About Tiller School
Tiller School is a K-5 elementary, free Charter School located on Highway 70, approximately 2 miles east of the Beaufort city limits.  In 2008/2009, the school will provide an educational program for 176 students. The campus is currently undergoing major new construction.  A well-equipped, new building containing six classrooms was built in 2005.  In 2008 another six classrooms and an administration building will be constructed.  The school has a large playing field and an outdoor playground where students are able to run and play during the morning snack, lunch breaks as well as before and at the end of the day. 

Tiller is a free public charter school dedicated to equality of education and employment.  Tiller School does not charge tuition or have an admission fee. Charter School status provides the school with per child public school funding for operating expenses. A program that emphasizes a low student to teacher ratio of 16:1 ratio limits enrollment.  Students are selected through a spring lottery. Applications are accepted throughout the year and put on a waiting list after the spring lottery. A Board of Directors oversees policy, procedures and the governing of school affairs. 

Tiller School is a shared educational community. Our goal is for children, parents and teachers to become shared owners of a school in which we all feel involved, at home, and have appropriate control. Through modeling and teaching social responsibility, we strive to provide a family atmosphere that is “safe;” safe to make mistakes, safe to try out new ideas, and safe for disagreement with one another.

Tiller School provides class environments where risk taking is encouraged and students learn without fear of failure, and where dignity, self-discipline and responsibility are valued.  This environment is conducive to providing optimal learning conditions for children.  Children at Tiller have a strong belief in themselves as learners due to their success.

Tiller school follows the North Carolina Standard Course of study in Mathematics, Language Arts, Technology and Science, and participates in the North Carolina End of grade testing program.  The social studies instruction centers around the  concepts  of a global community through the ED Hirsch program. There is a strong emphasis on the arts, not only as they are integrated into the daily learning in the classrooms, but students also attend formal classes each week in these areas.   
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History
Tiller Charter School is a non-profit educational corporation that was established by a group of parents and teachers in 1993 to provide a quality, enriched education for the children of Carteret County.  In the spring of 1998, Tiller School applied for and was granted charter status by the North Carolina Department of Instruction.