Rockdale County Public Schools welcomed new Superintendent Terry Oatts, who was sworn in May 30 at a special called meeting by the Rockdale County Board of Education. Rockdale County Superior Court Judge Robert Mumford administered the oath of office.
In his 24th year in education, Oatts most recently served as Assistant Superintendent of Student Achievement in Fayette County Public Schools, where he has worked since 2014.
Oatts, a 2016 graduate of the American Association of School Administrators’ inaugural cohort of the National Aspiring Superintendents Academy in Alexandria, Virginia and a participant in Harvard Graduate School of Education’s 2017 National Institute for Urban School Leaders in Cambridge, Massachusetts, previously served on the Every Student Succeeds Act National Advisory Board. Oatts is also a 2014 graduate of the Georgia School Superintendents Association’s District Office Professional Development Program, and he is currently completing GSSA’s 13th Cohort of the Superintendent Professional Development Program.
Oatts holds a B.S. degree in Communication Arts and three graduate degrees in education, all from Georgia Southern University. His doctoral degree is in Curriculum Studies with an emphasis in Educational Leadership.
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