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CPS ARTS EDUCATION PLAN PROGRESS
GOAL 1 — POLICY
Create district-level policies that support the arts in every child’s Pre K–12 education experience
and create conditions throughout the district that utilize the arts to support student success.
The Board of Education’s approval of the Plan immediately set the recommendations of this
Goal into action, and, as examined throughout this report, considerable progress has been
made on implementing them on the ground. That said, each year, a school’s capacity to see the
recommendations through is dependent on annual budgets, course scheduling, and competing
priorities. With that in mind, all but recommendation C are considered ongoing.
A B C D
Make arts a core
subject by dedicating
120 minutes of arts
instruction per week
for elementary schools. Expand the
number of arts forms
offered to include
visual arts, music,
dance, and theatre
at all grade levels. Expand high
school graduation
requirements to
include all four Illinois-
recognized art forms. Set minimum staffing
requirements in the
arts at one certified
full-time employee per
school or an improved
ratio such as one
instructor for every
350 students.
GOAL 2 — ARTS CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION & ASSESSMENT
Ensure district arts curriculum, instruction, and assessment are consistent, support arts learning
pathways from Pre K–12, and utilize both direct arts instruction and arts integration strategies.
District policies and assessments shift as circumstances in the state, city, and district change.
Most of the recommendations under this goal are directly connected to state and federal policies that
are currently in the implementation and planning phases. In Fall 2017, the CPS Department of Arts
Education released the Arts Content Framework, which will be a resource for schools to continually
work towards recommendation A. Recommendation D is no longer applicable, as the Continuous
Improvement Work Plan is no longer tied to a school’s budget, and thus is not a strong indicator of
a school’s prioritization of the arts.
A B C D
Map and align arts
curriculum to the
Common Core Standards
in order to support
high school graduation,
college entry, college
graduation, and
career readiness. Align the Chicago
Guide for Teaching and
Learning in the Arts to
the forthcoming Core
Arts Standards. Add additional art
forms (e.g. media arts)
to the curriculum in
the Chicago guide. Require that the arts
be represented on each
school’s Continuous
Improvement Work
Plan (CIWP).
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