Mentor Matching Made Easy

The Torace platform simplifies matching logistics for field experience, clinical placements, and new teacher mentoring.

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

Torace can help you give more

Explore how Torace can support your programs and give your students a better learning experience.

Who can use Torace?

Faculty & Staff

Torace gives access to up-to-date information on participant interests and needs.

Learn what your students want and need
Expand your qualified mentor pool
Use collected data to inform learning topics and modules
Create stronger career pipelines

Program Administrators

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Save time and simplify logistics
Make better aligned matches based on data
Collect consistent data for program improvement
Collaborate easily with district and school partners

Participants

Mentees and mentors gain more voice and choice in the match process.

Participants express their interests through event profiles
For events that use preferences, participants review and star favorite matches
Participants can be both a mentee and mentor in different events

District Partners

District and school staff can collaborate to develop stronger career pipelines.

Gain insight into staff interest in teacher leadership
Easily manage the mentor approval process
Collaborate with EPPs to align matches to hiring needs and opportunities

What can Torace support?

Educator Preparation Programs

Collect information about what your students want from a match
Grow your pool of qualified mentors
Make better aligned matches informed by data
Collaborate within and across departments

Apprenticeship & Residency Programs

Easily collaborate with district and school partners
Collect information about mentors and mentees to make strong matches
Extract data for compliance and accountability reporting
Grow and scale your program with ease

Principal Certification Programs

Increase candidate satisfaction with mentorship matches
Expand opportunities to connect people in the profession
Improve training and learning experiences
Grow your mentor pool

New Teacher Induction & Mentoring

Learn what new teachers want and need to grow
Easily recruit and screen mentors
Improve retention in the field
Enhance career satisfaction

Teacher Development

Learn teachers’ strengths and growth areas
Better understand what teachers want from professional development
Match teachers to mentors or professional development modules

School Counseling Programs

Collect information about what your students want from a match
Make better aligned matches informed by data
Use different match ratios to provide a variety of matches and experiences

How does it work?

Create Event

Enter basic information to create an event and upload email addresses of potential participants.

Invite Participants

Send email invitations. Participants accept and complete an event profile or decline.

Review Lists & Profiles

Track interest in your event. If screening, assigned approvers review profiles and make determinations.

Learn Preferences

Enable preferences to allow participants to review options and star favorites.

Make Matches

Experiment with pairings and make matches. When ready, send email notifications.

Interested in Learning More?

Schedule Demo

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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