SANTA ANA PUBLIC LIBRARY (3) - 2011

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Successful completion of this portion of the in-class training and concurrent on-the-job training will result in RSCCD-CTI awarding interns certificates in Digital Media Technology Pre-Production. Student interns then will be able to specialize and receive additional training in either Web Design, Video Production, or Digital Music Video Production. Interns will attend these specialty training sessions for 4 hours a week for 9 weeks. The successful completion of this portion of the in-class and on-the job training will culminate in RSCCD-CTI awarding interns certificates in their respective Digital Media Technology specialties Student interns who continue on to work as apprentices, will receive instruction in marketing, will have to attend a 2 hour a week, 2 month long intensive marketing course towards the end of their apprenticeship in order to receive their Digital Media Technology Apprentice certification from RSCCD Corporate Training Institute. During the course of their coursework all interns will also develop a personalized Digital Media Portfolio that they can utilize when applying to jobs, colleges, and in advertizing their skills if they choose to pursue a freelancing career. Educational Support (Santa Ana Public Library): The Santa Ana Public Library currently runs an after-school tutoring program in its Central Library and Newhope Learning Centers as well as in its Central library and Jerome TeenSpace programs. All student interns will have access to these tutoring services. Prior to acceptance into the program, all WIA enrolled youth will take a TABE test to assess their levels of basic skills. All enrolled youth who are basic skills deficient will be assigned a TeenSpace Sr. Tutor mentor who schedule time to tutor them on a daily or weekly one-on-one basis to help increase their basic skill level to the 9th grade level. Students who are not basic skills deficient will also have access to one-on-one hands on tutoring, primarily in English (as this is what is most needed in the production field) with the goal of increasing the grade levels of their English abilities. Tutoring help will be provided to in-school youth who are in 12th grade to complete their high school diploma. Out of school youth who do not possess a high school diploma must enroll in the library GED completion program. Currently the library is in the process of piloting a "Teen Parent GED Completion Program", and allowances will be made for participants who are not teen parents to also join the program, in order to receive additional assistance in order to complete their GED. Sr. Tutors mentors will utilize TeenSpace math and English computer software applications as a creative strategy to assist all their students increase their literacy and numeracy gains. Civic Engagement and Leadership Development (Santa Ana Public Library): 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 like "Reading Buddy", "Math Buddy", "Art Buddy", "Sports Buddy", "Healthy Buddy", "Garden Buddy", "Acting Buddy" and "Science Buddy (currently in development phase)". 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 like 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 Club Youth Leadership Institute program that will be held in January 2012. The Youth Leadership Institute will be a one-week event culminating in weekend over-night stay at the library. Annual Library sleepovers have been a tradition as part of the library teen club program since 2005, with an average of 40 teens attending. They will further fine tune their leadership skills when they attend TeenSpace "Public Speaking" workshops Entrepreneurship: All student interns will receive instruction in the basics of marketing strategies during the course of the 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 #13) Mentorship: Mentorship has always been a cornerstone of the Santa Ana Public Library's Teen (12-18) and Young Adult (18-24) programming, and thus it will be a cornerstone of the "Seeds to Trees Academy" program as well. All program participants will be assigned a Tutor Mentor, who they will meet with individually on a weekly basis for 30 minutes as part of their on-the job training. They will discuss the progress of their vocational and on-the job training as EXHIBIT A