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had previously assisted with. Student interns will also be assigned to a specific "Buddy" mentoring program. Students Youth Health Ambassador volunteer program who have already been producing Health related CTV3 programming they had previously assisted with. Student interns will also be assigned to a specific "Buddy" mentoring program. Students will continue to meet with their assigned Tutor Mentor in 30 minute face to face sessions. Interns will attend weeklong Teen Library Club Leadership Institute program scheduled for a week in November. Teens will assigned to attend life skills workshops in Green Living and independent living domestic skills like cooking, gardening and sewing basics. Services Provided and Interventions: Continued tutoring, GED completion, transportation, referrals and access to weekly onsite licensed therapist. 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. Certification Upon Completion: Digital Media Technology Pre-Production Certificate Level 3 -Sapling Phase-8 Weeks X 10hrs/wk (4hr training: 6hrs work exp) Start Date and Duration and Recruitment Goal: 1/30/2012-3/24/2012 (Retention of 20 (100%) Students) In-Class Vocational Training: Two months of Concentration Courses. Students will be provided with two-hour, biweekly classes in either Web Design or Video Production. Five students will attend two-hour, biweekly classes in Digital Music Video Production. Student will work on their on-the-job assigned production project assignments during these classes. Students will assemble their Digital Media Portfolio. On- The- Job Work Experience: Interns will began working in groups to produce programming in the areas that they had been assigned. Working in groups interns will produce a total of two videos that will be broadcasted on CTV3, and also generate web content on assigned topic. Students will continue to meet with their assigned Tutor Mentor in 30 minute face to face sessions. Interns will also begin attending an 8-week long Entrepreneurship Training Seminar, presented by the Youth Entrepreneurship Program (YEP) at RSCCD. Interns will be assigned to attend life skills workshops in Financial Management and independent living domestic skills like cooking, gardening and sewing basics. Interns will be assigned to also attend workshops on developing their College Skills and Career Skills and Job Search Skills. Services Provided and Interventions: same as previous phases. This will mark the end of the program for 7 of the program participants. Certification upon Completion: Digital Media Technician Certificate. Level 4 - Young Tree Apprenticeship Phase -12 Weeks X 10hrs/wk (work and on the job classes marketing training). Top performing student interns (with priority given to out-of-school youth will be selected to continue on with the program and gain an additional certification. Start Date and Duration and Recruitment Goal: 4/2/2012-6/30/2012. 13 (65%) Student interns will be promoted to apprentices In-Class Vocational Training: Two months of two-hour, biweekly classes in Marketing. During the last two months of the program, while the students are completing apprenticeships at the library, they will attend two-months of marketing training in seven-student cohorts. On- The- Job Work Experience Apprentices will work on pitching and producing their own projects based on the topic groups that they had been assigned, will work in teams and produce a minimum of 3 shows per team in respective topic fields. Services Provided and Interventions: same as previous phases in addition to hands-on job searching assistance, college application assistance and digital media portfolio development. Certification upon Completion: Certified Digital Media Apprentice (Digital Media Apprentice Certificate) Level 5-Young Trees Transplanted Phase (follow-up and retentions services). As mentioned in the previous section describing the program, all youth will receive follow-up services in the form of monthly contact with the graduates for 12 months after graduates exit the program. Staff will provide 12 months of follow-up, education and job-retention support to graduate, as well as ongoing coaching and mentoring when necessary. Transition assistance into Santa Ana and Orange Coast College will also be provided, to youth who decide to pursue higher education. Project participants who are more entrepreneurial in spirit will also be referred to continue on with the Youth Entrepreneurship Program at RSCCD. A majority of the graduation age (seniors) in school interns and out-of-school participants will be encouraged to continue their education at the community college or college level upon completion of all their high school graduation or GED requirements. Caring mentors and teachers cannot solve all of a student's future employment problems. Through this "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 next decade suggests that technology related skills can provide that path. The majority of industries in California are expected to grow only 3.8 percent over Exhibit A