Teaching for Transformation

Teaching for Transformation (TfT) is the way we approach teaching and learning in our classrooms. It is a Christian framework that helps students understand who they are in Christ, why their learning matters, and how they can use their gifts to serve God and others.

At its heart, TfT recognizes that faith is not something we add on to learning—it is woven into everything we do.

Faith Integrated Into Everyday Learning

Through Teaching for Transformation, students learn to see the world through God’s story—Creation, Fall, Redemption, and Restoration. This means that Bible truths, faith, and character development are integrated into all subjects, not just during chapel or Bible class.

Students are encouraged to ask meaningful questions, think deeply, and understand how their learning connects to real life and their faith.

Helping Students Know Who They Are

TfT places a strong emphasis on identity. Students are reminded daily that they are created in God’s image, deeply loved, and uniquely gifted. Teachers help students recognize their strengths and encourage them to use those gifts in ways that honor God and bless others.

Learning With Purpose

In a TfT classroom, learning is more than memorizing facts. Students are guided to understand:

  • Why what they are learning matters

  • How it connects to God’s world

  • How they can use their knowledge to help others

This approach helps students see school as meaningful and prepares them to live out their faith beyond the classroom.

Preparing Students for Life

Our goal through Teaching for Transformation is to partner with families in raising children who:

  • Love God

  • Care about others

  • Think critically

  • Serve faithfully

  • Live with purpose

TfT helps students grow into confident learners and compassionate individuals who are prepared to follow God’s calling wherever life leads them.

Core Practices

Core Practice 01: Deep Hope

Core Practice 02: Storylines

Core Practice 03: Throughlines

Core Practice 04: FleX Projects

The primary goal of Christian Education is the formation of a peculiar people, a people who desire the Kingdom of God and thus undertake their life's expression of that desire."

James K. A. Smith