Vision

By partnering with public education, higher education, business, government, and community organizations, TAF will create academic environments that eliminate race-based disparity in academic achievement and promote the highest level of student learning and teacher development. We work to change the philosophy, culture, pedagogy and curricular content for each school we partner with; diversify the teaching and educational leadership talent pool; and enlist community to support learning and provide resources for our students and their teachers. We will produce students who are socially conscious and self-aware, armed with the 21st century skills needed to succeed and positioned to create the world they envision, personally, communally, nationally and globally.

Goals

1. 1.TAF will become a preferred education partner because we prioritize relationships, and we have proven processes, talent, skills, and resources to change student and teacher experiences through liberatory education, racial equity, and racial literacy. We will formally prove the merit of the STEMbyTAF model of teaching and learning, and get STEMbyTAF taught in colleges of education.
2. 2.Continue recruiting, developing and retaining educators of color in Washington state and support school and district leadership in building a teaching corps that matches the demographics of their students. Collaborate to integrate racial literacy practices at the center of PBL and liberatory education in all TAF educational programming.
3. 3.Build a strong infrastructure that will attract and retain the best talent. Build a comprehensive marketing strategy to position TAF as THE org for education transformation and teacher development. Create a mechanism to fully fund the organization one year ahead.