Tailoring Academics to Guide Our Students (TAGOS Leadership Academy)
Basic Profile
Opened In 2007
Grades 7-12
Environment Suburban, Urban
Type District - Instrumentality Charter
Autonomies
Program Determine learning program
Set school-level policy
Determine professional development
Determine authorizer assessments
Determine state assessments
Personnel Select colleagues
Evaluate colleagues
Transfer or terminate colleagues
Determine tenure policy
Select leaders
Administrative Determine school budget
Set staff pattern
Determine compensation
Determine teacher workday
Set schedule
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.