Skyline has built a number of ways to support and get involved in the curriculum development. Whether through the Curriculum Collaborative opportunities for CPS teachers and students, or our work with community and curriculum vendor partners, there are opportunities to make an impact.
Skyline Curriculum Collaborative
Skyline was built in partnership with over 300 CPS teachers who joined the district-wide Skyline Curriculum Collaborative between 2019 and 2021. To ensure the curriculum remains current and responsive to students, we are committed to annual revisions, improvements, and additions to the resources.
We believe the continuous improvement of Skyline can only be accomplished in collaboration with the teachers and students it is intended to serve. The Curriculum Collaborative Steering Committee (CCSC) is where teachers and students work with the Skyline Curriculum Design Team throughout the year to aggregate cohort feedback, revise existing materials and contribute new comprehensive courses. Here are key elements of our shared work:
- Nine 90-min group sessions throughout the school year
- Classroom visits for observation and co-teaching
- Student focus groups for feedback and co-designing
- $1,500 stipend
- 2 Collaborative Showcases
UX/UI Stakeholder Engagement
User Experience/User Interface (UX/UI) Stakeholder Engagement is an opportunity for teachers, school leaders, paraprofessionals and other Skyline users to interact directly with new development for the Skyline Digital Learning Environment before it goes live. Stakeholder feedback is essential to ensure that the district’s Skyline vendor partners are continuously improving their products to make Skyline guidance and learning resources easier to find and use.
In 2025 the district is excited to offer Skyline teachers many new ways to interact with the student-facing materials and teacher guidance from within Google Classroom. We will be offering PAID opportunities for teachers to interact with and provide feedback on our latest Skyline Google Classroom templates in January 2025.
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Partner with Skyline
Skyline regularly seeks external creative partnerships to enrich our curriculum and provide students with engaging, diverse digital learning experiences. We welcome collaboration from organizations across industries and fields to contribute invaluable knowledge and resources, with an emphasis on local Chicago cultural institutions.
Ways to Get Involved
Join us in delivering powerful digital education resources. Propose a partnership opportunity by completing the CPS External Partnership Intake Screener.
Curriculum Sharing
Do you have existing digital lessons, multimedia, or other K-12 standards-aligned learning materials? Share your resources with us to integrate into our platform and broaden what students can learn.
Collaborative Design
Work directly with our curriculum designers to co-create original digital lessons, activities, simulations, and assessments from the ground up. Lend your specialized expertise to build immersive learning experiences.
Supplemental Resources
Enhance our coverage of specific subjects by providing supplemental materials such as videos, interactive graphics, reference databases, educational games, and more. Reinforce learning with your rich resources.
Existing Skyline Partners
External partnerships enable Skyline to collaborate with renowned institutions in creating engaging and interactive digital learning experiences throughout the Skyline curriculum. Our partners include:
- SAFARI Montage
- McGraw Hill
- Public Consulting Group (PCG)
- Common Good Learning Tools
- Vista Higher Learning
- Renaissance
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
- The Haitian American Museum of Chicago (HAMOC)
- Unite for Literacy
- Lincoln Park Zoo
- Field Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Chicago History Museum
- CIGNA / University of California Berkeley
- NASCAR
- Dyson
- Adler Planetarium
- The Newberry Library
Need Help?
If you or a member of your team encounter challenges using Skyline, please visit the Service Now website and open a support ticket, or simply call 773-553-3925 and a support ticket will be opened for you.