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| Effective mentoring brings results |
| It’s this simple: mentoring can change the course of a child’s life. Community organizations connect at-risk youth to caring adults who want to make a difference. It’s a win-win situation—mentees gain skills and confidence; mentors feel a sense of personal satisfaction. Learning Together combines fundamentals cited in research on successful community mentoring programs as outlined in Contemporary Issues in Mentoring: |
- Structure and planning to facilitate high levels of interaction
- Training for mentors before and after matching
- Consistent meetings over time to build relationships
- Mechanisms for ongoing mentor support
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| Our programs are structured on scientifically-based practices in literacy and math instruction, combining all elements of effective tutoring practices as outlined by the U.S. Department of Education: “Evidence That Tutoring Works,” 1997: |
- Incorporates research-based elements
- Intensive and ongoing training
- Close coordination with classroom or reading teacher
- Well-structured and scripted sessions
- Careful monitoring and reinforcement of progress
- Frequent and regular mentoring sessions
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| Learning Together has combined methodology, content and professional development to produce effective research-based programs: |
Reading Together Grade Two
Reading Together Grade Three
Reading Together Intermediate (Grades Four, Five and Six)
Math Together (Grades Three, Four and Five)
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| Current research supports Learning Together strategies: |
Contemporary Issues in Mentoring
Peer-Assisted Learning Interventions with Elementary School Students: A Meta-Analytic Review
So that Every Child can Read
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| A mentor can change a child's life. |
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 |  | Fortunately, a growing body of evidence substantiates mentoring programs’ claims of effectiveness. Several recent evaluations…have documented that well-run programs matching a caring adult with a youth can significantly improve the youth’s life—educationally, behaviorally and emotionally.
—Grossman, Jean Baldwin, ed. (1999) Contemporary Issues in Mentoring. |
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