WELCOME
Ingenuity and the CPS Department of Arts Education are thrilled to once again collaborate on providing a comprehensive catalog of professional learning workshops , events , and opportunities for all stakeholders in Chicago ’ s arts education ecosystem . We are proud to announce that this year , we are offering the most extensive and ambitious agenda of professional learning yet with over 60 events , all free of charge , and informed by your wants and needs .
Last year , in addition to partnering on various professional learning events , we also successfully collaborated on the first ever arts partner and teacher Arts Education Conference . Due to the success of that event , and the feedback garnered from the community , we ’ ve expanded opportunities for shared learning and collaboration amongst the school and arts partner community in this year ’ s offerings . We will once again present an Arts Education Conference that builds on our previous success . We ’ re also excited to roll out redesigned Arts Liaison offerings and incorporate more hands-on art making opportunities into the catalog of learning .
The catalog is organized by learning threads :
1 . Teaching and Learning in the Arts The offerings in this thread are all about advancing quality arts teaching and learning practices across the city of Chicago .
2 . Partnership Practices This thread of learning will help you to build and sustain long-term arts-based relationships .
3 . Arts Advocacy and Leadership The offerings in this thread will help you to advocate for arts-rich policies , programming , and practices at local and national levels .
4 . Culture , Equity , and Inclusion This thread of learning will provide supports for ensuring quality arts education programming for all students .
All of the professional learning opportunities in this catalog are aligned to the CPS Framework for Teaching , Ingenuity ’ s Arts Partner Standards of Practice , CPS ’ School Excellence Framework and / or CPS ’ Principal Competencies . In the back of the catalog , you will find a handy reference index of all the professional learning opportunities aligned to these documents . We hope this will help you to quickly identify the most appropriate opportunities as you move toward your unique professional learning goals this year .
We encourage you to find your place in this catalog and use it to plan your year of professional learning and development . Have a wonderful year !
Nicole Upton |
Julia deBettencourt |
Director of Partnerships and |
Director of Arts Education , |
Professional Learning , Ingenuity |
Chicago Public Schools |
Photo courtesy of CPS 2018 – 2019 School Year | 3