Student Interns and their parents/guardians (under 18, parental attendance is required) will be given an overview of the entire program. The goal at this point to have already recruited and enrolled at least 15 (75%) of total 20 youth participants planned in the program. During this phase, all student interns will also take a TABE assessment test to determine their basic skill level. (Please refer to attachments #3A- #3Q for all intake and eligibility forms) Level I - Seed Growth Phase (WEX)-4 Weeks X 8hrs/wk (4 hrs training: 4 hrs work exp) Anticipated Start Date / Duration and Recruitment Goal: 9/24/2012-10/2012012 (15 Student Interns (75%) In-Class Vocational Training: Four weeks of introductory course material for up to 20 students, providing 10 two-hour sessions conducted biweekly, covering the following six subjects: Video Production, Script-writing, Web Design, Graphic Design, Digital Music Production and Marketing. Sessions will include both in-class work and field trips. Classes will take place twice a week and last two hours each. On-The-Job Work Experience: During the first four weeks, participants will work with different project mentors on a rotating basis, and will learn about the various topics for which they will assist in producing television and web content. Also at this time they will focus on assisting project mentors working with the Youth Health Ambassador volunteer program, who have already been producing health related CTV3 programming such as Small Steps/Pasos Pequenos Towards Healthy Living mini-documentaries, TeenSpace Cooks television show, and the Fitness Buddy workout and nutrition program. Student interns will also be assigned to assist in the various "Buddy" mentoring programs, such as Reading Buddy, Math Buddy, Art Buddy, Fitness Buddy, Healthy Buddy, Science and Garden Buddy. Interns will work a rotating schedule so that they will be able to have experience assisting in all the "Buddy" programs. Students will also begin meeting with their assigned Tutor Mentor in a weekly 30-minute face-to-face sessions. Interns will also attend Teen Healthy Living workshops. Services Provided and Interventions: These will include tutoring assistance, enrollment in the library's GED completion program, transportation from the Santa Ana Public Library to classes held at the Digital Media Center, Jerome TeenSpace or Santiago Canyon College site as well as transportation to all the vocational training related fieldtrips. Tutor Mentors will also provide referral to additional supportive services as needed (please refer to attachment #10 for a list of referral agencies). A licensed MSW intern will be onsite at the library 4 times per month to provide counseling services to interns. Interns who are basic skills deficient and/or having difficulty understanding coursework will be scheduled to receive intensive one-on-one tutoring to help them become more proficient. Level 2 - Sprout Growth Phase (Part 1-WEX)- 5 Weeks X 8hrs/wk (4hrs training: 4hrs work exp) - Sprout Phase (Part 2- Library Page Intern)- 9 Weeks X 9hrs/wk ( 4hrs training: 5hrs work exp) Start Date and Duration and Recruitment Goal: 10/21/2012-1/26/2013 (20 Student Interns (100%) In-Class Vocational Training: Four months of subject-specific classes conducted biweekly for two hours per class. Classes will include Graphic Arts, Web Design, Script Writing, and Video Production. Each class will consist of 4 modules of one-month each, with 15 students rotating through each class at one-month intervals. There will also be a four-month Digital Music Production class provided for a selected group of 5 students not included in the four conventionally structured courses. On-The-Job Work Experience: For the initial 5 weeks (Part 1) of this sprout phase, participants will still be WEX employees. At that time, participants will enter into Part 2 of the Sprout phase, and will be hired as Laura Bush grant Library Page Interns and placed on the Exhibit A