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The Tutor/Mentor
Connection (T/MC)*
seeks to help quality
tutor/mentor
programs grow in
CHICAGO every poverty area of
the city and suburbs
of Chicago.
• Existing programs
• Different time frames:
• Different Age Groups:
• Different Neighborhoods:
• Different Services:
• Existing research
Anyone can use this information to
help build constantly improving
youth programs.
To SUCCEED
T/MC Goal: We must recruit business
leaders who will use their
Help inner-city youth resources in PULLING
Youth to Careers
reach Careers.
School-Time Programs
High Career
Pre-K K - 5th 5th - 6th 6th - 8th
School Track
To SUCCEED
We must help tutor/mentor
program leaders, volunteers, We focus on after 5pm time frame
schools and parents be more when workplace volunteers are
effective in PUSHING more available to make long term
Youth to Careers commitments. This is more relevant in big cities
like Chicago, where poverty areas are large.
School-Time Programs
High Career
Pre-K K - 5th 5th - 6th 6th - 8th
School Track
EXAMPLE
These are feeder programs. If A program serving 5th and 6th grade
kids is able to do more if programs
kids have access to good K-5 serving the SAME kids in K-5 have laid
programs they will perform better a reading/math learning/motivation
in 5th and 6th grade and high foundation.
school programs.
School-Time Programs
High Career
Pre-K K - 5th 5th - 6th 6th - 8th
School Track
School-Time Programs
High Career
Pre-K K - 5th 5th - 6th 6th - 8th
School Track
At each stage there are actions that can support a young person’s growth to
the next stage of development.
Senior:
Digital and Internet learning
* advanced reading and writing
opportunities should be programs
available to each grade level. * tutoring in specific subjects
* interest building/travel programs
* creative stimulation
9th to 11th grade: * tutor/mentor role model
* reading and writing * service learning/peer tutoring
programs * College Bridge Programs
* tutoring * Career planning
* interest building * Apprentice Programs, part time jobs
* creative stimulation * Summer Internships
7th and 8th Grade: * tutor/mentor role model
* reading and writing * College applications
* service learning help/scholarships
programs * Junior Achievement
* tutoring * Vocational program research
* Bank at School/career
* interest building awareness programs
* creative stimulation * College Bridge Programs
* tutor/mentor role model * Job skills training/
* service learning Shadowing
* Junior Achievement
* Bank at School programs
* Job skills training/
Shadowing
The T/MC has been building a web library since 1998, organizing and sharing
this information, and leading actions that encourage any stakeholder to find
and use it to build better programs
View at http://tinyurl.com/TMI-K-CareerMentoring
Tutor/Mentor Connection (1993-present); Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC (2011-present) http://www.tutormentorexchange.net Pg
Volunteers who become involved as tutors and mentors can become
advocates who help build and sustain organized programs and make
diverse learning opportunities available to k-12 youth.
The Tutor/Mentor
Connection (T/MC) seeks
to build a “learning
network” where each
stakeholder can borrow
and use the ideas of others.
View at http://tinyurl.com/TMI-Volunteer-Opportunities
Tutor/Mentor Connection (1993-present); Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC (2011-present) http://www.tutormentorexchange.net Pg 16
COLLECTIVE ACTION: A mentoring-to-career strategy of the Tutor/Mentor Connection
This interactive
program locator was
created in 2008 to help
people find tutor and/or
mentor programs in
Chicago. Due to lack of
funding it's no longer
active.
• http://www.tutormentorexchange.net
• http://mappingforjustice.blogspot.com
http://tutormentor.blogspot.com
http://tutormentorexchange.net/conceptmaps
https://tutormentorexchange.net/social-media