#STEMbyTAF
June 17, 2026
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Over the next five years, Technology Access Foundation’s TransformED program will partner with ten additional schools in Washington to shift each classroom’s, each school’s, and each district’s center of gravity through student centric programming, collaborative coaching and a comprehensive model that expands the learning universe beyond classroom walls.
Every Student Is Like A Star
No Two
Are The Same
Since 1996, TAF has been committed to bringing an accessible STEM model to students from all walks of life.
Now, we’re building on that foundation. TransformED places students at the center, cultivating a network of educators, parents, and community members to shift education’s center of gravity.
Here, students are at the center of our universe.
With each orbiting planet guiding their journey through space and time. Here, learning meets community wisdom, and specialized education births the individual growth that changes communities
The World Is Changing, Fast
and public education must keep up
Drastic funding cuts. The rise of generative AI. Continued reliance on standardized testing. The very foundation of public education has been shifted — and many students are not prepared for future.
Public education primarily measures student learning through standardized tests, but these assessments often overlook cultural and developmental factors. This creates a contradiction: educators are expected to personalize learning, while students are evaluated using highly standardized methods.
The impact is significant, as test scores influence funding, staffing, and curriculum decisions, often narrowing instruction. Schools largely focus on teaching and assessing academic content knowledge, typically through isolated subjects and a single annual test.
Students deserve learning where educators are supported and guided to create dynamic and tailored curriculum. That’s why TransformED exists, so schools can create equitable classrooms that center students’ interests, goals, and aspirations.
Drastic funding cuts. The rise of generative AI. Continued reliance on standardized testing. The very foundation of public education has been shifted — and many students are not prepared for future.
Public education primarily measures student learning through standardized tests, but these assessments often overlook cultural and developmental factors. This creates a contradiction: educators are expected to personalize learning, while students are evaluated using highly standardized methods.
The impact is significant, as test scores influence funding, staffing, and curriculum decisions, often narrowing instruction. Schools largely focus on teaching and assessing academic content knowledge, typically through isolated subjects and a single annual test.
“We’ve got to move away from using [standardized testing] data to determine what our students need to be doing differently and focus on what [schools] need to be doing differently.”
Dr. Susan Enfield
Former Highline Public Schools Superintendent
A Launching Pad to Leadership
We're bridging the gap between student and leadership by building orbits of trust
Our partnerships are founded in strong relationships where we co-create strategy, and stay for the long haul. By staying for five years, we make sure transformation is sustainable.
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Building Partnerships
Before anything happens within a school, we meet the leadership team and educators to learn more about their school, hire coaches with the community, and have school staff visit STEMbyTAF schools to get a sense of what implementation may look like.
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Strategy &
Training
We strategize with school districts to assess their needs, provide professional development opportunities for educators, develop clear goals, and build out an implementation plan.
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Five-Year
Implementation
Over a long-term with constant conversations, we put our strategy into action, implementing the customized work plan created in tandem with the school, provide professional development for teachers, and conduct quarterly reports and assessments to track progress.
We have lots of experience
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A Collaborative Multiverse
At TAF, we see teachers as life-long learning colleagues. That’s why every educator we work with partners with a Transformation coach to offer opportunities for support, collaboration, and experimentation.
We Invite you to join us
Your Gift
Shifts Gravity
Whether you support a whole classroom, or just one student, you give school districts the pathways they need to expand beyond their universe. For just $360 per year, per student you help jumpstart the orbits of change for every student. You help create a ripple effect that changes the wavelengths of our future, which will be stewarded by confident, dynamic leaders.
