Fine Arts Manual

Policies, Guidelines and Procedures for Fine Arts Teachers

Instructional Coordination - Music Teacher Responsibilities

Job Descriptions:

Band Directors
Choir Directors
Orchestra Directors
Dance Directors
Theatre Directors


Employee Travel Request - Rev.  2022 - MUST COMPLETE IN FRONTLINE BEFORE YOU ATTEND
Forms to Accompany Requests for Travel Reimbursement for Mileage by Personal Automobile
Remember:  You MUST attach a Conference Agenda every time and you have 10 days to fill out the "Create
Expense Report" in Frontline for Reimbursement. 

***Employee Travel Responsibility Form

Budget and Purchasing Guidelines

District Vertical Feeder Patterns

List of Board of Trustees & Central Administration -updated 5/2024
These names need to be in all of your printed programs along with your campus administration

Associate Superintendents for Campus Development Assignments

HS Out of State Trips:  Blank Board Agenda  
If you are going on an out of State Trip, after receiving principal approval for your trip, put it in Bus Hive, and then fill out the Board Agenda and make sure you email it to your principal, ASCD, Holly Lewallen, Gabriel Flores, and Michael Holt. If you are going in the Spring, you need to have this on an August, Sept., or Oct. Board meeting.....the sooner the better.

Preparing Requisitions and Receiving Reports
Instructions for using your budget for all expenditures

Budget Codes for S & E - Instrument Protection - Lost Uniforms (Codes for Collecting and Processing Student Fees)

***Link to Instructions for Cash Collection System in Lawson

***Processing a Refund in the Cash Collection Management System (Lawson)
Refund Form

***Revtrak Online Payment Instructions

***Purchasing Dos and Don'ts

***Awarded Vendors Yellow Pages

***Charms documents

Field Trip Consent-Medical Release Form - English
Field Trip Consent-Medical Release Form - Spanish

Standards of Student Conduct - English
Standards of Student Conduct - Spanish

Uniform & Travel Contract - English
Uniform & Travel Contract - Spanish

***Inventory Management - equipment, instruments, uniforms (Packet)
***Deleting/Removing items from Charms inventory
***Instrument Protection & Loan Contract - English
***Instrument Protection & Loan Contract - Spanish

Instrument Repair & Piano Tuning
***Piano Tuning

***School-Owned Musical Instrument Protection & Loan Contract Explained (Packet)
***Instrument Protection & Loan Contract - English
***Instrument Protection & Loan Contract - Spanish
***School- Owned Instrument Protection & Loan Plan Registration Form for the Teacher
Instrument Claim Report

***Procedure for Repair  Using the  (Instrument Protection Plan)
Instrument Claim Report

***Private Lesson Program (Packet)

Tutoring your own students for pay - Employment Requirements & Restrictions - Conflict of Interest  Pg. 2

UIL Solo& Ensemble Contests and TMEA

UIL/TEA Side by Side

UIL Constitutuion & Contest Rules

UIL Booster Club Guidelines

UIL Eligibility Standards

UIL Professional-Acknowledgement form

UIL Forms.com - Register for Region XIX UIL Competitions

TMEA Region XIX - All Region XIX information is found here:  region19uilmusic.com/ 

Performance Participation as a Test Grade

***2020-2025  PISD Strategic Plan


Honors Program Files

Honors Music Courses (Level 1) Criteria
Honors Music Courses (Level 2) Criteria
Honors Music Course Application Form
Honors Music Coordinator Responsibilities
***Honors Music Deadlines 2023-2024
Honors Music Student Evaluation Form

Honors Band Evaluation Rubric Level 1 - Student Form
Honors Band Evaluation Rubric Level 2 - Student Form

Honors Choir Evaluation Rubric Level 1 - Student Form
Honors Choir Evaluation Rubric Level 2 - Student Form

Honors Orchestra Evaluation Rubric Level 1 - Student Form
Honors Orchestra Evaluation Rubric Level 2 - Student Form

***Honors Dance Deadlines 2023-2024
Honors Dance Parent Form
Honors Dance Course Requirements

***Honors Theatre Deadlines 2023-2024
Honors Theatre Course Guide
Honors Theatre Application Form
Honors Theatre Requirements Packet

Football Game Half-Time Performances during Inclement Weather
Football & Marching Band Safety Guidelines - Wet Bulb
Regular Season Veterans Stadium Guidelines

***Band, Choir, Orchestra Student Awards Packet
Music Awards Policy & Generic Certificate
Music Student Awards Policy - English
Music Student Awards Policy - Spanish

Binder on Taxable and Non-Taxable Items
The difference between 461 and 865 accounts

Home Practice Report Card

***Employee Dress Policy

***Employee Handbook

Concert Etiquette - landscape
Concert Etiquette - portrait

Copyright Documents

***Eduphoria Documents


Board Policies and District Regulations Pertaining to Fine Arts:

Revenues-Grants from Private Sources (CDC Local)
Student Activities - Activity Funds Management (CFD Local)
Private Lesson Guidelines (FEF Local)
Student Fundraising (FJ Legal)
Student Fundraising (FJ Local)
Student Activity funds Management (CFD Local)
Student Activity Funds (CFD)
UIL Rules and District Policy (FM Legal)
Employee Standards of Conduct (DH Local)
Extracurricular Activity Absences (FM Local)
Student Activities - Social Events (FMD Local)
Student Travel and Trip Guidelines (FMG Local)
Student Activities - Contests & Competitions (FM Legal)
Student Conduct - School Dress Code (FNCA Legal)
Student Conduct - Dress Code ((FNCA Local)
Student Conduct - Hazing (FNCC Legal)
Booster Organizations (GE Local)
UIL Booster Club Guidelines
Relations with Parent organizations (GE Legal)
Student Fees, Fines, Charges (FP Legal)