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a list of project mentors and their respective project areas. They will focus on gathering research and pre-production <br />information to assist mentors in further developing topic programming. Information can be in the form of footage, <br />media resources and fact-checking various topics that they will need to assist in producing television and web content <br />for. They will continue to assist project mentors working with the Youth Health Ambassador volunteer program who <br />have already been producing Health related CTV3 programming they had previously assisted with. Student interns will <br />also be assigned to a specific "Buddy" mentoring program. Students will continue to meet with their assigned Tutor <br />Mentor in 30 minute face to face sessions. Interns will attend weeklong Teen Library Club Leadership Institute program <br />scheduled for a week in November. Teens will assigned to attend life skills workshops in Green Living and independent <br />living domestic skills like cooking, gardening and sewing basics. Services Provided and Interventions: Continued <br />tutoring, GED completion, transportation, referrals and access to weekly onsite licensed MSW intern. Interns who are <br />basic skills deficient and/or having difficulty understanding coursework will be scheduled to receive intensive one-on- <br />one tutoring to help them become more proficient. Certification Upon Completion: Digital Media Technology Pre- <br />Production Certificate <br />Level 3 - Sapling Phase (Library Page) -10 Weeks X 9hrs/wk (4hr training: 5hrs work exp) <br />Start Date and Duration and Recruitment Goal: 1/30/2012-4/7/2012 (Retention of 20 (100%) Students) <br />In-Class Vocational Training: Two months of Concentration Courses. Students will be provided with two-hour, biweekly <br />classes in either Web Design or Video Production. Five students will attend two-hour, biweekly classes in Digital Music <br />Video Production. Student will work on their on-the-job assigned production project assignments during these classes. <br />Students will assemble their Digital Media Portfolio. On- The- Job Work Experience: Interns will began working in <br />groups to produce programming in the areas that they had been assigned. Working in groups interns will produce a <br />total of two videos that will be broadcasted on CTV3, and also generate web content on assigned topic. Students will <br />continue to meet with their assigned Tutor Mentor in 30 minute face to face sessions. Interns will also begin attending <br />an 8-week long Entrepreneurship Training Seminar, presented by the Youth Entrepreneurship Program (YEP) at RSCCD. <br />Interns will be assigned to attend life skills workshops in Financial Management and independent living domestic skills <br />like cooking, gardening and sewing basics. Interns will be assigned to also attend workshops on developing their College <br />Skills and Career Skills and Job Search Skills. Services Provided and Interventions: same as previous phases. This will <br />mark the end of the program for 6 of the program participants. Certification upon Completion: Digital Media Technician <br />Certificate. <br />Level 4 - Young Tree Apprenticeship Phase -12 Weeks X 10hrs/wk (work and on the job classes marketing training). Top <br />performing student interns (with priority given to out-of-school youth will be selected to continue on with the program <br />and gain an additional certification. Start Date and Duration and Recruitment Goal: 4/8/2012-6/30/2012. 14 (70%) <br />Student interns will be promoted to apprentices. In-Class Vocational Training: Two months of two-hour, biweekly <br />classes in Marketing. During the last two months of the program, while the students are completing apprenticeships at <br />the library, they will attend two-months of marketing training in seven-student cohorts. On- The- Job Work Experience <br />Apprentices will work on pitching and producing their own projects based on the topic groups that they had been <br />assigned, will work in teams and produce a minimum of 3 shows per team in respective topic fields. Services Provided <br />and Interventions: same as previous phases in addition to hands-on job searching assistance, college application <br />assistance and digital media portfolio development. Certification upon Completion: Certified Digital Media Apprentice <br />(Digital Media Apprentice Certificate) <br />Level 5 - Young Trees Transplanted Phase (follow-up and retentions services). As mentioned in the previous section <br />describing the program, all youth will receive follow-up services in the form of monthly contact with the graduates for <br />12 months after graduates exit the program. Staff will provide 12 months of follow-up, education and job-retention <br />support to graduate, as well as ongoing coaching and mentoring when necessary. Transition assistance into Santa Ana <br />and Orange Coast College will also be provided, to youth who decide to pursue higher education. Project participants <br />who are more entrepreneurial in spirit will also be referred to continue on with the Youth Entrepreneurship Program at <br />RSCCD. A majority of the graduation age (seniors) in school interns and out-of-school participants will be encouraged to <br />continue their education at the community college or college level upon completion of all their high school graduation <br />or GED requirements. <br />Caring mentors and teachers cannot solve all of a student's future employment problems. Through this "Seeds <br />to Trees Digital Media Technology Academy" program, students will be encouraged to seek training in technologically <br />EXHIBIT A