Online Publications

• Peer Mentoring: Recruiting, Training, and Ensuring Longevity [Video (WMV), Transcript (PDF), Slides (PDF)] Handouts: 1) Using the General Self-Efficacy Scale, 2) GSES Handout for High School Mentors, 3) GSES Handout for Elementary School Mentees, 4) Outline for Training High School “Bigs”, 5) Roles and Expectations, 6) Sample Ground Rules for High School Mentor Agreement, 7) Memorandum of Understanding
• Day One...in the Life of a Program Coordinator (PDF)
• Guide to Mentoring for Parents and Guardians (PDF)
• Identifying Local Resources for your Literacy Program (PDF)
• Putting Research to Use. Activities to Help Children Read (PDF)
• Start-up Resources for Tutoring and Mentoring Programs (PDF)
• Strategies for Working in Out-of-School Time: A Tool for Senior Corps Volunteers (PDF)
• Students Teaching Students (PDF)
• Tips for Motivating Struggling Students: A Toolkit for Senior Corps Volunteers (PDF)
• Tutoring Toolkit for AmeriCorps Program Applicants (PDF)

The Tutor (view all Tutor articles)

• The Tutor (Summer 2002) Room for One More?: Strategies for small-group tutoring (PDF)
• The Tutor (Summer 2003) It's All in the Family: Planning High-Quality Family Literacy Events (PDF)

Useful Links

• Games and Word Activities
• Generic Mentoring Program Policy and Procedure Manual (PDF)
• Guidelines for Reading Tutoring Sessions: Middle School
• Guidelines for Reading Tutoring Sessions: High School
• Mentoring Youth with Disabilities
• Newsletters Made Easy