Ingenuity State of the Arts Progress Report 2015-2016 | Page 82
elementary
schools rubric
How is my school’s creative
schools certification determined?
Each school’s Arts Liaison completes a survey that inventories the
arts education programming assets within the school. Responses
are then used to determine the school’s Creative Schools Category.*
phase 2
arts liaison answers five questions
BUDGET
Does the school dedicate funding to
the arts?
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Do instructors have arts-specific PD
during the school year?
phase 1
arts liaison enters preliminary criteria
ARTS INTEGRATION
STAFFING
Ratio of arts instructors to students and number of fulltime-equivalent (FTE) arts instructors.
0 FTE
0.5 FTE
1 FTE
1 FTE/350
STUDENTS
Does the school utilize arts
integration strategies?
PARTNERSHIPS
Does the school collaborate with at least
one external community arts partner?
MINUTES OF INSTRUCTION
Average minutes of instruction per week throughout the
school year.
44 MINUTES
AND BELOW
90-119
MINUTES
45-89
MINUTES
120+
MINUTES
PARENT/COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Does the school have exhibits,
performances, or volunteer opportunities
for students, parents, and the community?
ACCESS
Percentage of grade levels having access to art classes.
49%
AND BELOW
82
50-79%
80-99%
Calculate Final Category
100%
CATEGORY 5
CATEGORY 4
CATEGORY 3
CATEGORY 2
CATEGORY 1
incomplete
data
emerging
developing
strong
excelling
PHASE
If a school answers YES to three or more
Phase 2 questions, it keeps its score from
Phase 1. This is its final Category Rating.
1
If a school answers NO to three or more
Phase 2 questions, it must add one to
its Phase 1 score. This becomes its final
Category Rating.
PHASE
1
+
0
+
1