DC Tutoring and Mentoring Initiative Project Assignment My Project is about : DCtutormentor How best to recruit undergraduate and graduate students fo

DC Tutoring and Mentoring Initiative Project Assignment My Project is about :

DCtutormentor

How best to recruit undergraduate and graduate students for DCTutor programs?

DC Tutoring and Mentoring Initiative is a coalition of organizations and individuals dedicated to transforming the community and empowering students in the District of Columbia.

the problem which I am working on for this project is how to get volunteer for this Non-profit ( DCtutormentor ) so please read about volunteerism and others which are related to getting volunteers.

DC Tutoring-DC TUTOR/MENTOR, an organization committed to increasing volunteer participation in mentoring and tutoring opportunities in the DMV. This group

in the attachment you will see the first Annotated Bibliography I did in the beginning of the course so I am supposed to a better Annotated Bibliography now since it is the end of the course

10 Annotated Bibliography Shields, P. O. (2013). Young Adult Volunteers: Recruitment Appeals and Other Marketing
Considerations. Journal of Nonprofit & Public Sector Marketing, 21(2), 139-159.
doi:10.1080/10495140802528658.
Shields provide a background as to why many non-profit making organizations face challenges in
recruiting volunteers in the current employment markets. Since these non-profit organizations rely
significantly on volunteer resources, it has necessitated the need for them to segment the markets
which focus on informing the volunteer groups about the benefits they will receive as they expect.
The author recognizes that the long-term existence of the non-profit organizations today depends
on their ability to recruit and retain young adult volunteers. The interests of the retirees and young
volunteers were different hence a segmentation strategy that would motivate each group was
necessary. Organizations that were focused on children were highly preferred by young volunteers.
Similarly, young volunteers preferred in non-profit organizations which were locally based and
nationally known. Many of the young volunteers were characteristic on great teamwork and good
mentors hence the organizations had to make the right appeal to recruit and retain them.
Einolf, C. J., & Yung, C. (2018). Super-Volunteers: Who Are They and How Do We Get One?
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 47(4), 789-812. doi:10.1177/0899764018760400.
The authors focus on investigating a group of volunteers recognized as super-volunteers.
According to the article, these are volunteers who are capable of spending ten or more hours in
one organization within a week. In the investigation, the authors wanted to establish what
motivates these individuals to dedicate their time in becoming super-volunteers and what
influenced their choice of an organization that they wished to serve under. It was established that
these super-volunteers made their personal decisions in choosing the organizations to serve under.
Most of them choose non-profit organizations that they thought were matching their values,
effective and showed the willingness to work with them towards developing substantive and
meaningful volunteer positions. Super-volunteers were very valuable to these organizations hence
managing them required the organizations to be more flexibility and special attention compared to
the regular volunteers. No non-profit organization was willing to let the super-volunteers to go
hence they strived in retaining them.
Brooks, David. (2018, July, 26). “Where American Renewal Begins” New York Times.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/26/opinion/thread-baltimore-american-renewal-communityprogram.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FVolunteers&action=click&contentCollection=ti
mestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=3&pgtype
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The originally named organization Sarah Hemminger changed their name to Thread which is a
volunteer organization that seeks to help students who are underperforming. They help them by
just a simple act of kindness by acting as an extended family. The volunteers perform duties such
as driving them to school, bringing them lunch, driving them back to school when they skipped
out, doing homework with them, taking them camping. The organization seeks to demolish the
term “mentor” as every day the volunteers and the students would learn and engage in something
new. This is considered a learning process as the volunteers are encouraged to speak up and ask
for help in unique circumstances. Each student is assigned with a maximum of five volunteers
who perform the job that a family member would perform. The volunteers are coached by more
experienced volunteer known as the head of the family and the head is coached by the
Grandparents and grandparents coached by the community managers who are Thread paid
staffers. The collaborators help students to build a trusting relationship and are taught to call a
“thing” a ‘thing”. The organization weaves an elaborate system of relationships, a cohesive
village, around the task of helping kids. The organization also believes that change begins with
us and they are changing lives one person at a time.
Tugend, Alina. (2010, July, 30). The Benefits of Volunteerism, if the Service Is Real
https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/31/your-money/31shortcuts.html
Mills College distinguishes among three types of citizens: “personally responsible” that is they
help people they know and donate blood; participatory citizens, who are active in community
projects; and justice-oriented citizens, who examine causes and possible solutions for society’s
ills. Professor James E. Youniss, a research professor of psychology at the Catholic University of
