Tim Grove
superintendent, South Knox School Corp.
Tim Grove is completing his eighth year as superintendent of the South Knox School Corp. as part of a career in education that has included him previously serving as a teacher, coach and principal.
In his current position, his duties include the evaluation of the administrative staff, creation and management of the corporation budget, negotiation of a collective bargaining agreement with the Classroom Teachers Association, ensuring compliance of the corporation with federal and state guidelines, recommendation of personnel decisions to the school board and the creation of agendas for monthly school board meetings, monthly administrative team meetings and monthly CTA discussion meetings.
He also has shown a strong interest in athletics, serving as a coach in basketball, football and track & field earlier in his career. More recently, he has been a member of the IHSAA Board of Directors since 2009, serving as executive committee chairman in 2014-15 and as the board vice president in 2016-17.
Grove currently is a member of the Indiana Association of Public School Superintendents, the Indiana Association of School Business Officials, the Vincennes University Board of Trustees and the Knox County Development Corp.
Grove is a 1981 graduate of Washington Catholic High School. He went on to attend Indiana State University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in social studies education in 1988. He later received two additional degrees from ISU – a master’s degree in secondary school administration in 2000 and an Educational Specialist in School Administration and Supervision in 2008. In addition, he received a certification from the Indiana Department of Education’s Indiana Principal Leadership Academy in 2004.
Grove began his career in education as a teacher from 1993-96 at Vincennes University’s extension at the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility. He followed by serving as a teacher at North Knox High School from 1996-2001, while also serving as a coach for seventh-grade girls basketball (1993-2001), assistant varsity football (1997-2000) and assistant varsity boys track (1999-2001).
In 2001, Grove became the principal at North Knox. There he oversaw a school with more than 600 students, more than 40 certified staff and more than 20 classified staff. In addition, he served as the corporation’s school safety specialist, Title IX coordinator and supervised extra-curricular activities in fine arts, academic competitions and athletics.
Grove moved to the South Knox School Corp. as superintendent in July 2012, where he serves as lead educator for more than 1,200 students, more than 70 certified staff members and more than 90 classified staff members. During his tenure, the corporation completed a $15.1 million construction/renovation on buildings and facilities in 2018.
Over the years, Grove has been recognized as the State Administrator of the Year from the Indiana Association of Student Councils in 2005 and the District 11 High School Principal of the Year from the Indiana Association of School Principals in 2009.
He also has served in numerous leadership positions. Those include being vice president in 2007-08 and president in 2008-09 of the Southwest Seven Football Conference; vice president in 2008-09, president in 2009-10 and boys publicity director from 2019-present of the Blue Chip Conference; and membership chairman in 2009-10, vice president in 2010-11 and president in 2011-12 of IASP District 11.
Grove and his wife, Charlene, have been married for 26 years. The couple has two daughters, Ali and Betsy, and one granddaughter, Charlotte.