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Building Connection: Community Support for Schools With David Wyatt

Season 3, Episode 5 • November 19 • 30 min

Seasoned attorney, advisor, and community leader David Wyatt joins All For Literacy host Dr. Liz Brooke for Season 3, Episode 5, during The Reading League 2024. Wyatt and Brooke talk about empowering youth, making learning cool, and how educators can partner with the community to make change happen in their classrooms and districts.

We're trying to help you—the academics, the educators—with what you're doing [by using] football, which has the ability to sort of cut through the noise and get people's attention.

David Wyatt

All For Literacy, Season 3, Episode 5:

Building Connection: Community Support for Schools

“When we were growing up, having good grades wasn't cool. What we're trying to do is make it cool today,” says David Wyatt about his commitment to driving educational change through his work with the South Carolina Football Hall of Fame and the South Carolina Top 10 by 2030 initiative.

A seasoned attorney, advisor, and community leader in South Carolina, Wyatt joins All For Literacy host Dr. Liz Brooke for Season 3, Episode 5, which was recorded live during The Reading League 2024 Conference. Wyatt and Brooke discuss empowering youth, making learning cool, and how educators can partner with community organizations to make change happen in their classrooms and districts.

Wyatt shares how he’s used the powerful influence of sports in his community to increase educational excellence and career readiness among students in his home state:

Find and partner with community organizations to support student success
Bring in influential mentors to inspire students to love learning
Cut through the noise and motivate students to commit to their education

Listen to Season 3, Episode 5, for an outside-of-the-box strategy for changing educational trajectory at the classroom and state levels.

Episode Breakdown

(01:59) – How Wyatt’s love of sports sparked his interest in education

(07:44) – Connecting with community organizations to create change

(12:51) – Programs that inspire students

(15:37) – How schools can partner with mentors to drive change

(18:55) – First steps for educators to partner with the community

(24:30) – Progress in Wyatt’s community

About David Wyatt

David Wyatt is a seasoned attorney, advisor, entrepreneur, and community leader in Greenville, South Carolina. He’s dedicated to empowering youth through his work with the South Carolina Football Hall of Fame and the South Carolina Top 10 by 2030 initiative.