Arts Education Talent Pipeline Coordinator

Chicago Public Schools; Chicago (IL); Presencial; USD 41.328 - 46.838; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Chicago Public Schools (CPS) seeks an Arts Teacher Pipeline Support to coordinate the launch and execution of a multi-year initiative to increase certified arts educators across music, dance, theatre, visual arts, and media arts.

Reporting to the Director of Arts Access & Operations, you will map teacher preparation landscapes, analyze workforce data, and build partnerships with universities and arts organizations while balancing multiple priorities.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree 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.

Responsabilidades

• 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-performance models
• Other duties as assigned

Conocimientos

Data analysis

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Education policy knowledge

Educación

Bachelor's degree

Herramientas

Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Slides)

Tableau

Smartsheet

Power BI

Descripción del empleo

Chicago Public Schools (CPS) seeks an Arts Teacher Pipeline Support to coordinate the launch and execution of a multi-year initiative to increase certified arts educators across music, dance, theatre, visual arts, and media arts.

Reporting to the Director of Arts Access & Operations, you will map teacher preparation landscapes, analyze workforce data, and build partnerships with universities and arts organizations while balancing multiple priorities.