Faith Academy is an international, Christian Pre-K-12 school whose vision is to see God’s kingdom and the Great Commission advanced through transformative, Christ-centered education. The tight-knit community at Faith Academy is dedicated to contributing to the academic, social, and spiritual development of students so that missionary families can serve in their callings long term. It seems only natural that their entry into the TfT journey is an “all-in” experience as they work through the Year One modules together. Pat Kornelis, CACE TfT School Designer, shares Faith Academy’s first-year experience.

CACE is in the early days of partnering with Adventist Education—New Zealand Pacific. Working directly with their Associate Director, Sarita Butler, the implementation plan is underway to bring the TfT framework to 16 Adventist Schools throughout the North and South Islands of New Zealand. (Some of you would have met Sarita at the Instructional Coaching Intensive in Philadelphia). We share the story of early adopters from nine schools coming together for three days of TfT workshops in January. 

ANIJA is a Spanish acronym for “Helping the Children of Jarabacoa.” ANIJA serves over 375 at-risk children, grades PreK-8th grade, in Jarabacoa as part of Kids Alive International. TfT’s Director of Learning, Amanda Albright, is serving as CACE School Designer as she guides staff through Year 2 of their TfT training. To further support the staff’s journey, Head of School Ann VanDerMolen travels annually from the Dominican Republic to participate in the TfT Instructional Coaching Intensive. Amanda shares of her experience leading recent TfT workshops at ANIJA.