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| Effective mentoring raises student performance |
Students who participate in high-quality mentoring programs skip less school, feel more competent about their ability to succeed in school, and have better relationships with friends and family. Learning Together embeds these positive aspects of mentoring into all our academic instruction programs to further improve student performance and motivation. Our framework rests soundly on scientifically-based practices in literacy and mathematics instruction. Lessons are designed around structured interactions between adult mentor and student, bringing to instruction the particularly powerful influence of a positive role model. |
| Our programs combine 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 tutoring sessions
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| Learning Together has an effective mentor management infrastructure that fosters the development of positive relationships, as outlined in "Contemporary Issues in Mentoring," 1999: |
- Maintain a steady presence in a youth’s life
- Respect the youth’s viewpoint
- Pay attention to kids’ need for “fun”
- Get to know mentees’ families, but do not become too involved
- Seek and use the help and advice of program staff
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| Read more about current research supporting Learning Together strategies: |
Benefits of Tutoring
So that Every Child Can Read
Contemporary Issues in Mentoring
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| Adult mentors have worked successfully with Learning Together programs: |
Reading Together Grade Two
Reading Together Grade Three
Reading Together Intermediate
Math Together Grades Three, Four and Five
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| Effective mentoring has a positive impact in the life of a child. |
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 |  | It has been suggested by that the number of young people in our country who could benefit from having a mentor is estimated at five to fifteen million children.
— (Walker, 1996, cited in Lauland, 1998) Lauland, A. (primary author) Yes, you can: A guide for establishing mentoring programs to prepare youth for college. Washington, DC: US Department of Education, 1998. |
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