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Coordinate the recruitment and certification of arts educators to build a sustainable talent pipeline for Chicago Public Schools. This includes mapping the teacher preparation landscape, analyzing workforce data, and managing partnerships with universities and certification providers.
Requires a bachelor's degree and at least three years of professional experience in K-12 arts education, teacher recruitment, or education policy. Candidates must have reliable transportation for in-person events and proficiency in data tools like Google Workspace and Tableau.
Chicago Public Schools (CPS) is a district on the rise, serving over 325,000 students in 500+ schools and employing over 45,000 people, most of them teachers. CPS has set ambitious goals to ensure that every student, in every school and every neighborhood, has access to a world-class learning experience that prepares each for success in college, career, and civic life. Aligned with our transformed philosophy, we are steadfastly focused on ensuring that the District provides resources equitably to support every student, every school, and every community. Six core values guide the work we do every day for our students – student-centered, whole child, equity, academic excellence, community partnership, and continuous learning. Each role in the district supports our vision that every student deserves a rigorous, joyful, and equitable learning experience.
The Department of Arts Education (DAE) integrates rigorous arts instruction into the district’s core educational infrastructure to drive student engagement, academic achievement, and postsecondary readiness across every Chicago Public School. The Goal of the DAE is to establish the arts as a universal instructional lever that empowers every CPS student to become a critical thinker, an inventive problem-solver, and a high-performing citizen in a global economy.
Every student in Chicago Public Schools will experience innovative, rigorous, and joyful arts learning that cultivates creativity, curiosity, empathy, and confident self expression. Through bold artistic practice and deep personal exploration, students will become critical thinkers, imaginative problem-solvers, and engaged citizens, ready to thrive in a dynamic world.
Arts education is core instructional infrastructure at Chicago Public Schools (CPS). It is a universal lever that directly advances student attendance, academic achievement, and postsecondary readiness. In strict alignment with the Success 2029 equity mandate and the Arts Education Plan 2.0, the CPS Department of Arts Education is architecting a durable talent pipeline to ensure every school is staffed with highly qualified, certified arts instructors. Operating under tight fiscal realities and an imperative to deploy resources equitably, this grant-funded role serves as the tactical execution arm for our pipeline strategy. The Teacher Pipeline Support will build the foundational data infrastructure, execute gap analyses, and manage
recruitment logistics to ensure certified educators are deployed to the communities furthest from
opportunity, as defined by the CPS Opportunity Index.
Job Summary:
Reporting to the Director of Arts Access & Operations, the Arts Teacher Pipeline Support will serve as a strategic project coordinator supporting the launch and execution of Chicago Public Schools’ multi-year initiative to increase the number of certified arts educators aligned with the district’s Arts Education Plan 2.0: Cultivating Creativity (2025–2030).
This role will work in close partnership with the Department of Arts Education, the CPS Talent Office, local and state organizations, and higher education institutions across Illinois and the U.S. to research, design, coordinate and implement strategic pathways that recruit, certify, and retain high-quality arts educators in Chicago Public Schools in the areas of music, dance, theatre, visual arts, and media arts.
This is a role ideal for someone with experience in arts education, teacher certification policy, creative workforce development, human capital strategy, and who is passionate about ensuring every CPS student has access to a high quality arts education provided by a certified arts educator.
Arts Teacher Pipeline Support is a temporary, grant funded role. This position will be compensated at a rate of $30–$34 per hour, depending on experience, not to exceed 1,200 hours per calendar year.
The Arts Education Teacher Pipeline Support will be held accountable for the following responsibilities:
Map the current arts teacher preparation landscape in Illinois and surrounding states, including traditional, residency, and alternative certification programs
Analyze educator workforce data to identify high-need artistic disciplines, school clusters, and teacher credential gaps in CPS
Provide recommendations to inform CPS partnerships with universities, alternative certification providers, and arts education nonprofits
Support the building and maintenance of programs and relationships with university partners, alternative certification providers, arts organizations, and workforce development agencies
Collaborate with the Talent Office to align recruitment, residency, and hiring efforts
Support the planning and expansion of new initiatives including but not limited to the Arts Teacher Residency programs, Teaching Artist Certification models, endorsement pathways for district teachers, Alternative Certification Programs, Pilot Endorsement, and CPS/University pipeline tracking systems
Coordinate targeted recruitment campaigns for high-need arts disciplines (e.g., dance, theatre), including at national job boards, arts schools, and educator conferences
Represent CPS at educator recruitment fairs, university expos, and arts convenings
Develop outreach strategies (in partnership with CPS Communications and Talent) to raise awareness of new CPS arts teaching pathways, endorsements, and job opportunities
Design and implement departmental tracking systems that monitor recruitment, certification, and hiring progress from each partner institution or pathway
Generate monthly reports on open positions, candidate pools, and progress toward meeting the district’s pipeline goals
Make actionable recommendations to refine strategy and scale high-performing models
Other duties as assigned
In order to be successful and achieve the above responsibilities, the Arts Education Teacher Pipeline Support must possess the following qualifications:
Education Required:
Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university required
Experience Required:
Minimum of three (3) years of professional experience in K–12 arts education, teacher recruitment, higher education partnerships, and/or education policy
Experience in teacher preparation, education leadership, or public policy preferred
Project or strategic program design support experience preferred
Other Requirements:
In-person participation in district recruitment events, partner meetings, and occasional site visits required
Access to reliable transportation required
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Understanding of the arts education and/or teacher preparation landscape in Illinois and nationally
Ability to analyze data to inform decisions and create actionable strategies
Clear, persuasive written and verbal communication skills
Comfort operating in fast-paced, cross-functional teams and balancing multiple priorities.
Proficiency in Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Slides); familiarity with Tableau, Smartsheet, PowerBI
Strong attention to detail, ability to quickly shift priorities, and drive projects with multiple collaborators to completion
Conditions of Employment
As a condition of employment with the Chicago Public Schools (CPS), employees are required to:
Establish/Maintain Chicago Residency - Employees are required to live within the geographic boundaries of the City of Chicago within six months of their CPS hire date and maintain residency throughout their employment with the district. The Chicago residency requirement does not apply to temporary/part-time positions; however, all CPS employees must be residents of Illinois.
Providing a high quality public education for every child, in every neighborhood, that prepares each for success in life
Chicago Public Schools is looking for teachers, leaders, and non-instructional staff to transform the face of urban education. We are a team of passionate, committed, and talented professionals who believe that every CPS student will graduate prepared for success in college, career, and life. Come join us in making CPS a model for public school districts throughout the nation. CPS is the third largest school district in the United States with more than 600 schools providing education to over 340,000 children.
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