FCPS has created template agreements for all partnerships.  

Please start by contacting the Administrator of Business & Community Partnerships at [email protected] to begin the discussions of partnering. 

Template language will be shared during initial discussions, as will a discussion about being an Ignite Partner, or not.

Following your discussion with the Administrator of Business & Community Partnerships, send a completed one-page Impact Statement that will be shared with you.  

With the Impact Statement we’ll begin to determine with whom you’ll be partnering and if the Ignite Partnership thresholds will be met.  

An in-person meeting to discuss joint goals for the partnership will likely be set up, at which time the template agreement will also be reviewed.  

Once both parties and the Office of Business and Community Partnerships have settled on the agreement language, the team in the Office of Business and Community Partnerships will manage the signature process.

Important: The superintendent of Fairfax County Public Schools always signs first and they are the only person to sign for FCPS.

The Administrator of Business & Community Partnerships will manage the approval process, keeping you informed of any changes.

This process has taken as little as 1 day and as long as 1 year depending on the complexity.  On average it take 1 to 3 weeks.

Once signed by the Superintendent, the original agreement will be sent to the FCPS partnering entity for the final signature. 

The partner will receive complete instructions including where to return the document.

Once two original signatures are on the original document,  the partnership is “official.”

All partnering entities will be emailed a scanned copy of the agreement, keeping the original document in the FCPS central office.

Congratulations!