Human Resources Department
Dear Prospective Knox County Employee:
On behalf of Knox County Schools, I welcome your interest and applaud you for considering the Knox County School System as your career choice. Our school system is large and diverse with more than 4,400+ certified personnel and over 53,000+ students. Our teachers enjoy in-depth instructional and professional support, with paraprofessionals available in many classrooms. A strong needs-driven, staff development program is also available. We are in the midst of exciting change in Knox County. Our students and staff members are working hard to meet ambitious goals in reading, mathematics, and in other subject areas. In addition, there is room for professional growth, as well as a variety of career choices within our school system.
I invite you to share the rich, personal satisfaction of belonging to a community of professionals who are bound together by a commitment to education – people dedicated to helping children learn and live better lives. I extend to you a warm welcome to serve and be a part of a quality education program provided by Knox County Schools.
I feel privileged to join with Knox County employees, students, parents, and citizens in saying, “Come and Discover the Wonders in Premier Knox County.”
Sincerely,
Dr. Kathy D. Sims
Executive Director of Human Resources
The Knox County School System is an equal opportunity employer. Knox County Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, disability, or age in its employment practices.
All persons hired by the Knox County School System are required to verify identity and employment eligibility and must agree to undergo drug screening and a criminal background investigation.
After viewing the list of current Knox County Schools job opportunities, current and prospective employees, certified and classified, must complete and submit an online application. Human Resources reviews all applications for appropriate job qualifications and credentials.
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Dr. Kathy D. Sims
Executive Director
Andrew Johnson Building, 15th floor
912 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902
Mailing Address: P.O.Box 2188,
Knoxville, TN 37901-2188
865-594-1929
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Dear Prospective Knox County Employee:
On behalf of Knox County Schools, I welcome your interest and applaud you for considering the Knox County School System as your career choice. Our school system is large and diverse with more than 4,400+ certified personnel and over 53,000+ students. Our teachers enjoy in-depth instructional and professional support, with paraprofessionals available in many classrooms. A strong needs-driven, staff development program is also available. We are in the midst of exciting change in Knox County. Our students and staff members are working hard to meet ambitious goals in reading, mathematics, and in other subject areas. In addition, there is room for professional growth, as well as a variety of career choices within our school system.
I invite you to share the rich, personal satisfaction of belonging to a community of professionals who are bound together by a commitment to education – people dedicated to helping children learn and live better lives. I extend to you a warm welcome to serve and be a part of a quality education program provided by Knox County Schools.
I feel privileged to join with Knox County employees, students, parents, and citizens in saying, “Come and Discover the Wonders in Premier Knox County.”
Sincerely,
Dr. Kathy D. Sims
Executive Director of Human Resources
The Application & Hiring Process
The Knox County School System is an equal opportunity employer. Knox County Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, disability, or age in its employment practices.
All persons hired by the Knox County School System are required to verify identity and employment eligibility and must agree to undergo drug screening and a criminal background investigation.
After viewing the list of current Knox County Schools job opportunities, current and prospective employees, certified and classified, must complete and submit an online application. Human Resources reviews all applications for appropriate job qualifications and credentials.
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Distinguished Professionals Education Institute helps fill gaps in classrooms
Applying for a position
How to Apply
Submit Application
Update Application
Openings
Certified
Classified
Coaching Positions
Administrative Positions
Substitutes
Substitute Requirements
Payscales:
Salary Schedules
Dr. Kathy D. Sims
Executive Director
Monty Howell
Human Resources Supervisor
Sick Leave Bank
Negotiations, TAPS
Margie Kincaid
Supervisor Elementary Certified Personnel
Recruitment
New Teacher Orientation
Charles Mashburn
Supervisor
Classified Personnel
Pat Mashburn
Supervisor
Middle, High School Certified Personnel
Distinguished Professionals Education Institute helps fill gaps in classrooms
The Distinguished Professionals Education Institute, a non-profit organization, helps professionals who are not certified teachers to find positions in the teaching profession, either part time or full time, where they can share their skills and knowledge. For more information, download the brochure below.
For a feature on the program, please read the complete story courtesy of the Knoxville News Sentinel at Paraprofessionals fill gaps in classrooms.
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Contact Betty Sue Sparks (sparksb1@comcast.net)
for additional information
Department Announcements A word of caution to all certified personnel regarding online course work for the “Plus 30 Semester Hours”Dr. Kathy D. Sims, Executive Director of Human Resources Recently, the State Department of Education Office of Teacher Licensing has received several requests from educators who hold Master’s degrees on their teaching licenses and wish to add the “Plus 30 Semester hours” designation for salary rating purposes by means of online courses. In a number of cases, these requests have had to be denied even though these educators completed online course work at accredited institutions that advertised their courses as being “Graduate Level”. When these educators received their official transcripts they discovered they had actually been awarded post-baccalaureate, professional development, in-service or continuing education credit instead of graduate credit such as could be used as part of a graduate degree program. Educators need to be extremely cautious about taking online course work for the Plus 30 semester hour designation. If you choose online courses for part of your 30 hours beyond your degree, the official transcript must reflect graduate semester hours credit, not post-baccalaureate credit, professional development, in-service or continuing education credit. Unfortunately for educators taking these online courses, the actual credit earned is often not fully understood or explained until after one or more courses have been taken. Please be advised that if you take online course work with the expectation of receiving graduate credit that you must be diligent in checking the type of course you are taking. In most cases, courses are numbered according to the type of course it is. Professional development courses often have a higher course code number than graduate credit courses. If you have questions regarding online courses, feel free to contact the State Department of Education Office of Teacher Licensing by telephone at (615) 532-4885 or by email at education.Licensing@state.tn.us Applications are being taken online
Classified and certified job applications are now being done by electronic application. For more information about classified positions, please contact Tutti Knowles at 594-1918 or Carolyn Parker at 594-2984. For more information about certified positions, please contact Vicki Field at 594- 1917. Department Contacts Department Files No "Department Files" exist(s) |
Department Links  View Certified OpeningsThis is a list of the current certified openings. KCS is always accepting new applications to its applicant pool throughout the year. New positions are filled from the applicant pool. |
