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CALENDAR
of EVENTS!
Read the Tutor/Mentor Blog
Current
Newsletter
Visit
our
Links
to Chicago Youth Programs
Use
the PROGRAM
LOCATOR. to find contact information for Tutor/Mentor
Programs in different zip codes of the Chicago area.
Visit OHATS
for T/MC. See how we document what we are accomplishing.
Learn more about the Cabrini
Connections
Tutor/Mentor Program
FREE
Program Evaluation Workshops & Materials
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Vision:
As a result of the work we do, more youth born in poverty will be
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Tutor/Mentor Leadership and Networking
Conference in Chicago, May 29 and 30. Workshop Descriptions
here.
Register
here.
The conference draws attention to volunteer-based
tutoring/mentoring as a workforce development, diversity, dropout
prevention and public health strategy, not just as an education and
poverty reduction program. Come share your knowledge, learn from
others. Business volunteer management and philanthropy leaders
are encouraged to attend.
The Tutor/Mentor
Connection (T/MC) mission is: To
gather and organize all that is known about successful
non-school tutor/mentor programs and share that knowledge to
expand the availability and enhance the effectiveness of these
services to children in inner city Chicago and other poverty
areas.
Intro to T/MC and Cabrini Connections (pdf)
Browse
the various sections of this and other T/MC web sites and use the
resources you find to support your own personal and
organizational involvement in volunteer-based tutoring/mentoring.
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or visit the Tutor/Mentor
Institute section to
find more ideas you
can use in your leadership and program development.
Visit the Program
Locator and LINKS sections to find contact information for various tutoring and/or
mentoring programs in the Chicago region. Use this
information to decide where to volunteer....or where to make
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This mission is accomplished through a four-part strategy.
1)
It aims to increase knowledge about what works, where
programs are located and where more are needed.
2) It
aggressively shares this knowledge in a marketing and public
awareness campaign aimed at
3) creating a greater involvement of
all adults, and a greater flow of essential resources to
individual programs; and a
4) better understanding among all
stakeholders of the long-term, integrated actions needed to help
children and youth move from a birth in poverty to a job and a
career. For each child this is a minimum 25-year
commitment.
View
map of Tutor/Mentor Connection goals.
(Click here to read more
about the goals and strategies of the Tutor/Mentor Connection)
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The next Tutor/Mentor Leadership and Networking Conference will be
May 29 and 30, 2008. Visit
http://www.tutormentorconference.org to learn more about the
conference, and ways you can be involved as a speaker, workshop
presenter, participant or sponsor.
While the volunteer mentor is on the front lines in this effort,
support for each volunteer and student is what makes a long-term
mentoring match possible. Make a 2008 donation to support
Cabrini Connections, Tutor/Mentor Connection
http://www.cabriniconnections.net/donate/
Visit the
Tutor/Mentor Connection, Cabrini Connections on
Facebook
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UPCOMING
EVENTS |
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May 29 & 30, 2008 |
Tutor/Mentor Leadership & Training Conference
Submit a proposal to be a workshop presenter. Help
recruit sponsors. Plan to attend. To discuss, email tutormentor2@earthlink.net
Read about the:
T/MC
e-conference.
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| July
17, 2008 |
Jimmy
Biggs Memorial Cabrini Connections Golf Benefit,
Visit the golf web site to see
and learn more about how you can help raise funds and
visibility for tutoring/mentoring in Chicago. Email tutormentor2@earthlink.net
to be involved. |
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July 28 or 30 ,
2008 |
MY HERO Awards Lunch,
hosted by SunTimes Marovitz Lawyers Lend A Hand Fund. Join lawyers, law firms,
judges and celebrate the involvement of the
legal community in volunteer-based tutor/mentor programs.
Visit the web site to learn how to nominate a lawyer for
a My Hero Award.
Learn about Lend A Hand Funding of Chicago
tutor/mentor programs. Visit
http://www.lawyerslendahand.org
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Aug - Sept 08 |
Chicagoland Tutor/Mentor Volunteer Recruitment Campaign
While we're still recruiting volunteers for 2007-08,
begin planning for how you can help mobilize volunteers for Chicago area
tutor/mentor programs in the 2008-09 and future school
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2009 |
National
Mentoring Month. January '08 - learn more at
http://www.mentoring.org
Tutor/Mentor Connection theme for January is: Share what you've earned. Make a donation to support a tutor/mentor program.
Visit the
Donor
section
to see how your dollars can help make effective
volunteer based mentoring possible.
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Visit the Tutor/Mentor Connection Event
Calendar |
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Features
of the Tutor/Mentor
Exchange (T/ME) web site
The T/ME site hosts several unique
components of the T/MC strategy.
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OHATS:
Organizational History & Accomplishments Tracking System
OHATS is designed to help organizations record, organize & share lessons,
practices, key relationships, events, and results that
capture their history and progress
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Resource Links
to web resources and program websites to help programs find
support and to help volunteers, donors, corporate partners and
others find and support programs.
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Discussions
This is a section where volunteers meet on-line to plan events
that build capacity, recruit volunteers, share training, etc.
Help keep our services FREE
to those who need them most.
Click HERE
to
make contribution to support the Tutor/Mentor Connection
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Established
September 2000
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Our Sponsors
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Tutor/Mentor
Connection |
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