In addition to managing course content and teaching students, many theatre teachers spend hours on organizational and managerial tasks. Accomplishing these tasks responsibly and credibly can support a strong theatre program.

Though the theatre teacher is the one ultimately responsible, high school students can help with many of these tasks, providing them with opportunities to practice responsibility and develop leadership skills in activities such as:

• Selecting and obtaining materials for sets, props, costumes, make-up, supplies, tools, and equipment
• Planning details of field trips and project timelines
• Reviewing, selecting, and procuring instructional materials (e.g., scripts)
• Budgeting
• Coordinating school-wide theatrical endeavors
• Cooperating with other theatre and fine arts teachers in the school district
• Planning and implementing outreach programs to other schools and the community
• Collaborating with community leaders in support of school theatre activities.

The involvement of campus and district administrators is essential to the growth and maintenance of quality theatre education. Administrators and theatre teachers collaborate in the process of defining and developing a cohesive vision for their theatre programs. In larger districts, central office staff may have responsibilities for working with theatre programs throughout the district. Such persons may have the following responsibilities:

• Maintaining a quality theatre program for the district
• Developing criteria for K-12 program evaluation
• Connecting theatre programs with relevant goals and plans of the district
• Staffing schools with certified, qualified teachers
• Supporting teachers with quality professional development opportunities relevant to theatre education
• Coordinating theatrical events that extend beyond the boundaries of the campus
• Gathering data to support existing programs and to substantiate the need for theatre program development
• Evaluating needs for improved facilities, instructional materials, and equipment
• Mentoring new staff and those whose students are experiencing difficulty demonstrating the achievement levels outlined in the TEKS and district theatre curriculum.