SANTA ANA PUBLIC LIBRARY (6) - 2014

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The training from this program will open up students to the possibility of working in one of the industry clusters that the WIB board identified in their 5 year strategic plan. These clusters include established fields of hospitality, goverranent positions, and clerical positions in finance, insurance, and real estate cluster. Opportunities for job growth also exist within the emerging clusters of advanced manufacturing, information technology, and other scientific services. In the longer term, the Bureau of Labor Statistics' latest Occupational Outlook ( httD:/ /www.bls.gov /oco /ocos09O.litin) suggests that video and web design - related employment will grow between 8 and 24 percent in the next ten years (Please refer to attachment R for more detailed breakdown). Advances in information technology have inundated the lives of millions with a vast amount of media. User generated content has fast become a source of news, entertainment, and artistic expression for an entire generation of web savvy individuals. As e- commerce continues to grow at faster rates than the rest of the economy, the ability to express one's insights with multimedia presentations has become an increasingly marketable skill. Those individuals with the proper training and knowledge of software tools will be in a prime position to excel in a 21st century economy. Many of our local youth are already naturally web savvy and are open to the idea that they could one day follow a career in software creation. In this way, the academy taps into a youth's desire for self - expression and teaches valuable work skills in the process. E. Will your program be able to identify and develop a pathway for students that can lead them from high school to career or college? Please elaborate on the specific pathway(s). The programs will seek to work with small and large businesses to identify current and evolving job opportunities and to learn what employers look for in candidates. The apprentice ship will give the students the chance to earn college credit in career related fields. 2011 -2012 job shortages included positions in marketing, computer programing, computer science marketing, and systems analysts. This is meant to expand our programs focus on providing the skills necessary for our participants to engage high value jobs in the regions emerging industries. The training provided in our work plan provides the participants with the first steps that they will need to take in order to begin the process of obtaining the college education needed to begin a career in these fields. The use of MOOCs is a tool with which the students are introduced and guided through college level course work. It is our belief that this early introduction to a college education will encourage them to pursue a degree after the program is completed. VII. Workshops A. Describe the workshops that will be provided to youth. During the course of their on- the -job work, all interns will be assigned to attend several life skills development workshops in areas of healthy living, green living, and independent living featuring domestic skills like cooking, gardening and sewing basics. All these are programs are a general part of the TeenSpace programming (Refer to attachment Y). B. Will vour agency Drovide anv of the following workshops? If so, brieflv describe the content of the workshops. 1. Financial Literacy/ Budget Management Yes. Build Workplace Financial Education Program will be presented by Orange County Credit Union (refer to attachment Y2 and attachment F) 2. Family Planning Yes. The Orange County Child Abuse Prevention Center will provide a workshop on teen pregnancy prevention (refer to attachment F) 3. Worker's Rights/Labor Laws Yes. We intend to partner with the Orange Comity Labor Federation to provide a workshop on this topic. EXHIBIT A