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