FORA's service is rooted in our strong mission, values and strategies.
FORA's Principles
FORA's Principles
Our Mission
Ensure that refugee families are provided access to an education sufficient to prepare them to become economically self sufficient and robustly engaged in American civic life.
Vision
A world where refugees in need are welcomed and empowered.
Objectives
To ensure that refugee Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education (SLIFE) and refugee first generation readers catch up to and then maintain grade level so that school becomes joyfully meaningful.
Values
Patience, kindness, wellness, intercultural connection, a passion for learning, a determined resilience and modeling these values for others
Strategies
To provide 2 hours daily of customized High-Impact Tutoring in math and English to each student we serve with a 2:1 or less student-tutor ratio throughout the calendar year, ensuring that foundational educational gaps are filled so educational scaffolding can occur.
Tactics
Be embedded in the communities we serve, within walking distance of our students, and establish deep relationship with our students' parents and teachers so that we work together as partners to support the academic progress of the students we serve.