Partners List

Browse around this section to find out more about our partners:



Chicago Public Schools
Chicago Public Schools (CPS), in order to meet their commitment to deliver graduates who are career-directed, knowledgeable about technology, and lifelong learners, has chosen to collaborate with Tec Services, Inc.'s TeraU program.  CPS contributes facilities and equipment, access to students, cooperative teachers, and marketing/recruiting support. 

The mission of CPS is to graduate active, self-actualized 21st century citizens who will be caring, career-directed, value-oriented individuals, competent in communications and problem solving.  CPS is committed to providing its students with the opportunities necessary to develop skills in creative and critical thinking, skills in living and working both independently and cooperatively, as well as knowledge of technology and interdependence in a global and multicultural society.  CPS will strive to inspire students to become positive, lifelong learners.

The TeraU program has been successfully implemented at the following Chicago Public Schools:

  • John Hope College Preparatory High School
  • Wells Community Academy High School
  • Austin Community Academy High School
  • Collins High School



Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce
In order to help expand and implement TEC Services, Inc.'s TeraU program, the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce assumes the role of Grantee.  It is the employer-based intermediary with fiduciary responsibility for the distribution of grant funds.  The Chamber commits to meeting regularly with the grant partners to assess the effective delivery of the program.  Additionally, the Chamber promotes the grant in an effort to provide speakers for program career-awareness presentations, real-world technology projects for students to complete during their Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO)/TeraU training, and Chamber members that would offer internships or employment of graduates to the DCEO/TeraU program.

The Chamber provides the following to the TeraU program:

  • Overall grant administration.
  • Fiduciary responsibility, quarterly reporting, and grant-end audit.
  • Low-cost services to the grant recruiting effort.
  • Identification and recruitment of business speakers for career presentations.
  • Identification and recruitment of technical business projects for student training.
  • Participation in, and co-coordination of, graduation events.
  • Identifying potential internship possibilities.
  • Identifying potential employment opportunities.
  • Participating in regular meetings with CPS and TEC Services to assess the effectiveness and relevance of the training to meet business and technology objectives.



Chicago Workforce Board
The mission of the CWB is to support the vision of Chicago as a world-class city by ensuring the creation of a workforce development system that sustains economic growth and competitiveness by meeting the needs of employers for qualified workers and expanding employment opportunities for Chicagoland residents.

The Board is a non-profit organization with 54 board members providing a forum where business, labor, education, government, community-based organizations, and other stakeholders work together to develop strategies to address the supply and demand of the local workforce.



Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
DCEO provides a High-Technology School-to-Work Grant to expand and implement TEC Services, Inc.'s TeraU program.  The TeraU program meets the following eligibility requirements for DCEO's High-Technology School-to-Work Grant:

  • It includes a partnership agreement between employers or employer-based intermediary organizations and one or more schools. 
  • The employer/school partnership provides students with work experience in high-technology occupations combined with related classroom instruction. 
  • It includes occupations that are technology-oriented.

Also, the DCEO-funded High-Technology School-to-Work initiative is narrowly targeted to secondary and post-secondary students in high-technology industries and occupations.