Tutor/Mentor Connection:

A Jobs Creation Strategy for America

Creating Volunteer-based
Tutor/Mentor Programs in every
high-poverty area of Chicago
and cities throughout the
country, and city-wide support
systems could create
thousands of new jobs for
American workers.

This is a concept strategy of the

Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC. Your investment
and support can make this a reality.

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 Collective Effort
What might we accomplish working toward shared
goals that we cannot do when working alone?

We might help more kids through school.

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 LOGIC MODEL

A ‘tutor/mentor’ program is a Helping ‘tutor/mentor’

Connecting place where many programs reach youth in all
youth with adult volunteers with different parts of a city should be a goal
tutors and backgrounds can connect of leaders from many sectors.
mentors and with hard-to-reach youth.
extra learning is * Building marketing,
good thing to do.
* Helping programs find advertising, resource
resources, recruit volunteers development, talent sources
* Helping and support youth and and leadership strategies in
volunteers learn volunteers on a weekly, and every industry, faith group,
ways to have continuing level of political and media sector
positive impact involvement helps each supports the growth of
is necessary program be more effective. tutor/mentor programs in more
work. places.

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 Creating a tutor/mentor program
that transforms the lives of youth
and adult volunteers is as difficult
as creating the first light bulb.

Edison made more than 1000 attempts before he

developed a working light bulb.

Creating an industry to deliver

energy so light bulbs could be in
every home must have been a
much more difficult challenge.
Several hundred non-school, volunteer-
based, youth tutor/mentor programs are
needed in a big city like Chicago.

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A volunteer-based tutor/mentor program is a “store” with many customers .
Each list represents products and services needed at every tutor/mentor program in every high poverty
neighborhood of cities like Chicago. EACh program needs to provide ALL of these services.

Stuff for
Tutor/Mentor Parents, Teachers,
Community
Donors STORE Leaders

• Why we are needed

• Needs of youth in Stuff for Stuff for • What we do
neighborhood we • What we accomplish
serve
Youth* Volunteers* • How do enroll a
• What we do youth
• How this influences • Youth • How to make
• Mentors, Tutors
learning, school • Training programs like this
• Fun activities
performance, work • On-Going available to more kids
• New experiences
readiness support in more places
• Technology
• Our Leaders • Fun Activities • How this helps kids
• Books
• Other donors • Social network
• Safe Place
• What we accomplish • Career Network
• Arts
• Who we network • Sense of purpose
• Social & Emotional Stuff for
with • Technology Stuff for
Support
• Who we collaborate
• College & Career
STAFF * • Books
Industry,
with • Safe Place
• How well we use their
• Job Skills
• Job Skills Universities
• Network • Vision, Mission
donations • Staff support • What we do
• Staff support • Training
• What is our impact • Friends • What we accomplish
• Friends • On-Going
• How do volunteers get
• Long-term support
involved
involvement • Fun Activities
• Impact on volunteers,
• Social network
business goals
• Career Network
• Impact on diversity,
• Financial reward
workforce
*These products & services made available • Health care
development etc.
• Retirement
by “vendors” who do business with each
• Safe, nurturing
program location. place to work
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 Sample Non Profit Organizational Chart
Board of
Director/CEO Directors
Recruitment and
Development
Admin Secretary
analyst

Tutor/Mentor Information Human Facilities Mgr.

Program Marketing and Technologies Resources
Operations Development

Legal &
Accounting
Student Volunteer Board Communications Database Policy
Recruitment Recruitment Development Manager Development & Development
& Support and Training Maintenance and Training
Manager
Grants Newsletter (print
Coordinator Manger and email versions Web site Staffing/
School and for development & Training
Community tutor/mentor Maintenance
Liaison sessions Special Public
Events Relations Employee
On-line Records
Supply/Food Events & Documentation
Service Activities Web Site Systems
Direct Mail
Payroll and
Security College & Internal On-line e- Benefits
Career Annual Communications learning (for Management
Readiness Report staff, students,
Transportation volunteers)
Database mgt
Business
Liaison/ Internal
Vocational Network and
Training Server set up
and
Computer maintenance EVERY program
Infrastructure need to Learning site should have
support on-going
Center a Computer
Hardware &
software Technology
tutoring/mentoring. Data upgrades Center
Collection (technology
and Analysis plan

Technology
Support

Technology
Training

Every box on this chart represents a role that a corporate volunteer with specific talents and experience could
fill in a volunteer-based tutor/mentor organization. Every box needs to be filled if the organization is to provide
effective service to its community. Similar charts should be developed to show the organizational structure of different
types of charities and service organizations.

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 Skills Needed
in Every
Tutor/Mentor
Program
The chart on page 5
shows products and
services needed in
every single tutor
and/or mentor
program.

This chart shows skills

leaders and staff must
have to be able to
attract a wide range of
volunteers, services
along with financial
support, and use them
in year-to-year growth
of constantly improving
tutor/mentor programs.

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 How Many Programs Needed?
How many jobs would this create?
Nearly 200 locations are in
Tutor/Mentor database.
However, the distribution is poor
in many parts of the city .
Previous surveys lead us to
believe less than 20,000 youth
in organized programs with
primary focus on tutor/mentor
activities.

Another 300 program locations

could reach service level up to
60,000 youth.

This could create 3,000 to 6,000 jobs in a non-school tutor/mentor industry.

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EVERY city needs an Infrastructure to support 300-500 non-school tutor/mentor
programs. View 4-part strategy at - http://tinyurl.com/TMC-4-Part-Strategy

View this version of 4-part strategy map - https://tinyurl.com/TMI-4pt-strategy-needs

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 Infrastructure to support programs
creates additional jobs and careers.

Example:
A student
intern
created this
graphic Youth can be
interns, learn skills,
and be employed in
each step of this
process.

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 Creating a tutor/mentor programs
that reach youth in all high poverty
areas is a jobs creation strategy
that can bring millions of dollars of
income to workers and tax dollars
to Chicago.

Creating a tutor/mentor
program industry can also
contribute to the success of
every mayor who aspires to
close the gaps between rich
and poor and improve the
ability of a city to attract new
business and residents.
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These ideas can be part of the leadership plan of any
elected and/or business leader, in any city.

Chicago
Plan
GOVERNMENT
COMMUNITIES

GROWTH
CHILDREN

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 What does it take to make this happen?

Here are some articles to stimulate your thinking:

Tipping Points - http://tinyurl.com/TMI-TippingPoints

Role of Leaders - http://tinyurl.com/TMI-RoleOfLeaders

Virtual Corporate office -

http://tinyurl.com/TMI-VirtualCorpOffice

Use of Maps and Visualization -

http://tinyurl.com/TMI-visualize-ideas

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 Use T/MC web to learn more
Building an understanding of the ideas the T/MC shares requires on-
going learning, discussion and reflection. Form a learning group in your
organization and use the sites below as a source for your learning and
innovation.

Http://www.tutormentorexchange.net
http://www.tutormentorprogramlocator.net
http://tutormentor.blogspot.com
Http://mappinforjustice.blogspot.com
http://tutormentorexchange.net/conceptmaps
Dan Bassill
@tutormentorteam

Email [email protected] or connect with Dan Bassill on

LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram or Twitter to discuss ideas for T/MI
consulting, speaking, workshops, idea generation, mapping and/or
collaboration among programs, or between cities.
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