Structure

Members

Meeting Times

Purpose

Governing Board

TBA community: administrators, teachers (including the teachers union representative), parents, students; representatives from education organizations, city government, the district, the community, businesses, and foundations.

Monthly.

To maintain the TBA mission and review progress indicators; to evaluate the headmaster; to approve the election-to-work agreement; to approve the budget; to establish policies.

Advisory Council

Representatives from colleges and universities, state government, the district, businesses, and foundations.

Two to three times per year. Joint meetings with governing board.

To assist with TBA outreach to other schools, businesses, and foundations. To serve as a network of supporters with links to key community, education, and business groups. To serve as a group willing to provide feedback, advice, and encouragement to the school.

Friends of TBA

Forming.

Forming.

To raise funds for TBA scholarships, supplies, and resources.

Faculty Senate

Open to all faculty.

Every other week.

To make decisions on school initiatives; to hold joint meetings with administrative team.

Administrative Team

Headmaster, Director of Student Leadership and Operations, Director of Curriculum and Technology.

Twice weekly.

To communicate about school issues. 
Faculty are represented at one of the twice weekly meetings.  

Student Council

All students.

Every other week.

To develop and plan school activities.

Parent Council

All parents, families, and guardians.

Monthly.

To provide direction in terms of the needs of his/her child and make recommendations to the governing board, faculty, and administration.   

Team

Members

Purpose

Meetings

Governing Board

Five parents,
four teachers,
six community members, and
two administrators.

To review and approve policy and the budget.

Monthly.

Content Area Teams

Teachers from humanities, math, science, electives, English language learners, special education; social workers. Work is led by current teachers who have accepted the position of lead facilitator, a position with a stipend. 

To have conversations and make decisions regarding teaching and learning.

Twice per month.

Project Implementation Team

A group of teachers: two per academy and one whole-building electives teacher. The team members receive stipends.  

To support the integration of technology into the curriculum.

Two to three times per month.

Data Team

Administrative team and one teacher per academy. The team members receive stipends.

To disaggregate and disseminate data to teachers. 

Monthly.

Academy Level Teams

All teachers from each of the four academies. 

To work together to support teaching and learning. 

Weekly.

Parent Council

Parents, families, and guardians of students.

To recommend school policies to the governing board and create and implement programming and parent events.

Monthly.

Administrative Team

Principal,
academy leaders.

To engage in professional development on being an effective leader. 

Weekly

Committee

Members

Purpose

Election-to-Work Agreement

Union representatives, governing board teacher representatives.

To create a mutually acceptable election-to-work agreement that is shared with staff and then taken to the governing board for final approval.

Budget

Administrators, teachers, governing board.

To gather input from administrators and teachers, and create a plan with the administrative team and budget technician based on the information collected, and then to take it to the governing board for final approval.

Hiring

Team of teachers, administrators, parents, students, and community members.

To select the best possible candidates from the perspectives of all members of the school community.

Academy Schedule

Academy staff.

To create a schedule that best fits the needs of students within each academy.