Arts Education Teacher Pipeline Support

Chicago Public Schools•Chicago, IL

1d•$30 - $34•Onsite

About The Position

Chicago Public Schools (CPS) is seeking an Arts Education Teacher Pipeline Support to serve as a strategic project coordinator. This role is crucial for the launch and execution of a multi-year initiative aimed at increasing the number of certified arts educators in alignment with the district’s Arts Education Plan 2.0. The Department of Arts Education (DAE) integrates rigorous arts instruction to drive student engagement, academic achievement, and postsecondary readiness. The goal is to establish the arts as a universal instructional lever that empowers every CPS student to become a critical thinker, problem-solver, and high-performing citizen. This grant-funded role will build data infrastructure, execute gap analyses, and manage recruitment logistics to ensure certified educators are deployed to underserved communities. The position will collaborate with the DAE, CPS Talent Office, local and state organizations, and higher education institutions to recruit, certify, and retain high-quality arts educators in music, dance, theatre, visual arts, and media arts. This role is ideal for someone with experience in arts education, teacher certification policy, creative workforce development, and human capital strategy.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university required.
Minimum of three (3) years of professional experience in K–12 arts education, teacher recruitment, higher education partnerships, and/or education policy.
In-person participation in district recruitment events, partner meetings, and occasional site visits required.
Access to reliable transportation required.
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.

Nice To Haves

Experience in teacher preparation, education leadership, or public policy preferred.
Project or strategic program design support experience preferred.

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.