Instructional Coaching Program
The Crown Center for Teaching invites faculty and instructors of all ranks, including visiting instructors, to sign up for the Instructional Coaching Program. Instructional coaching can include the use of the Inclusive Pedagogies Observation Protocol (IPOP foundations and advanced), a shortened version of the IPOP, and is also flexible depending upon your goals and needs related to delivering equitable and anti-racist pedagogies through support with syllabus, assessment and field experience design.
The coachee’s teaching challenges and successes revealed through this program are not shared with department/program chairs, mentors, or colleagues. Privacy and confidentiality are taken very seriously because we want this program to be a space where educators can be vulnerable, can experiment with new teaching approaches, and feel supported as they learn and grow as teachers.
Questions? Contact the Faculty Fellow for Instructional Coaching, Tina Valtierra (kvaltierra@coloradocollege.edu).
Instructional Coaches
Participants in the coaching program must commit to two coaching cycles in either the fall or spring semester, proactive scheduling, and communication with their Instructional Coach. Participants are also required to attend a coaching program orientation during Block 1.
- Coaching cycles typically include a pre-observation conversation, a two-stage classroom observation using the Inclusive Pedagogies Observation Protocol (IPOP foundations and discourse), and a post-observation debrief.
- Instructional Coaches are paid $2,750 each academic year to support the professional growth of one coachee.
- Instructional Coaches for 2024-25 and 2025-26