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SUPERINTENDENT: QUALIFICATIONS AND SELECTION


QUALIFICATIONS
The superintendent of schools shall be a person of literary attainment and experience in the art of teaching and school administration1 and shall:
  1. Possess experience in teaching and school administration totaling at least 10 years;
  2. Have an earned Master's degree with a major in educational administration;
  3. Possess a license of qualification for a superintendent in the state of Tennessee; or
  4. Meet such alternatives to the above qualification as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.

SELECTION
The superintendent of schools shall be employed by the Board under written contract for a maximum of four (4) years, which may be renewed.2


1T.C.A.§49-2-301(a)(1)(2)
2T.C.A.§49-2-203(15)(A)


Adopted 04/30/98