Strategy: Tutor/Mentor Leadership and Networking Conference:

When leaders and volunteers get to know one another, they share ideas and help each other!

The Conference is part of an ongoing strategy aimed at building connections between the people leading tutor/mentor programs, the people who are volunteers, and the people who provide the money so that high quality tutor/mentor programs can reach more K-12 youth in high poverty neighborhoods in Chicago and other cities.

The goal of the Tutor/Mentor Leadership and Networking Conferences is to draw together leaders across many sectors: from volunteer-based tutoring and/or mentoring programs, Community Technology Centers, arts programs, businesses, universities, hospitals, and philanthropies. The Conference enables these leaders to network and collaborate toward helping existing tutor/mentor programs get the volunteers, dollars, and ongoing leadership they need to connect with kids in these areas, while also helping new programs form where none exist.

View animated view of T/MC event strategy.
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Goals

  • Bring together 150 to 200 leaders representing volunteer-based tutoring and/or mentoring programs, foundations, business, media, k-16 education and the faith community.
  • Provide learning that program leaders, volunteers, donors can take back and apply in their own activities, in their own neighborhoods and communities.
  • Share understanding of how volunteer-based non-school tutor/mentor programs are a valuable learning support and a key component of education reform, workforce development, violence prevention, and civic engagement.
  • Increase visibility and idea-sharing so that more tutor/mentor programs have the resources for program improvement that leads to stronger programs as school starts in September 2010.   Links to Chicago programs can be found on the Tutor/Mentor Connection web site.
  • Identify and build commitment for shared actions, such as the August/September Tutor/Mentor Volunteer Recruitment Campaign, that will strengthen existing programs and help build new programs.

Great Programs in all neighborhoods, not just a few places

This map shows locations of different non-school tutoring and/or mentoring organizations in the central part of Chicago. It was created using the Chicago Tutor/Mentor Interactive Program Locator. Attend workshops at the Conference to learn how to use this service to create maps showing tutor/mentor programs and potential partners in your own Chicago area zip code. Learn how you can duplicate this service in your own community.

 


In the months between the May and November Conferences, we invite you to network with the T/MC via blogs, such as http://tutormentor.blogspot.com and forums such as http://tutormentorconnection.ning.com.

Share your story. Share your experience.

If you or your organization would like to offer a workshops at the next Conference, planned for November 2010, please email tutormentor2@earthlink.net to discuss your involvement.

No matter what industry or organization you belong to, we encourage you to contribute your own leadership experience by registering or presenting a workshop. To learn more about Conference goals and the mission of T/MC, visit our About the Conference and T/MC pages.