Program

Summer Institute 2025

Starts Aug 11, 2025

$300 Enroll

Full program description

There is a way to teach our community's children that isn't just schooling them.

At TAF's Summer Institute, we take seriously the importance of training teachers to lead creative, exciting, equity-infused classrooms grounded in students' lived experiences and dreams. Not just reading from a curriculum, but planning inquiry-based projects that begin and end with authentic student interest and engagement.

"This was one of the most useful trainings I've been to in YEARS!" - Teacher at Olympic View Elementary

Over the course of three days, you will learn instructional strategies to embed equity into your classroom's structures, develop a high-quality project-based learning experience for your students, and connect with other innovative and creative teachers from across the Puget Sound.

  • Monday, August 11th: Developing Your Instructional Practice to Center Equity and Student Experience
  • Tuesday, August 12th: Building Student-Centered Mini-Projects
  • Wednesday, August 13th: Creating Lesson Plans that Empower Students to Drive Their Own Learning

"This is such a powerful way to be equitable and to do the work towards disrupting institutional racism." - Teacher at Beverly Park Elementary

Summer Institute is held August 11-13 from 9-4pm each day at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, WA.