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Use the ideas and
resources shared monthly to help
youth in your zip code have
opportunities to participate in
well-organized, mentor-rich,
non-school programs.
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Oct. - Nov. 2017
- Issue 163
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The school year
has started. Are
you already
thinking about
next year?
The ideas
shared in
this monthly
newsletter
can be used
by youth
organization
leaders,
resource
providers,
political
leaders,
universities,
volunteers
and youth to
help
mentor-rich
programs
thrive in
all of the
neighborhoods
where they
are most
needed.
While I
try to
send
this
only
once a
month, I
write
blog
articles
weekly.
In the
sections
below I
post
links to
a few of
the
articles
published
in the
past
month or
earlier.
I
encourage
you to
spend a
little
time
each
week
reading
these
articles
and
following
the
links.
Use the
ideas
and
presentations
in group
discussions
with
other
people
who are
concerned
about
the same
issues.
Encourage
friends,
family,
co-workers
to sign
up to
receive
this
newsletter. Click
here.
(If you
subscribe,
don't
forget
to
respond
to the
confirmation
email)
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What are
some of the
things you're
thinking about?
Getting
youth
and
volunteers
to show
up each
week and
providing
activities
to
support
them is
top-of-mind,
but is
that
all?
The
concept
map
above is
part of
a recent
blog
article
-
click
here
In hundreds of
school and
non-school
locations, volunteer
tutors and mentors
are meeting weekly
with k-12 youth.
They are supported
by people with many
years of experience,
and some who are
involved with
tutoring, mentoring
and non-school
programs for the
first time.
I maintain a list of
Chicago area
non-school tutor and
mentor programs,
which you can
find here.
I also have
been using maps to
show where programs
are most needed,
based on high levels
of poverty, and
where existing
programs are
located.
See example.
I encourage parents,
volunteers and
donors to look at
the web sites of
individual programs,
to see what services
they offer, where
they are located,
and why they are
needed, etc. Anyone
can use this
information to help
them make choices
for where to get
involved or give
support. The
information on web
sites is also useful
for programs to
learn from each
other.
Most youth program
web sites in the
Chicago tutor/mentor
program library are
bulletin boards
announcing that they
offer different
types of youth
programming, and
showing how people
can get involved.
Some do this better
than others.
I point to nearly
200 youth serving
organizations, yet
only a few provide
information and
resources showing
why they are needed
and providing tips &
resources for
volunteers.
* Tutoring Chicago -
handbook and
resource guide
on website
* 826Chi points to
extra resources in
two pdfs on
this page
* By the Hand Club -
provides data to
show need for their
programs (which
shows why similar
programs are also
needed) -
click here
* Polished Pebbles -
shows reasons
program is needed -
click here
* WITS Chicago -
uses blog to provide
information -
click here
* The Black Star
Project - extensive
resources showing
why people should
get involved. -
click here
Through this
newsletter and my
blog articles I'm
constantly
encouraging youth
programs to provide
more of this type of
information on their
web sites. I
created this
Shoppers Guide
PDF to offer a set
of suggestions for
what donors,
volunteers and
parents should be
looking for on every
tutor and mentor
program web site.
Help
programs tell their
stories:
One role that
volunteers from
marketing, PR,
advertising and
technology
companies, or local
universities, could
take would be to
help every program
have a web site that
provides more
information to their
own supporters as
well as to others
who are doing
similar work in
different places.
If you operate a
Chicago area tutor
and/or mentor
program that's not
on my list, or if
you share resources
and tips for tutors
and mentors on your
site and want me to
highlight it, send
details to
tutormentor2@earthlink.net
so I can add you to
the T/MC web
library.
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Resources Volunteers
and Students can Use
Since the school
year is just
starting these
resources can be
useful for
volunteers and staff
in any tutor and
mentor program in
Chicago or beyond.
Learn about
homework help
section and
other resources
available in the
Tutor/Mentor web
library.
click here.
When you open
the concept map
on this page,
click each of
the nodes and
you'll find a
vast library of
ideas.
If
you
are
active
on
Twitter
you
might
have
seen
notices
about
an
international
campaign
intended
to
involve
students
from
around
the
world
in
achieving
the
United
Nation's
17
Global
Sustainability
Goals.
Goal
Number
1
is
to
"end
poverty
in
all
its
forms,
everywhere".
That
includes
Chicago
and
the
USA.
Read
more
about
this
at
this
link.
Youth
in
non-school
programs,
and
schools,
can
become
involved
in
local
and
global
issues
as
part
of
their
own
learning
and
development.
