The videos on this page were created between 2005 and 2018 to help people understand the strategies and resources shared by the Tutor/Mentor Connection (1993-present) and Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC (2011-present), which is led by Daniel F. Bassill.
Click here for more T/MC and T/MI videos. Click here to view videos created by interns. View these videos on this YouTube video list. Find more on this list, and this one.
Note. Most of these videos were created prior to 2018 and still show a PO Box mailing address. Use the contact us page to find current information.
Mentoring Kids to Careers - Strategies and Leadership Commitment needed - click here
Read more in this blog article.
4-Part Strategy to Help Kids Through School and Into Careers - piloted since 1993 - click here
Read more in this blog article.
Growth of volunteers in a long-term tutor/mentor program. Showing work by interns from the University of Michigan and Northwestern - click here
View this "volunteer growth" blog article - click here.
Volunteer involvement in on-going tutor/mentor program is a form of service-learning. This video shows work of interns from South Korea and Northwestern University - click here
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Understanding "push-pull" as part of a tutor/mentor program strategy for helping youth through school - click here
Collective actions to support urban youth via organized, volunteer-based tutor, mentor and learning programs - click here
Visualize how resource providers and policy-makers might be more proactive in supporting on-going tutor/mentor programs. Role of Influence - click here
Read the blog article - click here
"Enough is Enough" If we want to reduce urban violence on-going investments must be made - click here
Read this article on the Tutor/Mentor Institute,LLC blog - click here
"Here to There". Visualize steps needed for building and sustaining programs that help youth through school and into careers. click here
Homework help resources for students, parents, volunteers, educators, library on this website. click here
This video was created in 2018 when the TutorMentorConnection website was hosting the library. Now the links in the concept map shown in the video point to this website. View the concept map - click here
This video shows universities throughout Chicago where Tutor/Mentor Leadership and Networking Conferences were hosted - click here
Thank you to Terry Elliott, an educator from Western Kentucky, for creating this video.
This was part of a strategy aimed at recruiting universities as long-term partners. This blog article shows a 30 year history of reaching out to universities. Click here
View this video to see how Terry Elliott shared my review of 2018 actions.
Helping tutor/mentor programs grow - see how interns have helped and how this is shared in the Tutor/Mentor blog - click here
View the blog article - click here
Take a tour of this "It takes a village" video. What's it mean for youth in high poverty areas of cities like Chicago? - click here
This video shows work done in late 2000s by graduate students from the University of Michigan.
View the graphic in this blog article - click here
Tour of Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC website (www.tutormentorexchange.net) created by Wona Chang, a 2015 intern from South Korea. click here
2025 note. The website platform has been updated, resulting in a new look for the site. However, the basic navigation remains the same as is shown in this video.
View more videos created by interns - visit this page
Introduction to T/MC OHATS (Organizational history and tracking system). Active on this site from 2002 to 2014 - click here
Visit this page and learn more about the T/MC OHATS. While this is now only available as an archive it remains a model of how groups working toward a common goal might document actions to better understand accomplishments and who is contributing.
The Tutor/Mentor Connection was created in 1993 by volunteers who had crated the site-based Cabrini Connections tutor/mentor program in late 1992.
It was the "local" Cabrini-Green focused part of a "local-global" strategy that continued until 2011.
View videos showing activities at Cabrini Connections. click here
Helping volunteer-based tutor/mentor programs grow in high poverty areas of Chicago - Dan Bassill, 2012 panel discussion - click here
Mentor role in a larger strategy of community and youth development - click here
Read more in this blog article - click here
What is poverty? Dan Bassill in 2009 panel discussion - click here
The work done by interns that is shown on this and other pages demonstrates a role that students at any college or high school could take. Imagine going to your school's website and find a collection of visualizations similar to what I show on these pages.
Thank you to Terry Elliott and others who read my blog articles, view my videos, and then create and share your own interpretation and understanding through your on media.
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Browse this set of articles on the Tutor/Mentor blog to see how Dan Bassill has networked and shared ideas with a network of Connected Learning (CLMOOC) educators since 2013.
Dan has ofter showed the CLMOOC interactions as a model for how people in the youth development ecosystem should be interacting.
Helping nonprofit organizations grow to be good, then great, over many years. View this 2017 reflection - click here
Visit this blog to read more about helping youth tutor, mentor organizations grow to be good, then great, and stay great, over many years.
