RoanokeTEACH

RoanokeTEACH, a Roanoke area affiliate of Empower Youth (https://empoweryouthfoundation.org) is a start-up, non-profit agency addressing the readiness for learning gap for under-served school-aged children in the Roanoke Valley through the application of the science of learning.


Currently, the poverty rate in Roanoke is 21.6% in comparison to 11.2% for the Commonwealth of Virginia. Research has indicated that 43% of adults living in poverty have low literacy rates. Research has further identified that the children of adults living in poverty come to school with a readiness for learning gap that leads to lower test scores and higher drop-out rates.


Additionally, new research is showing that the pandemic has created a further learning poverty gap of 63% up from 53%. We will form partnerships with local schools, pediatricians, the court system and local agencies to identify Roanoke’s under-served families and youth in need of services.

What We Do


• RoanokeTEACH will work collaboratively with Fit Learning Roanoke to bring its well-established and researched-based model to under-served children in kindergarten through third grade.


• RoanokeTEACH is the only non-profit in the Roanoke Valley that will provide highly trained, certified and clinically supervised learning coaches to address the academic achievement gap of under-served youth.


• RoanokeTEACH will also address barriers to learning such as problem behaviors, listening skills, self-confidence, executive function skills and social skills.


• RoanokeTEACH will be a model that demonstrates fiduciary responsibility by not only setting goals to produce measurable change of 1-2 years growth in 3 months but also by being able to demonstrate that change to its supporters every single day through in-session data collection and analysis. We are a non-profit that moves beyond other enrichment and mentorship programs.

Email us

info@roanoketeach.com

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