America, conducted a research to study students in one Massachusetts high school that was about
to introduce mandatory community service. The students were asked at the beginning and end of
their high school career if they were likely to vote when they became eligible and do some sort
of community service. Those who weren’t volunteering, or weren’t required to, usually said they
were unlikely to vote or do community service in the future. Those who volunteered without
being required generally said they were likely to vote and would volunteer. The research also
shuns some light on students not wanting to volunteer because they do menial task instead of the
task they were promised beforehand.
Smith, K., Holmes, K., Haski-Leventhal, D., Cnaan, R. A., Handy, F., & Brudney, J. L. (2010).
Motivations and Benefits of Student Volunteering: Comparing Regular, Occasional, and NonVolunteers in Five Countries. Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research,1(1)
65-81.
In recent years’ Western governments have sought to encourage civic behavior among young
people, and volunteering has emerged as one avenue for this process. There has thus been an
increase in volunteer programs for school and university students. One example is the growth in
community service and service learning programs. Student volunteering is regarded by
governments as essential to perpetuate an engaged civil society (Haski-Leventhal et al., 2008).
However, students face a number of barriers to volunteering, such as the rising costs of education
and the need to undertake more paid work, thus reducing the time available to volunteer (Evans
& Saxton, 2005). Some young people also have a negative perception of volunteering as “not
cool,” “boring,” and time-consuming, based on stereotypical views of volunteering (Commission
on the Future of Volunteering, 2008; Davis Smith, 1999; Niyazi, 1996).
Handy, F., Cnaan, R. A., Brudney, J. L., Ascoli, U., Meijs, L. C., & Ranade, S. (2000). Public
Perception of “Who is a Volunteer”: An Examination of the Net-cost Approach from a CrossCultural Perspective. Retrieved fromhttp://repository.upenn.edu/spp_papers/2
Volunteers are the cornerstones on which the voluntary sector is predicated. We are accustomed
to using this phrase in every aspect of our lives, yet too little systematic work has been carried
out to define this term in a rigorous and precise manner. Volunteering is the essence of the
scholarly work of numerous academicians around the world, however there are many issues that
arise when people report their own volunteering or attempt to define the term volunteer. No
clear-cut definition that encompasses all aspects of volunteering exists. Often too many different
activities and situations are aggregated into this concept (Cnaan, Handy, & Wadsworth, 1996;
Scheier, 1980; Smith, 1995; Tremper, Seidman, & Tufts, 1994; Vineyard, 1993).
“Can volunteers help kids read more proficiently? New research says yes”
‘According to new research that suggests that volunteers could be instrumental in helping
millions of American children to read proficiently. There have been plenty of studies on small
volunteer tutoring programs that reach a few dozen children at a time in individual schools. But
until now, there has not been evidence that such programs can make a difference on a much
larger scale, across many schools and for thousands of students. Both programs already have
expanded into multiple states and have visions of growing further, bolstered by the burgeoning
evidence that, armed with the right training and curriculum, volunteers can play an important
role in closing the nation’s persistent achievement gap in reading.”
Brown, Emma. (2015, March, 15). “Can volunteers help kids read more proficiently? New
research says yes”. Retrieved from:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/can-volunteers-help-kids-read-moreproficiently-new-research-says-yes/2015/03/28/7141c57c-c4ec-11e4-ad5c3b8ce89f1b89_story.html?utm_term=.f3bb0c91dc07.
“Cheaper Human Tutors Can Be Highly Effective Studies Shows “
“In addition to a standardized curriculum, Slavin noticed that effective tutors were forming
positive relationships with students and motivating them. “This may be a very important
component of why tutoring works,” said Slavin. “Nobody’s trained in that aspect…. It happens
naturally.”For schools, this opens up the possibility of offering one-to-one tutoring to more kids
who need the extra attention. Teachers are too expensive to deploy as personal tutors. But paras
are paid about half as much, making tutoring somewhat more financially practical for the
neediest students”. Barshay, Jill. (2018, April 30). “Cheaper Human Tutors Can Be Highly
Effective Studies Shows”. Retrieved from https://hechingerreport.org/cheaper-human-tutors-canbe-highly-effective-studies-show/.
Holmes, K. (2010). Recruiting and Selecting Volunteers. Managing Volunteers in Tourism, 95-108.
doi:10.1016/b978-0-7506-8767-6.00006-2
According to K. Holmes, there are a large number of free websites that can be used to promote local and
international volunteering opportunities. The author thinks that volunteers should be selected for a tutor or
mentor program based on their qualifications, experience, and skills. Platforms like Do-it.org, Charity
jobs, Gumtree, Inspired, Freeads.co.uk, Indeed.co.uk, and Jobsite.co.uk are good to start with. If someone
is interested in hiring volunteers without using any of these websites, then he can target community
centers, libraries, and cafes. A number of questions need to be asked about their education and relevant
experience, and the final decision should be made only when enough information about the volunteers has
been collected.
Tips for Recruiting English-Language Learners as Volunteers. (2015). The Volunteer Management
Report, 20(10), 2-12. doi:10.1002/vmr.30208
In this article of 2012, a number of tips for recruiting volunteers have been mentioned. It has been argued
