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Teachers as Owners

In The News
"Teacher-led schools" have recently received attention in the NY Times and other media.
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National Inventory of Schools with Teacher Autonomy
Updated Dec 17, 2011

Tailoring Academics to Guide Our Students (TAGOS Leadership Academy)

1350 N. Parker Drive - Janesville WI - 53545
Type of autonomy arrangement: school charter/bylaws
Basic Profile

Opened In

2007

Grades

7 through 12

Environment

Suburban/Urban

Type

District - Instrumentality Charter
Autonomies
Select leaders
Determine school budget
Select colleagues
Determine salaries & benefits
Transfer or terminate colleagues
Determine learning program
Evaluate colleagues
Set schedule
Set staff pattern
Set school-level policy
Teacher Authority Is...
De Jure and De Facto
De jure teachers' authority is written into the chartering agreement with Janesville Public Schools. The school director has authority over the learning program, but de facto all teachers decide together.

About the Learning Program

The TAGOS Leadership Academy (Tailoring Academics to Guide Our Students) provides students opportunities to learn and grow in a project-based, supportive, and safe environment where individuality and community are instilled for lifelong success.