Theater Arts Teacher (2026-2027 School Year)

The Lockhart ISD Mission

The mission of the Lockhart Independent School District is to graduate all of its students as citizens who are educated, productive, and self-fulfilling lifelong learners. The school district’s community, parents, trustees, staff and students will provide a safe, caring, and challenging learning environment in which all students develop to their fullest potential.

Lockhart’s Leaders

Across Lockhart ISD, each of our leaders are guided by three core themes embodied in our leadership definition and their corresponding behaviors:

1. Having a Lock“heart” for People which is focused on developing one's relational capacity;
2. Unlocking Potential which is centered on the development and empowerment of both the self and others; and,
3. Being Locked on Excellence which means that every person will have a relentless pursuit for results

Primary Purpose

Provide students with appropriate learning activities and experiences designed to help them fulfill their potential for intellectual, emotional, physical, and social growth.

Qualifications:

Education/Certification

Bachelor’s degree and valid Texas teaching certificate.

Special Knowledge Skills:

• Knowledge of all applicable federal, state, and local laws, guidelines and procedures.
•  Knowledge of curriculum and instruction.
•  Knowledge of subjects assigned, including current research.
•  Skill in effectively managing a classroom and student behavior.
•  Skill in communicating effectively with others.
•  Skill in modifying instruction for various student needs.
•  Skill in working with various forms of equipment including, but not limited to, personal computers, calculators, projectors, and printers.
• Skill in working with computer tools, including but not limited to, email, internet, word processing and spreadsheets. ? Skill in working in collaborative team-based environments.

Major Responsibilities and Duties:

1. Plan, develop and implement lesson plans that fulfill the requirements of the district’s instructional program and show written evidence of preparations as required; prepare lessons that reflect accommodations for differences in student abilities and learning styles; linguistically accommodate instruction as appropriate for English language learners; coordinate with special education teachers to modify curricula as needed for special education students according to guidelines established in Individual Education Plans (IEP).
2. Help students analyze and improve study methods and habits; help improve the achievement of all students; conduct ongoing assessment of student achievement through formal and informal testing and provide remediation as appropriate to ensure student mastery; assume responsibility and sponsor extracurricular activities as appropriate.
3. Create a classroom environment conducive to active and successful student learning and appropriate for the physical, social, and emotional development of students; manage student behavior.
4. Establish and maintain effective open communication with students, parents, teachers, and administrators; participate in staff professional development activities.
5. Complete appropriate documentation for students participating in special programs as required by district, state and federal guidelines.
6. Perform other duties as assigned.