Here's
one
article
about
engaging
youth
in
social
change.
In
this
section
of
the
Tutor/Mentor
web
library
are
many
web
sites
with
ideas
that
might
inspire
youth
and
volunteers
and
program
staff.
click
here
A
starting
point
for
involvement
could
be
students
browsing
these
articles
then
writing
reports
to
share
what
they
find,
and
to
recommend
activities
that
they
and
peers
in
their
own
school
or
non-school
programs
could
be
doing.
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Is your
organization a
"learning"
organization?
The Internet
offers a vast
deposit of
knowledge, but
is of little
value if people
don't dig into
it on an
on-going basis
to see what they
can find.
You can find a
description of
these graphics
in
this article.
The graphic above is
an enlarged version
of the bottom
section of the
graphic at the left.
In the yellow
highlighted box at
the top I show
outcomes I think we
all want:
More
youth stay in
school, are safe in
non-school hours,
graduate from high
school, and move on
to jobs, careers and
adult
responsibilities.
To achieve these
outcomes we need to
reduce the inequalities
of opportunity in
Chicago and the USA.
Below are two resources.
I watched a
Digital Divide movie
this week, which
highlighted how some
kids don't have the same
digital learning
opportunities other kids
have.
A couple of years ago I
read Dr. Robert Putnam's
book, " Our
Kids: the American Dream
in Crisis." This
painted the same picture
of inequality, based on
where you live and the
income of parent.
These are just two of
many research articles
you can find in
this section of the
Tutor/Mentor web
library, showing why
kids in poverty need
extra support that
volunteer tutors and
mentors in organized
non-school programs have
the potential to help
provide.
While most focus on the
act of tutoring or
mentoring, I focus on
what volunteers can do
beyond this, as part of
an on-going effort to
help kids move through
school. The concept map
below shows supports
kids need as they move
from first grade through
high school and toward
jobs. See map
here.
On this map I show that
volunteers are extra
adults who get involved
in a child's life
through an organized
tutor or mentor program.
Finding ways to keep
those volunteers
involved for multiple
years, and motivating
them to look at the
information showing the
extra support needed by
youth, families and
schools in high poverty
neighborhoods, can turn
many of these volunteers
into activist who reach
back into their own
networks to get other
people involved to help
make more of these
resources available.
View Mentor Role in
a Larger Youth
Development Strategy
PDF-
click here
Share these
ideas.
Last weekend a middle
school teacher from
Western Massachusetts
reviewed one of my
presentations, then
created a comic strip to
share his understanding.
You can see his comic
strip
here. Then, see how
it's featured in the
Tutor/Mentor blog.
One activity students
and volunteers can take
is to dig through the
Tutor/Mentor Institute,
LLC site and web
library, and then create
their own blogs, comics,
videos, etc. to share
what they find with
others.
The work they do could
be posted on the web
sites and blogs of the
organizations they are
part of, as part of an
effort to engage more of
the organizations
stakeholders in deeper
learning and greater
efforts so more kids
move successfully
through school and into
adult lives.
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Additional
information and
resources...
Below are just a few
links from the
Tutor/Mentor web
library.
*
To&Through Project
website. Find
information showing
progress of CPS
freshmen to and
through 4-year
college. Find ways
to help. click
here
* Sign your middle
school students up
for January 2018
Chicago Future
Cities design
project -
details here
* The Human Imprint
- a huge geography
resource -
click here
* Understand Racism
and Segregation
using digital
mapping -
see article
* Teaching Tolerance
- classroom
resources -
click here
* Civic Engagement -
Illinois Governor
candidates -
click here
Additional
resources to help
Chicago area
organizations and
supporters connect,
learn and work
collectively to help
build support
systems for youth:
* #ILGive campaign
is Nov. 28. Are you
ready?
click here
* Strengthening
Chicago Youth blog
-
click here
* National Mentoring
Summit - January
24-26, 2018 in
Washington, DC -
details
* Indiana
Afterschool Network
Out-of-School-Time
Conference, April 9,
2018 -
details
* Chicago
Organizations in
Intermediary Roles -
click here
* See what's being
discussed on Twitter
- use Tutor/Mentor # hashtag
map
* View past
Tutor/Mentor
Newsletters - use
for on-going
learning -
click here
* List of links to
sections of
tutor/mentor library
and ideas -
click here
Dan Bassill (that's
me) is available to
discuss any of these
ideas with you, or
others, via Skype,
Google Hangouts or
in person if you're
in Chicago.
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Connection,
Tutor/Mentor
Institute, LLC
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3303, Chicago, Il 60654
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