Ronnie Gleason is in his twenty seventh year of teaching instrumental music and his second tenure at Lafayette High School. Mr. Gleason was the Associate Director of Bands at Lafayette High School from 2006-2015. Mr. Gleason was then the Director of Bands at Kaplan High School in Kaplan, Louisiana. Mr. Gleason received his Bachelor's Degree in Music Education from the University of Southwestern Louisiana in 1993.

Throughout his teaching career Mr. Gleason's bands have consistently received superior ratings in marching, concert, and jazz festivals at local, state, and national events. In 2008 and 2011 Mr. Gleason's band performed at the National Concert Band and Orchestra Festival held at Carnegie Hall in New York City, and in 2013 his Lafayette High School Symphonic band was selected to perform at the National Concert Band Festival held in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Mr. Gleason has performed with many ensembles over the years including the Acadiana Symphony Orchestra, Acadian Wind Symphony, and the Skyliners Big Band. His professional affiliations include Phi Beta Mu, National Association for Music Education, Louisiana Music Educators Association, which he currently serves as the Band Division Chairman, Southwestern Louisiana Band Directors Association and Phi Mu Alpha.