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Below are some of the links we've found and posted in the library at http://tinyurl.com/T-MC-Library
If you can point volunteers, students and donors at these resources each person can become an active learner, comparing what they do to what is being done in other places. If you've a favorate links resource library send the link to us so we can add it to our list.

* Tutor Training links  

   - A Guide to Tutoring Resources from UCLA Center -  http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/qf/tutoring.html

   - Educational Practice Series from The International Bureau of Education (IBE) - Site has training booklets which can be used by tutors/mentors - download (FREE). http://www.ibe.unesco.org/en/services/online-materials/publications/educational-practices.html
 

  -  Tutor Training page at South Seattle Community College - http://www.southseattle.edu/resources/tutor.htm

* Mentor Training links
  

  - National Mentoring Center - http://educationnorthwest.org/nmc

  - MENTOR - Academic Achievement Initiative resource page - http://www.mentoring.org/program_resources/academic_achievement_initiative
 

  - A Guide to Mentoring Resources from UCLA Center - http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/qf/Mentoring.htm

  - Solutions for America Mentoring Strategies - http://www.solutionsforamerica.org/healthyfam/mentoring-programs.html
 

* Homework help map shows homework sites in all subject areas -  http://tinyurl.com/TMC-HomeworkHelp-map   
 

While there are thousands of places where high school dropout, workforce development, education, diversity, social justice and volunteering are being discussed how many places can you find where these discussions are mapped and connected to each other? This is one place the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC is mapping its ideas. http://debategraph.org/mentoring_kids_to_careers

The May and November Tutor/Mentor Leadership & Networking Conferences are places where people and ideas we connect to via the Internet can meet face-to-face and build relationships that grow in the months between each conference.

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The next conference is November 4, 2011 and will be held at the Metcalfe Federal Building in Chicago.  Visit this Strategy Page to see the goals of the conference. http://www.tutormentorconference.org/strategy.asp 

Conference Video Theater -
This page shows how we aim to collect videos from conference presenters and share them on the conference web site - thus sharing more ideas and drawing more attention to the work each presenter is doing. http://www.tutormentorconference.org/Institute%20Theater.htm

We are still recruiting workshop presenters and seeking financial support. A list of workshops and speakers will be posted in the first week of October.  However, you can register and you can enter your name on the attendee list so that others can see that you are attending. If you cannot attend the conference you can connect with Tutor/Mentor Institute and each other in on-line forums. 

If you are considering hosting a workshop use this page and submit your workshop idea as soon as possible. http://www.tutormentorconference.org/present.asp

This is just one form of information that people who want to help youth born in poverty areas be more successful moving from jobs to careers.

Researchers and writers have been publishing articles about poverty for decades. A library of these articles has been collected and posted on web sites of the Tutor/Mentor Connection since 1998.  Here are a few of the articles and the dates they were posted. In each is a quote from the article illustrating some of what the full article contains.

The first group of articles write about the problems we're trying to address.

Enriching education throughout childhood pays big dividends for disadvantaged
A study by James Heckman, a Nobel-Prize winning economist at the University of Chicago  ---- "While studies have shown that disadvantaged children benefit from high-quality preschool programs, they would benefit even more if they had additional tutoring and mentoring during their elementary and high school years, according to research at the University of Chicago." http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-11/uoc-eet111306.php . Added to library in Dec. 2006

Workforce Readiness/Ready by 21.
"All young people need to be prepared to succeed in college, work and life. But in our communities, only four out of ten young people are ready for a productive adulthood and two in ten are in serious trouble. With effective state and local leaders, nonprofits, and public structures like schools, community centers, and libraries working together, communities can prepare a competitive workforce, strengthen social networks, support families and help all young people realize their potential." http://www.cvworkingfamilies.org/our-work/workforce-readiness/ready-by-21  Added 2006 -

Alliance for Excellent Education - Saving Futures, Saving Dollars:
America’s standard of living and international competitiveness will be strengthened if its high schools are improved. Research indicates that about 75 percent of America’s state prison inmates, almost 59 percent of federal inmates, and 69 percent of jail inmates did not complete high school. http://www.all4ed.org/files/archive/publications/SavingFutures.pdf Added 2006 -

A Wiki About Student Retention from the Pew Partnership for Civic Change
"Each year over 3.5 million American students drop out of school. It’s an ongoing crisis that translates into approximately one lost student every 9 seconds.  The Learning to Finish Wiki is a website that fosters collaboration between parents, educators, community members, researchers, and students toward lowering the dropout rate." http://www.learningtofinish.org/doku.php?id=home Added 2008

“A Nation at Risk” Twenty-Five Years Later
by Richard Rothstein
But the biggest threats to the next generation’s success come from social and economic policy failures, not schools…..Social and economic disadvantage contributes in important ways to poor student achievement. Children in poor health attend quality schools less regularly. Those with inadequate housing change schools frequently, disrupting not only their own educations but those of their classmates. Children whose parents are less literate and whose homes have less rich intellectual environments enter school already so far behind that they rarely can catch up. Parents under severe economic stress cannot provide the support children need to excel. And, as Wilson described, children in neighborhoods without academically successful role models are less likely to develop academic ambitions themselves.http://www.cato-unbound.org/2008/04/07/richard-rothstein/a-nation-at-risk-twenty-five-years-later/ -  Added 2008

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This group of articles provide some ideas that tutor/mentor programs could incorporate in their own practices.

How many of you have an active networking strategy?
I encourage you to read this article by Herminia Ibarria, that illustrates why it is important to develop such a strategy. http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/ibarra.cfm  Added 2008 -

WebEvangelism articles
The Internet however is a ‘pull’ medium. It draws people in – but only within the channels on which they wish to be drawn. It is therefore like a reference library rather than a literature distribution program. There is no automatic audience for a website. Many Christian websites which would aspire to be evangelistic, are in fact largely ‘preaching to the choir’. To engage with not-yet-Christians, who are not already seeking, requires us to use the Bridge Strategy.
http://www.internetevangelismday.com/medium.php Added 2008

Engaging Volunteers using new Linked In Feature– Volunteer Match Blog article
http://tinyurl.com/Enbaging-Volunteers-Vol-Match

Better Together – Harvard University
"Better Together describes a dozen innovative organizations from east to west and north to south that are re-weaving the social fabric of our country, and brings the hopeful news that our civic institutions are taking new forms to adapt to new times and new needs. http://www.bettertogether.org/about.htm

Deloitte survey finds businesses believe volunteerism has power to make real difference
"Corporate America is giving workplace volunteerism a strong vote of confidence as a means to make a significant, long-term difference in their communities. According to the 2010 Deloitte Volunteer IMPACT Survey, more than eight in 10 companies (84 percent) believe that volunteerism can help nonprofits accomplish long-term social goals, and are increasingly offering skills-based volunteer opportunities to employees." http://tinyurl.com/Value-of-Volunteer-Deloitte Added 2010

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Collective Action
More than 2000 links and ideas are in the Tutor/Mentor Connection library, reflecting thousands of organizations.  This is too  much information to share in one newsletter or to learn in one session. That’s why learning circles need to grow in many places, such as universities, high schools, faith groups and business sites.  This section of T/MC library suggests ways this could happen. http://tinyurl.com/TMC-service-learning
 

by Daniel F. Bassill

The Tutor/Mentor Connection is now organized by Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC, which is a social enterprise that seeks to generate revenue from multiple sources including fees and sponsorships for conferences and training events, and an annual Chicagoland Tutor/Mentor Volunteer Recruitment campaign. 

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