The Center for Teaching & Learning (CTL) at CU Boulder offers free and confidential classroom observations for educators at all levels. Whether you’re a tenured professor, teaching professor, lecturer ...

Teachers can create welcoming, safe spaces while still maintaining high expectations and holding students accountable.

Different observation tools are available to suit various needs. Policy makers in states from coast to coast are demanding more rigorous teacher evaluations that lead to real improvements in ...

A growing number of educators are turning to 'strategic noticing'—a strengths-based approach to classroom behavior management that emphasizes reinforcing positive actions over reacting to negative ...

Ralph Krauss works in digital innovations at Pinecrest Academy of Nevada, a group of five charter schools in the Las Vegas area, and Academica Virtual Education, a support service for virtual schools.

Our Faculty developers have extensive experience in education and can offer an outside perspective to instructors to assist in assessing their teaching. A classroom or online course observation can ...

As the rubber hits the road in the implementation of states’ revamped teacher-evaluation systems, new research illuminates a troubling source of bias. School principals—when conducting classroom ...

When teachers encounter disruptive or noncompliant students in the classroom, they typically respond by focusing on the negative behavior. When teachers encounter disruptive or noncompliant students ...

Instructional leaders need to know what is happening when the bell rings and the door closes — in every classroom, in every building, every day. And the best way to do that is through careful but ...

Classroom observation was designed to support teachers’ professional growth. At its best, it provides structured feedback, encourages reflection, and strengthens instructional practice. Within the ...