that unemployed people looking for jobs or training may show more interest in becoming volunteers than
employed individuals. So, the first and most important step is to target areas or places where the number
of unemployed individuals is high. They should be provided with the complete job description and should
be told that they will not receive any salary for their contributions. However, in order to motivate and
encourage them, a certificate or letter of experience can be given by the person or organization that has
arranged the tutor or mentor program. This will help to keep their attention intact and may lead them to
work harder. Another point one has to remember is that volunteers should be asked to drop their CVs as
soon as possible.
Create an Annotated Bibliography
An annotated bibliography is an alphabetized list of sources (including books, documents,
videos, articles, web sites, etc.). Each annotation includes a citation, summary and evaluation.
The purpose of the annotated bibliography is to help you refine your project goal and objectives,
illustrate the quality of research you have done, provide examples of the types of sources
available, and help you decide if you have covered the topic thoroughly enough to inform your
project goal. The annotated bibliography consists of two elements:
1. Citation in modified APA style which includes: Author, (Date), Title, Retrieval
information.
a. (Book) Pedraza, S., & Rumbaut, R. (1996). Origins and Destinies: Immigration,
Race, and Ethnicity in America. New York, NY: Wadsworth.
b. (PDF Document) Gray, V. (July 2012). One City Action Plan [PDF file].
Retrieved from
https://mayor.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/mayor/publication/attachments/OC
AP_READ_ONLY.pdf
c. (Website, no author) About OneDC (nd). Retrieved from
http://www.onedconline.org/about
2. Annotation-A paragraph summarizing the main points or ideas found in the item and
evaluating each entry in terms of quality, qualifications of the author(s), purpose, and
relevance. It should then conclude with a statement with your evaluation of the usefulness
of the item in relation to your research topic.
The annotated bibliography that you will submit will contain:
1. An alphabetized annotated bibliography
2. Standard reference list/bibliography
For more information on Annotated Bibliographies
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Annotated Bibliography (Example)
Gray, V. (July 2012). One City Action Plan [PDF file]. Retrieved from
https://mayor.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/mayor/publication/attachments/OCAP_READ_O
NLY.pdf
The One City Action Plan provided residents with a summary of the Mayor’s vision for the city’s
future in the form of goals, strategies, and actions. The main goals in the Plan: “(1) Grow and
Diversify the District Economy; (2) Educate and Prepare the Workforce for the New Economy,
and (3) Improve the Quality of Life for All.” One of the notable features of this plan include an
example of a project plan with goals and specific measurable or S.M.A.R.T actions. The Plan
also includes key indicators that were used to help define each action. The document concludes
with a checklist that allows residents to track the progress of the administration. This source
would be useful to help our team understand the history of economic growth goals in the District
of Columbia and help us understand how to create measurable objectives. However, it would be
useful to locate the plan of the current mayor and find documents from non-governmental
entities to determine how the plan was received by residents in the city.
About One DC (nd). About One DC [website]. Retrieved from http://www.onedconline.org/about
One DC is a non-governmental organization whose mission is to help improve equality in the
District of Columbia, specifically in Shaw. The web page, “About One DC” contains the
organization’s mission— “…to exercise political strength to create and preserve racial and
economic equity in Shaw and the District.” It also contains details on the organization’s vision,
values, and history. The vision champions organization amongst the low income, poor, and
immigrant communities in the city to improve the level and quality of participatory democracy.
The values emphasize collective work, social justice, work of the disenfranchised, and free
expression. One DC was founded in 1997, probably in response to growing gentrification. The
web page provides a good overview of One DC, but provides limited information about current
projects—further exploration of the website is needed.
Pedraza, S., & Rumbaut, R. (1996). Origins and Destinies: Immigration, Race, and Ethnicity in
America. New York, NY: Wadsworth.
Origins and Destinies is a collection of essays on immigration, race, and ethnicity in the United
States. Some of the essays are historical, covering the African Slave Trade and Native
Americans, as well as the pre-WWI waves of immigration: Northern European and
Southern/Eastern European. Other essays cover the post-1960 waves of Asian and Latin
American immigration. Also featured are essays on urbanization, race in in American and other
topics relevant to race, ethnicity and class in the United States. The article on the District of
Columbia was written by Robert Manning and provides an historical overview of the changing
racial/ethnic landscape of the city, with graphable data for 1860 to 1990. More current
information on this topic is needed to cover 1990 to the present.
Bibliography
Gray, V. (July 2012). One City Action Plan [PDF file]. Retrieved from
https://mayor.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/mayor/publication/attachments/OCAP_READ_O
NLY.pdf
About One DC (nd). About One DC [website]. Retrieved from http://www.onedconline.org/about
Pedraza, S., & Rumbaut, R. (1996). Origins and Destinies: Immigration, Race, and Ethnicity in
America. New York, NY: Wadsworth.

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