Jimmy L.
Smith
UIL
Coordinator &
Director of
Theatre & Forensic
Princeton
High School
(972) 736-3633 - office
Email: jlsmith_theatre@yahoo.com
EDUCATION
WEST TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY - Canyon, Texas
Masters of Arts - May 1986
Major - Communication & Theatre
EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY - Portales, New Mexico
Bachelor of Science - May 1978
Major - Theatre and Communication
Minor - Physical Education
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
27 years in education as a Theatre Director / Speech Teacher
17 years as UIL Director
13 years as Department Chair or Lead Teacher
11 years coaching/ trainer for football and baseball
EXTRA-CURRICULAR DUTIES
Director of Theatre- directing four to six shows per year including One Act Play Contest each year. In 20 years my shows has advanced 18 times with eight trips to Regional, one trip to the State Contest.
Director of Speech and Forensic - attending 9
to
12 tournaments per year
ith students qualifying for the UIL State Meet every year but
one.
Two students winning UIL State and seven times having students qualify
for
Nationals.
UIL Coordinator - I have severed at this
position for 17 years. Having 10 teams winning the district
championship.
.
Athletic Trainer - I have severed as the Trainer
for eleven years for football.
Baseball Coach - coached baseball for two years.
HONORS
1983 - VFW Teacher of the
Year
1989 - CWC
Teacher of the Month
1992 - NFL Diamond Key
Award
1996 - Diboll
ISD Teacher of the Year
1996 - Renaissance Teacher of the
Year
1997 -
Favorite Teacher Award
1999 - Masonic Lodge Outstanding
Teacher
2002 - NFL Two Diamond Key Award
2003 - Princeton HS Teacher of the Year
2004 - UIL Coaches Award
AUTHOR OF
Niagara Falls Here I Come - a
melodrama
Winning and Losing - a children's play
American Sampler - a children's
play
Everyday Heroes - a children's play
Reach for a Rainbow - a children's
play
This and That a melodrama
Who said yes? - a melodrama
MEMBERSHIP
National Forensic
League
Texas Educational Theatre Association
U.S. Institute for Theatre
Technology
Texas Speech Communication Assoc.