Ingenuity State of the Arts Progress Report 2015-2016 | Page 34

the arts in CPS
STAFFING

In 2015-16, as in previous years, the largest portion of arts instructors in the district identified13
visual arts as their primary discipline (48 percent), followed by music (37 percent), theatre
(8 percent), and dance (4 percent). Also, four percent of instructors identified media arts as their
primary discipline. In addition to the inclusion of media arts for the first time this year, it is worth
noting that the number of teachers who reported dance as their primary discipline fell from 65
last year to 51 this year, a drop of nearly 22 percent. Ingenuity will again collect data on the
number of teachers that report dance next year to help understand how this one-year change fits
into the longer-term picture for dance in CPS.

48%

37%

8%

4%

4%

VISUAL ARTS

MUSIC

THEATRE

MEDIA ARTS

DANCE

644 FTE

503 FTE

104 FTE

52 FTE

As in previous years, most identified arts instructors
teach visual arts and/or music14

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13

This identification is made by the Arts Liaison or the Office of Accountability

14

The number of FTEs reported here does not add up to the total of 1,402 because information on primary discipline is not available for all reported teachers.

51 FTE