Carver High School Theater Director Roshunda Jones-Koumba Honored With 2 Awards

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Jones-Koumba directs two Carver High School theater students.

Roshunda Jones-Koumba, the theater director at Carver High School for Engineering, Applied Technology and The Arts received two prestigious awards during the summer — the Stephen Schwartz Musical Theatre Teacher of the Year Award and the International Thespian Society Inspirational Theatre Educator Award. The ASCAP Foundation presented the Stephen Schwartz Award. The award represents the highest level of achievement for a middle or high school theatre teacher, with the winner receiving $5,000 and travel to the International Thespian Festival (ITF) for the announcement and recognition. A distinguished panel of EdTA award-winning teachers, EdTA leaders, musical theatre industry professionals, and representatives of The ASCAP Foundation evaluated applications before naming the award’s recipient.

The 2021 International Thespian Society Inspirational Theatre Educator Award was given to two educators who inspired their students and dedicated themselves to providing quality theatre education. Jones-Koumba, currently in her 18th year of education. She has dedicated all those years to AISD students, especially her theater students at Carver. In 2020, Jones-Koumba was inducted into the Texas Thespians Hall of Fame and received the inaugural Arts Educator of the Year from the TUTS Leading Ladies organization. She was also TxETA’s 2017 Educator of the Year and Aldine ISD Carver High School’s teacher of the year in 2009 and 2014. As the Carver Panther Players Director, the troupe has been successful on the state and national level at UIL One-Act Play (OAP) contests, Tommy Tune Awards, Texas Thespians State, and International Thespian Festival. Jones-Koumba is a Board member of the Texas Education Theatre Association (TxETA), Texas Thespians, Black Theatre Educator’s #39 Caucus, and UIL OAP Advisory Committee.