At the regularly scheduled Board Meeting on February 12th, Ira Trustees approved the hiring of Mrs. Katie Spence as the Ira ISD Fine Arts Director for the 2025-2026 school year. Ira ISD is thrilled to have Mrs. Spence on board! She will direct our One Act Play program in addition to overseeing all elementary and secondary fine arts instruction. She brings great experience in this field and will impact every student from PK-12th grade.
Katie Spence is a Snyder native, she attended college at The University of Texas at Austin and finished her BA in Theatre from Oklahoma City University. She received her MA in Theatre from the National University of Ireland in Galway. Mrs Spence has held roles as an Academic Counselor at Western Texas College, and as Theatre Director at Snyder High School leading multiple companies to every level of the UIL One Act Play Contest. has taught Business and Entrepreneurship, and most recently served as an Assistant Principal at Snyder ISD.
Mrs Spence has been happily married to Brian Spence for 15 years. They have two wonderful children—Scout, who is 10 and in 5th grade, and Sam, who is 3.
In her free time, Katie enjoys cooking, walking, Tik-Tok-ing, and spending quality time with family.