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GLOSSARY
Professional Development
Training for instructors and / or administrators that enables staff to learn more about developing arts-based lessons and best practices ; often customized to serve specific classroom interests and goals .
Residency
An artistic program within a given school in which a teaching artist ( s ) implements an arts-learning curriculum over the course of several weeks or months , typically in conjunction with CPS classroom instructors .
Resources
An external provider supplies physical resources to supplement a school ’ s arts education programming ( e . g ., arts supplies or instruments ). Does not include grants or granting agencies as partners .
Rubric
A performance-scoring scale that lists multiple criteria for performance and provides values for performance levels , such as numbers or a range of descriptors from excellent to poor .
Selective Enrollment
Chicago public elementary and high schools that require testing as part of the admissions process .
Sequential ( in the context of arts education ) Occurring year-to-year from grades K-12 .
STEM Program
A program that focuses on science , technology , engineering , and mathematics .
Student-Based Budgeting
The practice of assigning dollars to schools based on a per-student formula . This is a shift from traditional budgeting , which assigns dollars to schools in the form of numbers of instructor positions on the basis of student enrollment . Under student-based budgeting , schools have more flexibility to determine how they spend their money and bear the direct cost of paying for instructors .
Supplemental General State Aid
Illinois state education funds targeted to support low-income students . In Chicago , schools budget these funds at their own discretion .
Tax Increment Financing ( TIF )
A special tool that a municipality can use to generate money for economic development in a specific geographic area . To determine whether an area is eligible , the city hires a consultant to conduct an eligibility study of the proposed TIF . If the area meets the state standards , the consultant conducts a study of the area and writes an overview of the development priorities for the area and how TIF dollars will be spent during the TIF ’ s 23-year lifespan . TIFs allow a city to reinvest all new property tax dollars in the neighborhood from which they came for a 23-year period . The “ new ” revenues arise if new development takes place in the TIF district , or if the value of existing properties rises , resulting in higher tax bills . These funds can be spent on public works projects or given as subsidies to encourage private development .
Theatre
A student ’ s theatre education experience may include , but is not limited to , acting , theatre , film acting and film making , improvisation , mime , puppetry , performed poetry / spoken word , musical theatre , playwriting , technical theatre / stagecraft , theatre production , Shakespearean literature and performance , and International Baccalaureate ( IB ) theatre .
Title I Funds
Federal monies given to school districts to provide extra support for low-income children . Federal law requires districts to prioritize the funds for their highest-poverty schools . In Chicago , schools budget these funds at their own discretion .
Visual Arts
A student ’ s visual arts education experience may include , but is not limited to , drawing , painting , ceramic arts / pottery , sculpture , 2-D design , 3-D design , photography , printmaking , graphic arts , media arts ( film , video , TV , animation , digital ), textiles , jewelry , glass arts , Advanced Placement Studio ( AP ) courses , and International Baccalaureate ( IB ) visual arts .
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