SSCE Partners
A community partner of the Department of Social Science and Civic Engagement serves to support, enrich, and work towards Chicago Public School’s Civic Life Vision.
SSCE Community Partners
SSCE Community Partners are nationally and locally recognized civic life leaders, professionals, community-based organizations, advocacy/social justice groups, government officials, non-profits, researchers, universities, and more from across the city and nation that serve as curriculum enrichment providers, professional development leaders, and experiential learning providers (i.e classroom guest speakers, out-of-school time clubs, student leadership engagement).
Civic life is core part of not just our department’s mission but it is defined in CPS’s mission.
Our community partners are actively living out civic life through the Seven Powerful Practices below. These practices shape the way we work together in every classroom, every school, and across the district and help us as a society realize our collective commitment to civic life.
Community partners strive to use these powerful practices in their own work to ensure ensure every student is ready for college, career, and civic life:
