TSE

ABOUT

 

Our Mission

Teaching Self-Sufficiency through Education (TSE) mission is to provide services that empower families experiencing many difficulties within their life and community.

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Goals

TSE goal is to provide effective educational and supportive services/resources to capitalize on the strengths of the families and build personal self-appreciation, relationships, and motivate them find value in their communities and neighbors. 

 

Core Values​

• Youth Power: We believe in the limitless potential of young people and choose to invest in them as the key to a brighter future for our communities and our world.

• Wellbeing: We foster safe spaces that enhance the social, emotional and physical wellbeing of young people and their families, while also making our community a safer place to live.

• Joy: We believe every young person deserves to have joy in their life. We create opportunities to be a kid and have fun every day, recognizing that joy is the key that unlocks positive youth development and brighter futures.

• Empathy – We strive to recognize and understand the perspectives, feelings and lived experiences of others, including and especially those most different from ourselves, and give one another grace.

• Resilience – We are passionate and tireless in pursuit of our mission to help students become the first in their families to graduate from college, and persevere through all obstacles.

• Learning – We treat challenges as learning opportunities, and continually evolve to meet the needs of the students we work with based on what we learn.

• Community – We believe in the value of healthy, lasting relationships between our staff, board, students, families, and do our part to contribute to the communities we are part of.