CPS, Arts Partners, and a range of organizations provide professional development opportunities, resources, competitions, and funding to CPS Teachers and Students. Learn more about some of the many programs available!
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The CPS Arts Education Plan!
It’s here! The full CPS Arts Education Plan is now available for download.
ALT-City Student Applications Now Available!
The 2013-14 ALT-City program provides the opportunity for recognition of student achievement in arts disciplines that typically had remained as an alternative or on the fringe. ALT-City participants have studio sessions and workshops in arts forms such as hip-hop performance, poetry and spoken word, beat-boxing, beat-making, rock bands, R&B, doo-wop and A Capella performance. Apply here!
DCASE Individual Artists Grants!
The Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events (DCASE) Cultural Grants Program will be launching the 2014 Individual Artist Program which provides project grants for individual artists and creative professionals! <more>
REACH Performance Tasks – Task Creator Application
We are looking for talented, dedicated, and collaborative teachers to help write Arts-based REACH Performance Tasks for SY 14-15 (theatre, dance, music, and visual art). Since REACH Performance Tasks are an important component of teacher evaluation and serve as a useful baseline measure for student proficiencies, it is imperative that exceptional CPS teachers contribute to the design of these high-quality tasks. <more>
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