Through intermediary organizations like the Tutor/Mentor Connection in Chicago we help K-12 youth connect with volunteers in neighborhood tutor/mentor programs.
This web site supports the on-going process of research and learning needed to build and sustain better support systems helping kids move through school and into 21st century careers.
YOU can make a difference
This is a new video for Tutor/Mentor Connection (T/MC), created by Kyungryul Kim from South Korea. He is in an internship with T/MC in Chicago. Kyngryul looked at a past presentation about Tutor/Mentor connection, and made this video to communicate the ideas in a new way.
Tutor/Mentor Institute YouTube Channel
Visit this Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC YouTube channelto see videos where we explain our ideas and talk about how mentoring transforms the lives of volunteers and youth who become part of well-organized, long-term tutor/mentor programs.
Volunteers as Leaders
Does your volunteer-support strategy combine service with learning? Does it intend to convert tutors and mentors into leaders and capacity builders. This video is a recording of a flash animation created by University of Michigan Grad student to explain sthis concept. Play the flash animation at this link: http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/images/flash/vol_leadership.swf
Role of Leaders - can you take this role?
Essays in this section are roles leaders in business, religion, health care, universities and politics might take to support the growth of volunteer-based tutor/mentor programs in all high poverty areas.
Essays in this section are roles leaders in business, religion, health care, universities and politics might take to support the growth of volunteer-based tutor/mentor programs in all high poverty areas.