Superintendent

Edmond T. Heatley, Ed. D.
Superintendent of Schools
eheatley@clayton.k12.ga.us
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Dr. Edmond T. “Ed” Heatley comes to Clayton County from California where he served as the Superintendent of the Chino Valley Unified School District in Chino. During his tenure, Dr. Heatley developed the district’s first strategic plan focusing on educational reform and academic rigor. He increased communication with parents and the community and significantly improved the district’s Academic Performance Index. 

He began his career in public education as a classroom teacher in the Norfolk (VA) Public Schools teaching students with disabilities in 1996. In 1998, Dr. Heatley traveled to California where he would spend the next 11 years of his professional life. He first served two years as Learning Director for the Clovis Unified School District in Fresno. Dr. Heatley followed this with two years as Assistant Superintendent for Educational Services with the Grant Joint Union High School District in Sacramento. He then served three years as the Associate Superintendent for Personnel with the Oceanside Unified School District in Oceanside. In 2005, he was chosen to lead the Chino Valley Unified School District. He has also served as an Adjunct Professor of Education at the University of Southern California, California State University in San Marcos, and at Old Dominion University in Norfolk.

Dr. Heatley earned his Doctorate of Education in Administration and Leadership at the University of Southern California. He holds two Master of Science degrees from California State University in Fresno in the area of Administration and Leadership, and from Old Dominion University in Norfolk in the field of Special Education. He also holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Curriculum and Instruction from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.

He is a retired Marine serving on active duty from 1983 to 1996 and was a member of the Marine Corps Reserves from 1996 to 2004. While serving as a Marine, Dr. Heatley was awarded a number of medals and ribbons.

Dr. Heatley is married and has three children, two of whom will be enrolled in Clayton County Public Schools.