Through an empowering education, we envision the day when all Indianapolis children lead lives of their choosing and collectively contribute to a more vibrant and just city.
We are making progress towards One Day in Indy. Today, Indiana is among a group of national leaders in educational outcomes, the city of Indianapolis is catching up with the state, and more kids from low-income backgrounds have access to educational and life opportunity than ever before.
Yet, we have a long way to go to reach equitable outcomes for all students and families in our community. As we transition to looking forward towards the next 20 years, the progress we make for our kids and our community must be accelerated. We believe deeply in what we have seen so far and know that the progress moving forward must be deeply rooted in critical hope.
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Community Vision
Through an empowering education, we envision the day when all Indianapolis children lead lives of their choosing and collectively contribute to a more vibrant and just city.
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Community Conditions
There are multiple systemic conditions that need to be satisfied over time to reach this community vision, including but not limited to the following:
- Every school must be excellent.
- A network of services that meet basic human needs must be available to all kids.
- Expanded post-secondary, employment, and capital opportunity must be accessible to children of all backgrounds.
- Our policy environment must foster equity, be responsive to the needs of our most vulnerable children, and translate insights from proof points of possibility and scale them into broader practice.
TFA Indy's Role
Through 2023, informed by our community vision, conditions to reach this vision, and a point on view on what we need in the near-term, we'll pursue the following core priorities:
We will strategically grow and diversify the base of TFA leaders in Indianapolis to support the growth of excellent schools, protect conditions that have enabled our community’s progress, and scale strategies that are most effective and promising today.
We will develop high quality educators who support excellent schools and who cultivate leadership skills and mindsets to drive the near-term objectives and long-term community conditions over time.
We'll develop and foster a thriving network culture of community, cohesion, learning, and collective leadership to fuel innovation and systems change in Indianapolis.
We'll partner with others in Indy to accelerate the growth of excellent schools, keep conditions that enable progress, broaden and diversify the coalition, and support learning and innovation.
We will develop a sustainable financial model and strong brand presence to support TFA Indy's health and endurance.