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Innovative
Database of strategies
Chicago area need to
tutor/mentor increase
programs number of
requires people using
constant the data to
update. help kids in
poverty.
*The names Tutor/Mentor Connection and Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC are used throughout this and other
presentations. It's the same organization, with different tax structures since 2011.
www.tutormentorexchange.net
While many leaders and billions of dollars focus on schools, T/MC focuses on
the non-school hours, including after 5pm when workplace volunteers are
moving from work to home, and safe places where youth, volunteers and
extra learning are available.
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Tutor/Mentor Connection (1993-present); Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC (2011-present) www.tutormentorexchange.net
Instead of a few great programs in a few places, great programs
are needed in every high poverty area of Chicago region
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college
you Ideas,
Talent &
Elected
leader technology
others
Without the database, and maps, no city can form a strategy that helps ALL of
the existing programs grow from year to year. Nor can it identify and fill voids
in neighborhoods which currently have no programs.
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Tutor/Mentor Connection (1993-present); Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC (2011-present) www.tutormentorexchange.net
What makes this strategy unique is a daily effort to draw attention
and resources DIRECTLY to EACH youth tutor, mentor and learning
program in its database.
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Tutor/Mentor Connection (1993-present); Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC (2011-present) www.tutormentorexchange.net
Information collection is Part 1 in a 4-Part Strategy launched in 1993
Visitors can
search by zip
code,
This page was community
launched in area, name of
2004. program to
It still works, find
but has not information
been updated about specific
since 2013, due groups.
to lack of funds.
Archive: https://tinyurl.com/ProgramLocatorSearch
Names of
programs,
contact
information,
web sites are Program
shown. Locations
show on a
map, which
This page was shows the
launched in relationship of
2004 and is now different
only available programs in
as an archive, same area.
and a
TEMPLATE that
others could
learn from. Archive: https://tinyurl.com/ProgramLocatorSearch
Layers of
information
can be added
to create map
showing where
need is based Layers of
on poverty, information
schools, etc. can show
banks,
This page was hospitals,
launched in colleges, faith
2008 and is now groups who
only available occupy same
as an archive, geography.
and a
TEMPLATE that
others could
learn from.
Archive: https://tinyurl.com/ProgramLocatorMap-archive
3) search for
that program
on out list to
find the
website
1) you can
zoom into
different parts
4) visit the
of the map
website to
learn more
2) click on a
about services
green icon to
offered and
get the name
volunteer
of an
opportunities.
organization
Chicago
Program locations can be plotted
on maps such as this and can be
added to Tutor/Mentor Program
Locator Maps
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Help share this information.
Collecting this information is only the first
challenge. Creating daily advertising that
increases the number of people who view the
information, understand it, then use it is an
equal challenge.
2) Local
leaders lead
1) Local hubs
neighborhood
collect and
collaborations
update
aimed at
tutor/mentor
strengthening
and youth
youth
program
supports.
information…
http://debategraph.org/mentoring_kids_to_careers
Teams of talented people are needed at the program level, the neighborhood level, and the city,
state and national levels, to build programs that reach K-12 youth in every high poverty area with
long-term, mentor-rich strategies. See this graphic in article at
https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2020/12/building-and-sustaining-youth-support.html
Tutor/Mentor Connection (1993-present); Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC (2011-present) www.tutormentorexchange.net Pg 21
Universities could create
Tutor/Mentor Institute type
programs to focus strategies
we have piloted on the area
around their institutions, or the
places where their students
and/or alumni live.
http://tutormentor.blogspot.com
Http://www.tutormentorexchange.net tutormentor2@earthlink.net
Social Media Links: https://tutormentorexchange.net/social-media