|
e-Mentor and e-Tutor Programs
VIRTUAL VOLUNTEERING WIKI
http://www.coyotecommunications.com/vvwiki/
This Wiki is a library of more than 100 research articles about virtual volunteering, compiled by Jayne Cravens since the mid 1990s. As you're building your e-Mentoring and e-Tutoring program, or just working to improve your site-based program, finding virtual volunteers to help you is always a challenge.
TIPS FOR ADDING E-MENTORING TO SITE BASED PROGRAMS
https://symba.io/5-key-takeaways-2021-national-mentoring-summit/
This article offers five takeaways from the January 2021 National Mentoring Summit and focused on planning needed to build a quality virtual mentoring strategy on top of an existing face-to-face program. The steps apply to starting a new program or enhancing an existing program.
Models to learn from:
CHAPTER ONE - CONNECTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS WITH E-TUTORS
https://www.chapterone.org/about
From the web site: "Chapter One provides 1:1 reading support at the time students need it most: Kindergarten, first and second grade."
CRICKET TOGETHER 1-ON-1 E-MENTORING PLATFORM
https://cricketmedia.com/crickettogether/
From the website: CricketTogether's mission is "To connect, support, and sustain 1:1 eMentoring relationships that empower every child to unlock their full personal and academic potential." Focus is on children in grades 3-8.
E-COUNSELING 2.0 - NEW WAVE OF E-MENTORING
https://hechingerreport.org/e-counseling-2-0-can-a-new-wave-of-virtual-guidance-help/
This 2016 article describes some emerging e-Mentoring formats that are helping youth stay in college.
E-PALS GLOBAL COMMUNITY
https://www.epals.com/#/connections
From the web site: "ePALS eMentoring is a web-based multilingual tool designed by ePALS, the leader in student-safe email, to enable corporate and organizational volunteers to mentor students online. ePALs is a global collaboration portal for teachers, students, mentors."
iCouldBe.org eMentoring
https://www.icouldbe.org/default.asp
From the web site: "The mission of iCouldBe is to provide at-risk middle and high school students with an online community of professional mentors, empowering teens to stay in school, plan for future careers, and achieve in life."
I-MENTOR - TECHNOLOGY-ENABLED MENTORING
https://imentor.org/who-we-are/model
From the web site: "iMentor's model harnesses the power of long-term, personal relationships to help students succeed. We partner with high schools in low-income communities, where a majority of students served will be first-generation college graduates. Each year, we recruit thousands of volunteers who commit to mentor a high school student for at least three years." Now with branches in New York, Chicago, Bay Area and Baltimore.
PA E-MENTOR PROGRAM
https://www.pa-ementor.org/#1
From the Program Site: "The Program uses working and retired adults and mature college students serving as online career mentors, as well as a structured online curriculum to help give teens and young adults the knowledge and skills they need to "get real" about their futures - "real" about the demands and opportunities within the job market, and "real" about a plan that leads to their eventual success."
STEM MENTOR MATCHING EXCHANGE - ON-LINE
http://help.mentormatchingengine.org/mme-mentor#mentoring-on-mme
The Mentor Matching Exchange is an app that enables students to connect with STEM mentors. It's a product of the Illinois Science & Technology Coalition which you can learn about at https://www.istcoalition.org/
TEENS TUTOR TEENS - OFFERS FREE TUTORING TO OTHER TEENS
https://www.teenstutorteens.com/
From the website: "Teens Tutor Teens has chapters in Georgia and four other states. Teens can receive free tutoring from other teens who have proven to be academically exceptional in their community. Teens who are economically disadvantaged are given priority.
UPCHIEVE - NONPROFIT ED-TECH INITIATIVE SUPPORTS NEW YORK AREA
https://upchieve.org/mission
From the web site: "UPchieve is a nonprofit ed-tech initiative that provides free, online, and on-demand educational and guidance services to high school students in the U.S. Our goal is to making the college application process simple for all students - not just those with educated, financially stable, and supportive parents. Some of the students we try to help include those who are low income, minorities, LGBTQ, immigrants, or the first in their family to go to college."
|
