Mentoring as part of larger strategy: Comment on P/PV brief - Tutor/Mentor Connection2024-03-29T11:53:39Zhttp://tutormentorconnection.ning.com/forum/topics/mentoring-as-part-of-larger?commentId=783429%3AComment%3A55976&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThis is front cover of PDF e…tag:tutormentorconnection.ning.com,2014-08-30:783429:Comment:559762014-08-30T17:41:32.762ZDaniel Bassillhttp://tutormentorconnection.ning.com/profile/tutormentor
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<p>This is front cover of <a href="http://tinyurl.com/TMI-Defining-Terms" target="_blank">PDF essay</a> titled "Defining Terms" which is intended to help mentoring leaders and donors define strategies based on the needs of the youth/mentees who are being served by a program. </p>
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<p>The national mentoring movement seems to think that "mentoring" is the solution…</p>
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<p>This is front cover of <a href="http://tinyurl.com/TMI-Defining-Terms" target="_blank">PDF essay</a> titled "Defining Terms" which is intended to help mentoring leaders and donors define strategies based on the needs of the youth/mentees who are being served by a program. </p>
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<p>The national mentoring movement seems to think that "mentoring" is the solution for all sorts of problems without defining who the youth are that are being served by different types of mentoring strategies.</p> This Debategraph platform - h…tag:tutormentorconnection.ning.com,2012-04-03:783429:Comment:386572012-04-03T21:04:38.661ZDaniel Bassillhttp://tutormentorconnection.ning.com/profile/tutormentor
<p>This Debategraph platform - <a href="http://debategraph.org/mentoring_kids_to_careers" target="_blank">http://debategraph.org/mentoring_kids_to_careers</a> - is a place where leaders from any city can share their ideas of how mentoring is part of a larger strategy of helping kids through school and into jobs and careers.</p>
<p>This Debategraph platform - <a href="http://debategraph.org/mentoring_kids_to_careers" target="_blank">http://debategraph.org/mentoring_kids_to_careers</a> - is a place where leaders from any city can share their ideas of how mentoring is part of a larger strategy of helping kids through school and into jobs and careers.</p> I've created a variety of gra…tag:tutormentorconnection.ning.com,2012-02-28:783429:Comment:375842012-02-28T17:19:00.401ZDaniel Bassillhttp://tutormentorconnection.ning.com/profile/tutormentor
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2866043051?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2866043051?profile=RESIZE_480x480" width="321"></img></a> I've created a variety of graphics to illustrate the vision that we're all working to help kids born or living in high poverty areas get the extra support and learning opportunities they need to move through school and into jobs and lives out of poverty.</p>
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<p>This …</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2866043051?profile=original"><img width="321" class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2866043051?profile=RESIZE_480x480" width="321"/></a>I've created a variety of graphics to illustrate the vision that we're all working to help kids born or living in high poverty areas get the extra support and learning opportunities they need to move through school and into jobs and lives out of poverty.</p>
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<p>This <a href="http://cmapspublic.ihmc.us/rid=1238727620187_267488666_30240/Mentoring%20Kids%20to%20Careers%20a.cmap" target="_blank">concept map</a> illustrates this in a different way. This <a href="http://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2012/02/birth-to-work-in-every-neighborhood.html" target="_blank">blog article</a> includes a couple of additional graphics and a map pointing to the idea that great mentoring-to-career programs are needed in hundreds of locations.</p>
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<p>On Feb. 28, 2012 <a href="http://www.changingworlds.org/unlocking-pathways-to-learning-162.hrml" target="_blank">Changing Worlds,</a> a Chicago arts education program presented research showing how arts integrated into curriculum influences student learning.</p>
<p>How can we get thousands of people into this discussion, from business, philanthropy, universities, non-profit arts, mentoring, tutoring, etc. so that our collective effort makes more programs that integrate various forms of mentoring from many different sectors into the lives of kids who need extra help?</p>