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All Blog Posts Tagged 'mentoring' (9)

Follow this "Learning Path" through the ideas of the Tutor/Mentor Connection

I've hosted this Ning site since 2007 with the goal that teams from colleges, faith groups, businesses, etc. in Chicago and other cities would use the information and ideas to build strategies that make mentor-rich youth programs available in all  high poverty neighborhoods, and help each get the on-going flow of talent and operating dollars needed to constantly move from…

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Added by Daniel Bassill on April 27, 2016 at 2:14pm — No Comments

CBS 48 Hours reports drug violence near Sun Rise Church in K-Town

To Supporters of Volunteer-Based Tutor/Mentor Programs

Please see attached story (my May 23 blog item...K-Town Church.) It is a report written by a Wheaton College student who was doing an internship with World Vision 8 or 9 years ago. I forwarded it to Dan Bassill of the Tutor/Mentor Connection and he sent it to…

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Added by Maxine Williams on May 23, 2013 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Tutoing at Sun Rise church in K-Town church circa 2004

Editorial Note:  This is a story that was written in 2004 to tell the story of a tutor/mentor program operating out of a church on the West Side of Chicago. That church was highlighted in a 2013 CBS 48 Hours Video showing drug dealing in front of the church.  

Maxine Williams was the coordinator for the FunDay School tutoring program that was operated by SunRise Missionary Baptist Church from about 2003 to 2008. We did very well for most of those years…

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Added by Maxine Williams on May 23, 2013 at 12:00pm — No Comments

If we agree that connecting a youth and adult mentor is a good idea....

I created this graphic last week to illustrate the progression of thinking that I've followed for the past 20 years.

I know from my own experiences and those of others, and from much reading, that connecting youth with caring adults can have a positive impact.

I also know that building and sustaining these adult-youth connections in high…

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Added by Daniel Bassill on November 24, 2012 at 11:34am — 1 Comment

Free knowledge, learning opportunities to anyone with internet access

I've been reading Curt Bonk's book titled the World is Open and have put in dozens of sticky notes on pages with links to on-line learning resources that he mentions.  I intended to go back and find these, one at a time, and add them to my own library on the Tutor/Mentor Connection site.

However, Curt's already done much of the work of building a list of resources. Visit this page and …

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Added by Daniel Bassill on July 7, 2012 at 9:01am — No Comments

What You Should Know About Becoming a Mentor

 

 

You can do it. Most kids love to talk about themselves and are thrilled when adults give them their full attention. You might be surprised to hear what they want to be when they grow up.

 

You can provide mentoring through a volunteer program such as those sponsored by the National Mentoring Partnership, Tutor/Mentor Connection, The Boys & Girls Club, Read Aloud America, America’s Promise, the Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Foundation and many other…

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Added by Susan Schneider on July 5, 2012 at 9:36am — 1 Comment

See how maps can be used in community organizing and capacity building

This photo shows Mike Trakan with one of the maps he has created for Tutor/Mentor Connection since he joined us in Jan 2008. View the maps and read the articles he writes on the mappingforjustice blog



The T/MC received a $50,000 donation from an anonymous donor in Nov. 2007 which enabled us to hire…

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Added by Daniel Bassill on February 2, 2011 at 5:53pm — No Comments

Thanks for Mentoring Experiences

I posted a message on Facebook telling how I'd been involved for 37 years and how my life has been enriched as a result. One of our former students posted this response:

No, THANK YOU for caring when no one else would, you started a movement and I have watched it blossom into something I couldnt imagine back at St. Matthews Church, you and your family have sacrificed so much time, and Im proof that just one person can make such a huge impact on someone's life. Love ya…

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Added by Daniel Bassill on January 26, 2011 at 1:16pm — No Comments

Engaging the resources of universities, and their alumni



I've led Cabrini Connections, Tutor/Mentor Connection since 1993. That was well before the internet became such an important tool. I've used computers to organize and communicate my ideas since around 1980. Thus, much of what I've created in the past is stored on floppy disks that may never be opened again.



Most…

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Added by Daniel Bassill on September 4, 2010 at 9:39am — No Comments

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