Krystle has been a coach for "Coaching Literacy" program in Mesa, AZ since its beginning in 2005. Here is a little about the program: VISION
What could be possible if every high school student had the training, tools, and opportunity to tutor reading and writing?
- Imagine empowering students to make a difference by giving them the tools to contribute to others.
- Imagine under-prepared students learning at a higher level by tutoring others.
- Imagine all-school tutoring programs that transform students into leaders and givers and creating communities where people pull for each other.
What could be possible if a methodology allowed under-prepared students to learn new reading and writing techniques without needing to understand explanations?
- Imagine under-prepared students not facing the daily frustration of struggling to understand explanations and figure out instructions.
- Imagine what removing this learning barrier could do to the confidence and motivation of under-prepared students.
What if they could be the first in their families to go to college and “find that new day that their parents never got to see?”
- Imagine everyone working together to create a world where all people can “wish upon a star,” and it “makes no difference who you are” (Walt Disney).
Fulfilling this dream is the promise of the Coaching LiteracyTM program.
MISSION
THE HISTORY, MISSION, AND FUTURE OF
“Make a Difference Foundation”
“Make a Difference Foundation,” a non-profit corporation, was founded in 2006 by Gene Fazio who began teaching in the Maricopa Community College District in 1970. When he began teaching, he wondered how college football players who struggled in the classroom could master thick, complicated playbooks. In 1988, he had the opportunity to work with Mesa Community College’s quarterback, Michael Johnson, who needed to graduate in the summer or would lose a Division One scholarship to play for Gerry Faust at Akron University. Fazio felt that he would learn new teaching techniques by working intensively with Michael Johnson. His success with Michael Johnson led him to continue researching techniques for individualizing and personalizing instruction by working with other motivated football players who needed to qualify or regain eligibility.
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