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9 Attachment K for a list of tutor mentors and project mentors). They will also receive mentoring from the Lead Case Manager who will meet with them on a bi-monthly basis to track their progress and needs. Interns will also receive additional mentoring from their in -class vocational training instructors. At the end of the program students will earn three occupational skills certificates that will testify to enhanced skills and readiness for employment opportunities. The Santa Ana Public Library works closely with the Adelante program at Santa Ana College, an initiative advocating for every home in the city to have a college degree. High School students may enroll in the Adelante program and upon completion of general education requirements, admission to either University of California Irvine or California State University Fullerton is guaranteed. All student interns will spend a portion of their on-the-job work time assisting TeenSpace staff in one of our "Buddy" programs. As part of the "Buddy " program, student interns will be given the opportunity to learn to mentor and serve as role models to younger children (4-11) in a variety of our ongoing "Buddy" programs such as "Reading Buddy", "Math Buddy", "Art Buddy", "Sports Buddy", "Healthy Buddy", "Garden Buddy", "Acting Buddy" and "Science Buddy". All interns will also have the opportunity to join the Teen Library Club volunteer program, and participate in the many community and library volunteer service projects the club participates in, such as the Santiago Creek Clean-ups, OC Marathon Clean-ups, Heritage House Gala Fundraisers, Autism Walk, Library Halloween Haunted House, Santa's Corner, and Library Book Sales. Interns will also have the opportunity to develop their leadership skills at a Teen Library Leadership curriculum program. The Youth Leadership program is a six-month, once -a -week curriculum culminating in a manual of topics and/or community service projects discussed. They will farther fine tune their leadership skills when they attend TeenSpace "Public Speaking" workshops. All student interns will receive instruction in the basics of marketing strategies during the course of their in - class training. Participants in the Digital Media Apprenticeship Program will be enrolled in an advance marketing course, in order to learn how to promote themselves and gain important skills to build their own digital media freelancing work career. Interns will also be taken on a fieldtrip to a Public Relations firm as part of their marketing coursework. In addition to this, all student interns will attend several workshops put on by the RSCCD Youth Entrepreneurship Program (YEP) at the Santa Ana Public Library as part of their on -the job work experience. Upon exiting the program all participants will be able to enroll in the YEP program to further gain training and development in building their own digital media freelancing business. (Please refer to attachment J) During the course of their on-the-job work, all interns will be assigned to attend several life skills development workshops in areas of financial management, healthy living, green living, and independent living featuring domestic skills like cooking, gardening and sewing basics. All these are programs are a general part of the TeenSpace programming (Refer to attachment Q for flyers of TeenSpace Programs). The entire format of the "Seeds to Trees" academy program is one that focuses on work experience. First, youth are hired as Work Experience employees (WEX) and then they are promoted and hired on as Library Page interns and paid an hourly wage to receive a complete in -class and on-the-job training work experience that they can use to propel them into higher education, employment and/or self-employment as a freelance entrepreneur. Carin, mentors and teachers cannot solve all of a student's future employment problems. However, through the "Seeds to Trees Digital Media Technology Academy" program, students will be encouraged to seek training in technologically sophisticated fields. Santa Ana Public Library is committed to providing the brightest possible future for our young people. It is vital for them to have opportunities to develop skills that will provide them a path into growing industries. An examination of the occupational outlook for California and the nation for the EXHBIT A