SANTA ANA PUBLIC LIBRARY (6) - 2014

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school education. The faculty and staff are very experienced in helping nontraditional students reenroll into productive educational courses. The Adult Education Center will also have access to the resources that are typically made available to other incoming community college students. 4. What kind of impact your agency has made on the youth community? - Impact on the youth community — According to the US Census 48% of adults over the age of 25 in Santa Ana do not have a High School Diploma or GED equivalent. That's over 89,000 Santa Ana residents. Also over 20% of households in the city do not have a member in the household over the age of 14 that can speak English fluently. These are the programs and services that are offered at Centennial Education Center. The Continuing Education Center has served the Santa Ana Community for the last 33 years by provided a place where students lacking a high school diploma could take the steps needed to complete their secondary education. Last year they help 211 High School student Graduates with their diploma, an additional 60 completed their GEDS, and a total of 13072 courses were completed by students in the program. The center served a total of 24,259 different students enrolled in various programs at the center. Of these, 4,558 were Full -Time equivalent students working towards a degree or credential. In addition, Centennial Education Center students earned over 1,400 state approved' certificates in English as a second language and career and technical education programs. IL Proposed Program A. Overview of Main Objectives The "Seeds to Trees Academy: Digital Media and Information Technology Institute" program developed by the Santa Ana Public Library in partnership with (SAC) is free comprehensive apprenticeship program comprised of paid training and work - experience student internships and externships for 30 youth ages 16 -21 leading to certifications and college credit in the fields of computer information technology, clerical office work, and digital media. Of these 30 WIA eligible student interns, 15 youth (50 %) will be "Out -Of- School Youth" (ages I6 -21) and 15 youth (50 %) will be "In- School Youth" (ages 16 -21). At least 3 (10 %) will be foster, probation and/or youth with learning disabilities. A City internship program has now become a goal of the 5 year strategic plan being drafted by the City. The Seeds to Trees Academy has a tradition of providing internships from the Parks and Recreation Department. This project will now expand these internships opportunities to the Zoo, City Treasurer, City Attorney, and the Plarming and Building Department. The "Seeds to Trees Academy: Digital Media and Information Technology Institute" program is an evolutionary outgrowth of the library's previously successful WIA funded " Seeds to Trees Digital Media Technology program that the library implemented successfully for 3 years in partnership with the District's (RSCCD) Corporate Training Institute (CTI). This revamped program takes the Seeds to Trees approach of mentored paid training and work - experience apprenticeship program and adds additional elements that will be increasingly beneficial to the participants of the program. These additional elements are: 1.) enrolling of all participants in Santa Ana College and paid training in courses leading to transferable college credit, 2.) increased focus on work - experience internships and externships at local businesses and city departments leading to potential employment and 3.) A pilot program element that introduces participants to post - secondary Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) in a structured staff /tutor led class -room workshop setting (Please refer to attachment X for an informational packet on MOOC's). Massive Online Open Courses Pilot Element — MOOCS are open online courses similar to online coursework being offered by colleges and universities. The development of MOOCS began as a way to provide high quality education to a larger and more diverse audience than had been previously possible. The structure of the courses varies from short self -paced vocational lessons to advanced graded coursework from top universities. Industry leaders in this field include Coursera, ALISON, Udacity, Saylor, and EdX. They offer a wide range of freely EXHIBIT A