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Tutor/Mentor Connection

Teams On College Campuses


What might we accomplish working
toward shared goals that we cannot do
when working alone?
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Who keeps
memories alive after
media stop telling
the story?
This is a story from the October 15,
1992 Chicago SunTimes

It’s typical of many media stories


where public interest is at a peak
because of an unusually tragic
event.

It is not unusual.

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Poverty in Chicago is not a new problem.
This story is from 1994!

While media
stories
occasionally use
maps, these are
not intended as
advertising, to
draw volunteers,
donors and
leaders to
support needed
youth
development,
mentoring and
jobs programs in
neighborhoods
of high poverty

These maps and more are hosted at http://www.tutormentorexchange.net


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Goal of Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC.
Students and alumni at
various universities take
ownership of Tutor/Mentor
Connection role, focusing on
the growth of volunteer-based
tutoring and/or mentoring
programs in the
neighborhood, or city, where
the university is located.

Daniel F. Bassill, Founder, CEO,


of Tutor/Mentor Connection, was
awarded honorary PhD by
Illinois Wesleyan, in 2001. How
many of your future alumni might
you recognize the same way, for
doing similar work?

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While operating a single tutor/mentor program in one neighborhood...

Chicago
While creating a new
youth program in 1993,
volunteers also created
Cabrini the Tutor/Mentor
Connections
Tutor/Mentor
(1993-2011) Connection (T/MC)* to
Connection
(1993-present) served teens in
the Cabrini-
help programs like
helps programs
like Cabrini Green area of Cabrini Connections
Chicago
Connections grow in every poverty
grow in every
poverty area of neighborhood of the city
the city and
suburbs and suburbs of Chicago.
Pink and purple areas have poverty
concentrations of 20% or higher. .
green stars are organizations that
offer various forms of volunteer-
based tutoring or mentoring.

Flags are locations of poorly


performing schools.

*Since 2011 the T/MC has been led


by the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC

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This map shows work done by one small program over 25+ years.
Imagine the impact on the lives of youth in poverty if this growth were
duplicated from dozens of college campuses.

You can view this at - http://tinyurl.com/TMI-Timeline1990-2015

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Universities in Chicago Region

T/MC teams can


• Collect info on programs in
area of university.
• Draw consistent attention to
these programs.
• Collect and share information
that helps programs grow
• Share with teams in other
locations
• Engage alumni & community
members as volunteers,
donors & leaders
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Any university can
form and lead a
Tutor/Mentor Northwestern
Connection that Loyola
benefits an entire DePaul
city...or the area
surrounding the
university.
This could be
ANY city in the
world!
University of
Chicago at
Illinois

University of
Chicago Chicago
State U.
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What does a T/MC do?

Four Part Strategy - http://tinyurl.com/TMI-4-Pt-Strategy

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What does a T/MC do?

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A University T/MC can unite all stakeholders within university
around actions that help youth from surrounding area move
from 1st grade toward careers.
Students leading a
University T/MC can
map the different
departments,
student groups and
alumni resources of
the university.
Students can lead
activities and draw
these groups
together to share
ideas and learn
better ways to
support of youth
organizations
around the
university.
This map was created in 2009 by an alum from Northwestern University. See
http://chrispip.blogspot.com/2009/07/mapping-northwestern-university-for.html
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A T/MC helps ALL programs in
its area get needed resources
Educate stakeholders in
Chicago region so they become
area customers/supporters of
tutor/mentor programs in
area.
* volunteers
* public visibility
The shaded
* operating dollars
areas of this
map of * technology
Chicago are
the areas of
most
* training/learning
concentrated
poverty. * leadership
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If you were at Concordia or Dominican University
in Oak Park, you might focus on program growth
in Maywood and Chicago’s West Side.

A T/MC connects
“those who can help”
with youth programs in
its focus area.

