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14 INTRODUCTION THE CREATIVE SCHOOLS CERTIFICATION The CSC is at the core of the CPS Arts Education Plan and the Creative Schools Initiative. The CSC is a summary measure of the quantity of arts education available in each school, and therefore functions as a decision- making road map for principals and teachers working to expand the arts in their schools. At the core of the CSC is a scoring rubric that was crafted with input from CPS leaders, principals, instructors, community arts partners, higher education officials, and philanthropic leaders. It was also approved by the 40-member CPS Arts Education Plan advisory committee. The rubric is based on data collected from Arts Liaisons in every participating school as well as administrative data provided by the district. Arts Liaisons submit their arts education data via the Creative Schools Survey. This survey inventories school-level arts education assets such as levels of arts instruction, access to certified arts instructors, professional development, arts integration efforts, partnerships, and parent/community engagement. Each school then is scored along a five-category continuum based on the data they submit. PHASE 1 *Phase 1 holds more weight than Phase 2 Elementary schools are categorized based on Staffing Access High schools are categorized based on Minutes of instruction Staffing Disciplines and depth PHASE 2 Elementary and high schools are categorized based on Budget Arts integration Partnerships Professional development Parent/community engagement Category 3: Developing occasionally meets goals Category 4: Emerging rarely meets goals Category 5: Incomplete data schools that have either not responded completely or have not responded at all SCHOOL CATEGORY RATING Category 1: Excelling meets CPS arts education goals for arts instruction INGENUITY | STATE OF THE ARTS Category 2: Strong nearly meets goals

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