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the arts in CPS / staffing
2012-139

1,163.4 INSTRUCTORS

2013-14

1,288 INSTRUCTORS

2014-15

1,337 INSTRUCTORS

2015-16

1,402 INSTRUCTORS

The total number of known arts
instructors in the district has increased
in each of the past four years

schools to report media arts instructors for
the first time.11 Previously, schools were
limited to only reporting individuals teaching
music, dance, theatre, or visual arts. This
change paralleled the Illinois State Board
of Education’s approval of the Illinois Arts
Learning Standards in June 2016.12 These
standards—aligned with the National Core
Arts Standards—recognize media arts as a
unique discipline, and will be implemented
in the 2018-19 school year.

At the district level, the total number of arts
instructors identified through the Survey
has increased each of the past four years.
In 2015-16, there were 1,402 identified arts
FTEs in CPS, an increase from 1,337 in
2014-15.10

In 2015-16, there were 1,402 identified
arts FTEs in CPS, an increase from 1,337
in 2014-15.13

The increase in instructors may be due in part
to the fact that, in 2015-16, Ingenuity invited

Due to a lower response rate on the Creative Schools Survey in its first year, staffing data for 2012-13 are taken from CPS Office of Accountability arts staffing files as of June 15, 2013.

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For the first time this year, using staffing data from the CPS Office of Accountability, Ingenuity included in this estimate instructors in schools that did not complete their Creative
Schools Survey. The staffing numbers shown here for previous years have also been adjusted to include schools with incomplete data; these numbers are therefore different than what
was reported in previous progress reports.
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While schools reported media arts instructors, there is currently no ISBE endorsement for media arts.

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Illinois Arts Learning Standards Initiative website. http://ials-dev.sitedev.space/

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