Empowering Youth: Fostering critical life skills and behavior etiquette in young individuals through engagement in selected reading interventions, mediated learning, training and tailored activities.
ABOUT US
MISSION
Our mission is to empower all youth, by imparting essential life skills and behavior etiquette using reading interventions, critical thinking, financial literacy, emotional support, and tailored activities. We are committed to providing equitable access to these skills, fostering an inclusive environment where every young individual can thrive, irrespective of their background.
VISION
Our vision is to witness the growth of our youth, fostering positive connections, enhancing critical thinking for informed decision-making, improving economic prospects, and cultivating productive citizens.
PURPOSE
Our purpose is to ensure that every child has the necessary education, knowledge, mentorship, and financial literacy essential to successfully navigate society.
GOAL
Our goal is to empower youth and teenagers by utilizing reading interventions as the cornerstone for acquiring essential life skills and behavior etiquette. Through fostering literacy, fluency, and comprehension, through mediated learning, we aim not only for academic success but also to equip them with the vital skills needed to navigate life effectively.
OUR FOUNDER
Coach Val Rhodes has been a High School Principal, school administrator, science instructional specialist, instructional coach, and teacher for 47 years, with 34 of those years as a high school chemistry teacher. He has trained teachers in different forms of mediated learning and various reading programs to increase student fluency and comprehension. In 2020, he was inducted into the H. Grady Spruce Hall of Fame, where he was a two-time teacher of the year and assistant principal. In 2021, he was inducted into the Gordon Wood, Hall of Champions.
Credentials:
BA in Biology, University of North Texas, Masters of Science in Education, Texas Women’s University, Chemistry/Biology Certification, Principal Certification, MLE Certification, 47 Years in Education.
Make a donation.
As a High School Principal closing out on 47 years in education. I have seen a steady decline in reading fluency, critical and analytical thinking, life skills and behavior etiquette in a percentage of our youth. I have been able to individually help so many youth because I strongly believe in the “Find one, Teach one, philosophy. This is why I started the Coach Val Rhodes Youth Foundation, a grassroots, boots on the ground 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization operating with the mission to empower youth facing challenges in reading fluency, essential life skills and behavior etiquette.
We understand everyone wants to make a direct impact on young people, but due to busy schedules and other situations you are unable to do it. . Your charitable donation can play a pivotal role in helping us bridge these gaps and positively impact the lives of our students. A one time $50 donation will provide four (4), thirty-minute sessions with a youth. Our readings, life skills and behavior etiquette sessions are tiered and tailored to help our youth to be successful.
OR
Make checks payable to:
Coach Val Rhodes Youth Foundation INC.
10206 Waterview Parkway
Rowlett, Texas 75089
TESTIMONIALS
I’ve known Val Rhodes for a couple of decades now. We met through a mutual friend when Val drew up some plays for my son’s youth basketball team, which I was coaching at the time. Val and I have been in and out of touch since our children have grown up and moved out on their own, but we recently reconnected when I reached out to catch him up on current affairs.
During that conversation, I mentioned that I had recently remarried, and with that commitment, I had taken on the responsibility of helping my new wife with raising her niece, who unfortunately lost her mother tragically 6 years ago. I shared that due to that traumatic experience, coupled with the pandemic, our niece had fallen behind on her reading advancement.
Enter Mr. Rhodes. Val offered to help us improve our niece’s reading skills through a new program he was in the process of developing. “Improve” is an understatement. Our niece went from struggling to identify and pronounce simple words, to reading with full comprehension in a very short amount of time. The transformation was amazing! We saw improvement from the very first session!
From where our niece was a couple of months ago to now is astounding! I cannot thank my friend enough for offering to help and delivering on what he said he could do.
– Craig D. Burrus
