A Platform for Mentor Matching

Torace simplifies matching logistics for clinical placements, experiential learning, and professional development.

a mentee looking at a mentor in the background with spring student teaching screenshot of the Torace platform

Torace can help you do more

Explore larger scale and custom implementations below.

Who can use Torace?

State Departments & Standards Boards

Support policy implementation sustainability with easy to implement tools
Improve outcomes of student teaching, increase retention, and grow leadership
Get data across multiple institutions to inform best practices and refine policy recommendations

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Save time and resources of district staff and improve educator learning outcomes
Improve recruitment and retention by optimizing student teacher placements across districts
Identify and engage teacher leaders through expanded mentoring opportunities

Professional Schools, Trade Schools, and Apprenticeships

Increase student satisfaction with mentorship matches
Expand opportunities to connect people in the profession
Improve training and learning experiences

Professional Associations & Alumni Organizations

Strengthen member engagement through mentoring experiences
Support members by providing more access to support networks
Improve retention in the field and enhance career satisfaction

What can Torace support?

Pipelines

Improve retention and cultivate pipelines into leadership

Activate mentoring as structured leadership opportunity
Amplify intrinsic rewards for experienced folks
Support clearer career trajectories

Engagement

Deepen stakeholder engagement to strengthen community

Create connections across sites and roles
Increase belonging with affinity groups
Leverage and honor stakeholder expertise

Reach and Scale

Extend the reach and scale of supports your organization offers

Get more from current resources and efforts
Provide professional development opportunities to remote or rural constituents
Increase inclusivity

Data

Use data on stakeholder needs and interests for decision making

Gain insight into career trajectory interests and vacancy forecasting
Better allocate resources for recruitment and retention activities
Plan professional development opportunities aligned with demand

Pathways

Develop new professional pathways and strengthen exisitng ones

Spark interest in pathways through connection
Support exploration and investigation with information
Build bridges between traditional and alternative pathways

Policy

Develop best practices and set policy grounded in research and data

Understand what works and learn continuously
Support policy implementation effectively
Make recommendations aligned with data-driven best practices

How does it work?

Key Features

Effortless Matching

View eligible, unmatched pairs in your staging area

Filter, search, and sort in your pools to stay focused

Access profiles and preferences to enhance decision making

Match up to three mentees to a single mentor to leverage resources

a screenshot of matches being created in a matching event on the Torace platform

Simplified Logistics

Use Torace or your own email to send invitations and match notifications at any time

Track participants at all stages of the event from invitation to finalized matches

Determine approval processes (if used) for mentors and mentees separately

Designate mentor approvers by site

a screenshot of the stages of a spring student teaching event from registration to preferences to matches on the Torace platform with mentors mentees and approvers

Flexibility Throughout

Add participants via csv upload, copy and paste, or one-at-a-time

Toggle registration open and closed

Manage access to preferences for mentors and mentees separately

Update your customized invitation and match email messages

a screenshot of the event creation page on the Torace platform with the fields event name event type event description approximate start and end date of placement upload mentor list and upload mentee list

Enhanced Insights

Monitor interest in your event by subject, grade, site and pool to cultivate participation

Learn about participants’ professional characteristics and working styles from their profiles

Support pairing decisions by opting to use preferences

Export your event data to a spread sheet for additional analysis on stages, yields and matches

a screenshot of a spring student teaching event on the Torace platform with registration closed preferences open and matches waiting to be created and a list of mentor participants

Testimonials

The process was quick and easy, a few questions (many of which I had never considered as insight into my own thought processes), and I had a match.

Sherika K.

Teacher

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Using Torace

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From the Field

TIP Spotlight: WEA Teacher Residency

The Torace Innovators Pilot (TIP) Program was created in the spirit of continuing to innovate and expand the ways that “matching” can be used in education and education-adjacent fields. This TIP spotlight features our partnership with the WEA Teacher Residency.