1. Arts Liaison Presentation
Insert Your School Name
Insert Date
Insert your own school name and the date of your presentation.
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2. Agenda Welcome & Introduction The Role of an Arts Liaison
Recent Arts Achievements: Let’s Celebrate!
The CPS Creative Schools Certification Program
The Creative Schools Fund
Reflection and Q&A
Customize your agenda as needed.
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3. The role of an Arts Liaison
LEAD.
CONNECT.
INSPIRE.
Collaborate with leadership to chart the direction and funding of your school’s arts programs & instruction
Communicate and coordinate arts opportunities and resources available to your school community
Be the public face and constant advocate for the arts at your school and for the broader community
Walk stakeholders through your various role responsibilities as an Arts Liaison.
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4. Arts Achievements: Let’s Celebrate!
Describe your school’s recent achievements & successes in the arts; e.g., events, curricular improvements, new hires, partnerships, etc.
Include photos if you have them!
Optional: Report on Action Planning for the year
Optional: Include relevant State of the Arts data
Describe your school’s recent achievements and successes in the arts, with video or photos if you have them. Give your school (and yourself!) accolades for supporting and delivering high-quality arts programming!
Optional: Report out on your Action Plan results, or include State of the Arts data to show arts progress district-wide (and how your school/network compares).
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5. The CPS Creative Schools Certification
The Creative Schools Certification measures school investment in:
Staffing and Instruction
Partnerships, Community and Culture
Budget and Planning
The certification process:
Arts Liaisons record data and enter it into Creative Schools Survey
Survey responses are used to calculate a school’s category
NOTE: Categories measure existence of the items above, not quality
Rating is displayed on the School Progress Report web page
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6. Creative Schools Certification Categories
[SCHOOL NAME] is a [CATEGORY #: DESIGNATION] school.
Manually move the arrow to point to your school’s category, and fill in the school and category information in the text field.
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7. How did our school get this category?
Please refer to your handout!
Click the link in the middle of this slide to find downloadable category-determination handouts for both elementary and high schools. You can print them out and use them at your presentation.
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8. What do we get for it? Funding!
Arts Essentials: All Category 1–4 schools receive $1,000 toward the purchase of arts materials and supplies
Access to Creative Schools Fund Grants
Opportunity to identify our arts programming gaps and create plans to address them
Receive various supports to maintain or improve our rating (e.g., targeted professional learning; grants)
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9. Arts Essentials
What it is: A $1,000 grant to all schools with a Creative Schools Certification of 1–4 and an active Arts Liaison. This money can be used toward equipment and supplies for arts classrooms.
Spending timeline for DISTRICT-MANAGED SCHOOLS:
Arts Essentials funds loaded into school budgets
Nov 2017
All purchase orders must be opened
April 6, 2018
Unspent or unencumbered funds swept from budget
April 9, 2018
All purchase orders receipted, invoiced,
and closed
May 15, 2018
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10. Arts Essentials
What it is: A $1,000 grant to all schools with a Creative Schools Certification of 1–4 and an active Arts Liaison. This money can be used toward equipment and supplies for arts classrooms.
Spending timeline for CHARTER SCHOOLS:
Arts Essentials funds awarded to schools
Nov 2017
All purchases made and receipts dated on or before
April 6, 2018
All receipts and invoices submitted to CPS Arts by
May 15, 2018
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11. The Creative Schools Fund
What it is
A grant-making partnership between Ingenuity and the Department of Arts Education to support the expansion of arts education in schools
Award categories
Category 1 schools: Eligible for Leadership Awards up to $15,000
Category 1–3 schools: Eligible for Creative Schools Grants up to $10,000
Category 4 schools: Eligible for Booster Grants up to $10,000
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12. The Creative Schools Fund
Timeline
Informational Sessions
Spring-Summer
Grant Portal Opens
Summer
Grant Portal Closes
Fall
Awards Announced
Winter
Award Spending
Winter-Late Spring
Learn more about what the grant can (and cannot) be used for, and how to write a successful proposal. SY18 Session Resources
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13. The New IL Arts Learning Standards
Where can I find them?
illinoisartslearning.org
What’s the plan?
New standards go into effect in the school year.
Four key instructional shifts under the new standards were the focus of Back to School training in August 2017.
Department of Arts and other stakeholders will release a suite of standards-focused resources and PD for SY18–19 and beyond.
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14. Reflection What are our next steps to grow the arts at our school?
How might we get there?
Any questions?
Use this opportunity to do some brainstorming or goal-setting with stakeholders around next steps that could be taken to grow and develop the arts at your school. Follow up as needed.
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15. Resource Links CPS Arts Department website: www.cpsarts.org
Ingenuity website:
State of the Arts Report: bit.ly/SOTA16-17
Arts Department resources on the Knowledge Center: Search under “Content Areas” for “Arts Education”—all updated resources!
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