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GLOSSARY
Contract School: Public schools open to all CPS
students. These schools are operated by private
entities under contract with CPS to provide an
additional education option for students. Each
contract school has a curriculum, schedule,
calendar, and admissions procedures that may differ
from other public schools. Contract schools may be
operated by community organizations, universities,
foundations, and teachers. All contract schools are
held accountable for high student achievement by
the Board of Education.
Core subject: A body of knowledge that all students
are expected to learn and is not an elective subject.
Creative Schools Certification (CSC): Identifies
the level of arts instruction provided in each CPS
school based on data regarding staffing, minutes of
instruction, budget, culture, and partnerships.
Creative Schools Certification Categories:

Excelling (Category 1): Schools that meet
the goals and priorities outlined in the CPS
Arts Education Plan, including staffing and
instruction, partnerships, community and
culture, and budget and planning.
Strong (Category 2): Schools that nearly
meet the goals and priorities outlined in the
CPS Arts Education Plan, including staffing
and instruction, partnerships, community and
culture, and budget and planning.
Developing (Category 3): Schools that
occasionally meet the goals and priorities
outlined in the CPS Arts Education
Plan, including staffing and instruction,
partnerships, community and culture,
and budget and planning.
Emerging (Category 4): Schools that rarely
meet the goals and priorities outlined in the
CPS Arts Education Plan, including staffing
and instruction, partnerships, community and
culture, and budget and planning.
Incomplete Data (Category 5): Schools in
which data is incomplete to calculate the
goals and priorities outlined in the CPS
Arts Education Plan, including staffing and
instruction, partnerships, community and
culture, and budget and planning.
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Creative Schools Fund: Provides grants directly to
schools and supports their progress along the CSC
continuum. The Fund does not accept applications
for programs designed to replace credentialed arts
instructors in the classroom.
Creative Schools Initiative: A partnership between
Ingenuity and CPS to ensure every public school
student receives a well-rounded education that
includes the arts.
Credentialed Arts Instructor: An educator
authorized by the state to teach visual arts,
music, dance, or theatre. Currently, the State of
Illinois issues certification for arts instructors with
qualifications in visual arts and music. Credentialed
theatre and dance instructors hold Illinois teaching
certifications in a subject or grade level as well
as a credential in their respective arts discipline.
Dance: A student’s dance education experience
may include, but is not limited to, contemporary,
creative movement, world dance, ballet, jazz,
tap, modern, break dance, hip hop, ballroom,
choreography, dance notation, dance history,
musical theatre, improvisation, folk, ethnic, step,
historical, and square dance.
District-Run School: A public school managed by
the CPS central office. Among other commonalities,
these schools share an academic calendar, discipline
code, and budgeting procedure.
Field Trip: A classroom visit to a cultural institution,
museum, or external community arts partner’s
facilities for an arts-related education experience
or performance.
FTE (Full-Time Equivalent): A unit that indicates
the workload of an employed person in a way
that makes workloads comparable across various
contexts. An FTE of 1.0 means that the person is
equivalent to a full-time worker, while an FTE of
0.5 signals that the worker is only half-time or
works full-time for half a year.
PROGRESS REPORT | 2016–17