Become a Partner

Join the SSCE Community

Are you and/or team interested in becoming a community partner to enrich and advance Civic Life of CPS?

Become a Partner

Below we have provided a few reflection questions to ask yourself and your team to begin the process of becoming a partner of ours.

How does/has your organization:

  • align with our Civic Life Vision
  • included voices, expertise, and leadership of students/youth in your work?
  • worked continually to understand the community(ies) you serve?
  • showed advancement to equity and youth civic participation?
  • advocated for civic learning as essential to K-12 education?
  • showed evidence of assessment and reflection of goals and impact of your services?
  • worked with CPS schools or the district prior to this partnership?
  • collaborated with our department in the past for special projects and/or events?

Next Steps

Do you and your team feel like you are a potential match for the SSCE Department?

If so, great! If you’re not sure, please share your objective/goal in the form below for reaching out so can confirm and/or refer you to a better connection point/dept within CPS.

Please fill out and submit the Prospective Partner Form. Our Community Partnership Specialist, Amber Neal, will be in contact soon to follow up.