Student Learning and Student Services

Dr. Jimmy C. Lightfoot, Assistant Superintendent

An important part of our mission at Gladewater ISD is to teach a thoughtfully developed curriculum that equips students for success in school and in life. We strive to provide students with authentic learning experiences and knowledge, and not just test-taking skills. Our GISD teachers work together as a professional learning community, learning together and designing lessons that keep students challenged and enthused. Our common goal for curriculum and instruction is to ensure that all students are equipped to go wherever they want to go and do whatever in life they want to do.

“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” - W.B. Yeats

“If we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow.” - John Dewey

“Intelligence plus character. That is the goal of true education.” - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Curriculum and Instruction Contacts

Accountability and Assessment:  Dr. Jimmy C. Lightfoot, Assistant Superintendent 

Athletics:  Scott Clower, Athletic Director 

Career and Technical Education (CTE):  Elizabeth Jackson, CTE Director

Core Academic and Elective Courses:  Contact your child’s principal

Dyslexia Services:  Amy Wingfield, Dyslexia Specialist - Grades K-5 

                Jennifer Neighbors, Dyslexia Specialist - Grades 6-12 

English as a Second Language (ESL):  Dr. Jimmy C. Lightfoot, Assistant Superintendent 

Fine Arts:  Contact your child’s principal

Gifted and Talented Education:  Angie Townsend, GT Coordinator

Special Education Services:  Dr. Peggy Oden, Director of Special Education 

Textbooks:  Darla Allen, Instructional Materials Coordinator

Title IX Questions: Dr. Jimmy C. Lightfoot, Assistant Superintendent / Title IX Coordinator

504 Services:  Kathy Musick, 504 Coordinator