Yvonne Atkins Leadership Tyler Class 37 Graduate 2024

You are Tyler ISD School Board Vice President - District 3 appointed trustee on May 7, 2020.

First Lady Yvonne AtkinsPhoto byClarence Edmond Shackelford AKA M1Y, (C) 2024

Longtime educator, Yvonne Atkins, brings to the Board nearly 40 years of educational experience as a teacher, facilitator, counselor, instructional coach, and adjunct professor. Before her retirement from Tyler ISD in 2019, Mrs. Atkins served in teaching and administrative roles at Boulter, Stewart and Three Lakes middle schools, as well as T.J. Austin and Clarkston elementary schools.

She earned numerous teachers of the month honors over her career and received Campus Teacher of the Year honors while at Austin and Clarkston elementary schools.

Mrs. Atkins is a graduate of Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Education before earning a Master of Science in Community Mental Health. Mrs. Atkins also holds a Principal Certification from Lamar University and a Master in Reading from The University of Texas at Tyler.

Mrs. Atkins is a member of The National Society of Leadership and Successes and the National Council of Teachers of English. She is married to Rodney Lamar Atkins, the founder and pastor of the Victory Temple Church of God in Christ. Their children, Paul and Paula, attended school in the Tyler Independent School District.

First Lady Yvonne Atkins, in October 2023 you celebrated 44 years of marriage you and your husband Superintendent Dr. Rodney Lamar Atkins has helped me along the way.

First Lady for 35 years at Victory Temple Church Of God In Christ 1700 N Moore Ave, Tyler and also the First Lady of the Houston Temple Church Of God In Christ of Tyler.

Sources: EmpowermentCDC.org, Tour Tyler Texas, Clarence Edmond Shackelford