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As students and alumni from each university take this role, they build
greater visibility and greater involvement in tutor/mentor programs in
each city. This reflects positively on all who are involved. Pg. 15
Learn to follow negative news with map
stories that tell “The Rest of the Story”.
These aim to draw operating resources and
volunteers to youth tutor/mentor programs
growing in these areas.

These maps were created


in 1996, demonstrating a
long term commitment to
using maps to mobilize
resources for high poverty
areas of Chicago.

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A T/MC Leads This Strategy and Encourages others to Get Involved.

3-months 6-months 9-months 12-months


from now from now from now from now

Immediate
Impact

Growth of
volunteers & $$
and corporate
leaders involved

On a quarterly basis, a T/MC can organize events in its part of the city,
while connecting stakeholders from its neighborhood or city with similar
groups in other parts of the city and state. This creates greater public
awareness and motivates more people to get involved.
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As Each Team Learns, It Shares What It is
Learning with Teams from other Universities

The actions of the T/MC in Chicago are


the model that each team will learn from.
As the T/MC focuses on key events in
different times of the year, local chapters
will focus on the same events and the
actions needed to duplicate that event
locally.

As the learn from this process, they share


what they learn with each other, and with
the Chicago T/MC. We learn and improve
by helping each other.

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As volunteers bond with kids many become leaders who recruit more
volunteers and other resources from their industry, faith group, and network

Technology Arts, Culture.


Communications
Religion Government
Insurance Education
Healthcare

Science,
Hospitality
Math
Recreation Engineering

Natural Resources
Recruit volunteers, and
Agriculture donors, from all industries. Manufacturing
Transportation

Finance, Personal & Built environment Retailing


Business Services Engineering Wholesaling
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While focusing on event planning, teams focus on
building understanding, and increasing
involvement.

• What is level of poverty and location of poorly


performing schools in city

• What organizations engage volunteers in one-on-


one activities with youth in these neighborhoods

• Where is information on these local organizations


shared? T/MC Program Locator is sample

• How do we get more people to look at this


information?

• How do we draw people into learning circles where


they build understanding of the information

• How do we use this understanding to encourage


more people to volunteer time, talent or donate
dollars to these organizations

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Blueprints that show actions needed from
birth to work, in every poverty area, don’t
exist. At least not anywhere on the
Internet that we know of.

So the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC, and the


Tutor/Mentor Connection are inviting
innovators and experts from around the
world to join with us in creating a better
operating system…or a blueprint for
helping kids rise from poverty.

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As students learn T/MC concepts, they can learn to communicate
those ideas using video, animation, social media, etc.

This shows use of


concept maps
Leadership Commitment
Strategy Map
-htinyurl.com/tmc-strategy-map

This shows how intern from IIT in


Chicago converted this to flash
animation (shown in video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=pRipJPgenFc

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Map the Network. Watch it Grow from Year-to-Year

Learn to use social network analysis and GIS mapping tools. Learn to build network.
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See work 2006-15 interns did with Tutor/Mentor Connection
http://tutormentorexchange.net/defining-a-terms/215-interns-at-tmc

These were short term


projects, not part of multi-
year commitment with
leadership at the university.

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How to Start? What’s the First Step?
Read articles at
https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/search/label/universityTMC

Join the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC on


http://tutormentorconnection.ning.com

In this group the Chicago T/MC will coach those who get
involved. There is no minimum enrollment, or maximum.
We work with who ever chooses to get involved.

Talk to professors. Can this be an independent study


project? A Masters or PhD program? A degree track
program?

Share with alumni. Will an alumni provide funding?

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It just takes two or three
people on a campus to
launch a Tutor/Mentor
Connection.
“If this (initiative) is accepted and acted
upon, it can change the way
philanthropy and charities work together
in America and throughout the world. It
can change the future for millions of kids
born into poverty each year.”

Visit http://tutormentorexchange.net to learn more.


Read blog at http://tutormentor.blogspot.com
Connect with Dan Bassill on social media.

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