FILE:  CBA

Cf:  ABE, CB

 

SUPERINTENDENT QUALIFICATIONS

 

 

The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board shall elect a Superintendent for the school system who has met or has been certified as meeting the requirements for superintendency certification as set by the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE).  Additional qualifications may be stipulated by the Board.

 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

 

The minimum criteria required for superintendency certification are the following:

 

  1. Hold a valid Type A Louisiana Teaching Certificate

  2. Have had five (5) years of successful school experience (state, parish, or city) as a superintendent, assistant superintendent, supervisor of instruction, or principal in a State-approved system, or experience certified as equivalent to any of these by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education

  3. Hold an earned master's degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher education

  4. Have completed forty-eight (48) semester hours of graduate credit, to include the following:

 

    1. Thirty (30) semester hours in educational administration and supervision of instruction;

    2. Twelve (12) semester hours in professional education; and

    3. Six (6) semester hours of electives from cognate fields outside professional education related to educational administration and supervision in business, political science, psychology, sociology, or speech.

 

 

Ref:    La. Rev. Stat. Ann. ยงยง17:7.1, 17:54

Louisiana Standards for State Certification of School Personnel, Bulletin 746, Louisiana Department of Education

 

East Baton Rouge Parish School Board