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B. Special consideration for organizations that offer preparation for postsecondary <br />education and training in high - demand industries. <br />Students will receive training in Digital Media arts and business, both high demand industries. <br />C. Identify and /or develop a pathway for youth that can lead them from high school to <br />career or college. Please elaborate on the specific pathway(s). <br />The program will seek to work with small and large businesses to identify current and evolving <br />job opportunities and to learn what employers look for in candidates. The apprenticeship will <br />give students the chance to earn college credit in career related fields. 2013 -2014 job shortages <br />included positions in marketing, computer programing, computer science marketing, and systems <br />analysis. We will continue to expand our program's focus on providing the skills necessary for <br />our participants to engage high value jobs in the region's emerging industries. <br />The training provided in our work plan provides the participants with the first steps they will <br />need to take in order to begin the process of obtaining the education needed to begin a career in <br />these high demand fields. The use of MOOCs is a tool with which the students are introduced <br />and guided through college level course work. The introduction to college via classes in business <br />and intermediate digital media arts will reinforce this as well. It is our belief that this early <br />introduction to a college education will encourage them to pursue a degree after the program is <br />completed. Additionally, the high level of computer programming and technology to which the <br />digital media technology courses and MOOC's will expose our youth will help them transition <br />into other computer- programming- related fields. <br />D. Describe in detail how the program will prepare youth for postsecondary education and <br />training. <br />1. The Seeds to Trees Academy program utilizes a blended program approach that combines <br />traditional post - secondary education, in- person training and educational methods with cutting <br />edge online post - secondary training and educational methods via MOOC's. <br />2. All youth participants in the Seeds to Trees Academy will be enrolled in Santa Ana College, <br />and will be able to obtain at least 3 college credits via the completion of an Intro to Business <br />course. <br />3. Youth Participants in the Intermediate Digital Media Tracks will be able to complete up to 7 <br />units of transferable college credit. <br />4. All Out -Of- School Youth participants will attend a one unit Counseling: Study Skills course <br />to help them develop the necessary skills needed to successfully manage college course work. <br />5. All youth will receive one -on -one and group higher education counseling hours and <br />workshops from Santa Ana College. They will work with their counselor to develop a higher <br />Education plan. <br />6. In- school youth and their parents will participate in youth higher education preparation <br />workshops put on by Padres Promotores for Higher Education from Santa Ana College, <br />7. Youth in follow -up year will also have access to one -on -one college counseling sessions and <br />workshops. <br />S. All youth will attend College Scholarship workshops that will provide them the opportunity <br />to apply for college scholarships (please refer to attaclunent W -5). <br />EXHIBIT A <br />