How TAFT Works

TAFT Foundation identifies and supports high-potential high school students, helping them grow into peer tutors, youth mentors, learning leaders, community leaders, and future educators.

Through the TAFT Leadership Development Program, guided by the Scalable Peer Flux Leadership (SPFL) framework — TAFT’s research-informed peer leadership and mentoring model — high-potential high school students develop their own academic and leadership capacities while learning to support younger peers and contribute to their communities.

By combining peer learning, mentorship, leadership development, and educational support, TAFT seeks to build scalable pathways that strengthen student outcomes and contribute to a more diverse future U.S. teaching workforce.

Educational Support

TAFT Foundation equips high-potential high school students (Grades 9–12) with leadership, tutoring, and mentoring skills, preparing them to support younger students and peers.

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Through structured learning and leadership development, students build confidence, strengthen communication and mentoring skills, and help expand educational opportunities within their communities.

Peer Tutoring & Mentoring

TAFT Foundation prepares high school students to serve as peer tutors and mentors through structured training, collaborative learning, and meaningful educational service.

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Student tutors and mentors develop leadership, empathy, communication, and community responsibility while supporting the learning and growth of others.

Eligible volunteer service may be documented for school-based Student Service Learning (SSL) or other community service requirements, subject to applicable school or district approval.

Scholarships & Financial Support 

As funding becomes available, TAFT Foundation aims to provide scholarships for eligible program alumni pursuing college studies, particularly in education-related fields.

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Future scholarships would recognize students who have completed TAFT leadership development and contributed through tutoring, mentoring, or youth leadership service.

TAFT also hopes to establish need-based financial assistance to help high-potential students facing financial barriers access educational and enrichment opportunities. All future awards will depend on available funding and established eligibility criteria.

Future Educators Program

TAFT Foundation encourages student tutors and mentors to explore teaching, educational leadership, and community service as meaningful future pathways.

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Through leadership training, peer mentoring, career exploration, and future partnerships with colleges and educator preparation programs, TAFT seeks to inspire the next generation of educators and educational leaders.

These pathways support TAFT’s long-term commitment to advancing diversity in the U.S. teaching workforce.

Research & Education Innovation

TAFT Foundation is developing the Scalable Peer Flux Leadership (SPFL) framework — a research-informed youth leadership and mentoring model that explores how structured peer learning can cultivate leadership capacity, mentoring skills, and future educator pathways among high-potential students.

TAFT is building partnerships with researchers, schools, libraries, and community organizations to explore how peer tutoring, mentorship, and youth leadership initiatives can expand educational opportunities, strengthen community engagement, and encourage future careers in education.

Impact Vision

TAFT envisions a future where high-potential students develop as peer tutors, mentors, learning leaders, community leaders, and future educators — expanding educational opportunities, strengthening communities, and contributing to greater diversity in the U.S. teaching workforce.

Through its commitment to educational equity, TAFT also seeks to create meaningful pathways for students whose potential and opportunities may otherwise be overlooked.