Best Practices for Volunteers

Mentoring, Tutoring

At recent training sessions, MTC Program Managers shared best practices with new volunteers. Show respect, dignity, patience, and honesty. Be persistent and consistent! Be present – students deserve our undivided attention. Share feelings, successes, and failures. Ask open-ended questions. Focus on student’s strengths and potential. Accept differences. Suggest new activities and ways to do things.…

Welcome Our New Staff

Our People

As the new year gets underway, there are some exciting staff updates at MTC. Please help us welcome Carol, Laura, and Jocelyn! Carol Olson – New Executive Director The Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Carol Olson is joining MTC as the new executive director. “Carol comes to us with over twenty years…

Welcome Back to School!

Uncategorized

Schools resumed in August and MTC is ready to support students! Our program provides tutors to elementary and middle schools and mentors for high school students. We can always benefit from more volunteers! If you’d like to learn more about tutoring or mentoring, please attend one of the volunteer information sessions…and make a difference in…

Field Trip to Color Me Mine

News & Stories

“I have never done anything like this before. It was a great experience, very relaxing”. — High school mentee whose interests usually lie in areas like computer science and math. This was a common sentiment after sharing a fun, artistic experience at Color Me Mine in Menlo Park on April 6. The group of fifty…