AI-Powered Observations for Colorado Principals
Generate feedback aligned to Colorado's Quality Standards from your observation notes in seconds - trusted by principals across Colorado school districts.
Education in Colorado
Education Landscape
Colorado serves approximately 880,000 students across 179 school districts, with roughly 53,000 teachers statewide. The Colorado Department of Education (CDE) oversees educator effectiveness under SB 10-191, which requires annual evaluations for all licensed educators. Evaluations are split between professional practice and measures of student learning.
Observation Requirements
Under SB 10-191, Colorado requires at least one formal observation per year for non-probationary teachers and at least two for probationary teachers. Districts may require additional observations beyond the statutory minimum. Observations must be of sufficient frequency and duration to ensure reliable data collection, and the evaluation process includes regular conversations between evaluators and teachers throughout the year.
Framework Spotlight
Supported Frameworks in Colorado
Colorado's SB 10-191 requires all districts to evaluate teachers using state-approved Quality Standards. The Colorado Department of Education provides the Colorado State Model Evaluation System with a rubric covering four Quality Standards - Content Knowledge, Classroom Environment, Facilitating Learning, and Professionalism - rated on a five-level scale. Districts may use the state model or develop their own system aligned to the Quality Standards. Some Colorado districts use the Danielson Framework for Teaching as their evaluation model. Observation Copilot supports the Danielson framework and can organize feedback around the Quality Standards that underpin all Colorado evaluations.
Why Observation Copilot
Built for Colorado School Leaders
Aligned to Colorado Quality Standards
Observation Copilot organizes your notes around Colorado's four Quality Standards - Content Knowledge, Classroom Environment, Facilitating Learning, and Professionalism - so your feedback matches the rubric your district requires under SB 10-191.
Same-Day Feedback for Teachers
Colorado principals using Copilot deliver written feedback within hours instead of weeks, keeping post-observation conferences focused, timely, and grounded in specific evidence.
Built for Colorado's Local Flexibility
Whether your district uses the Colorado State Model Evaluation System, Danielson FFT, or a locally developed rubric, Copilot adapts to your framework and generates aligned feedback.
How Observation Copilot Helps
AI-powered observations for Colorado
- Organizes observation notes by Colorado's four Quality Standards and their elements
- Generates evidence-based feedback with specific examples from your scripting
- Supports Danielson FFT and other frameworks used by Colorado districts
- Creates actionable next steps tied to specific Quality Standard elements
- Reduces post-observation write-up time from 45 minutes to under 10
What Educators Say
Trusted Nationwide
Principals across the country describe Observation Copilot as a game changer for their observation workflow. From Texas to Maine, school leaders are saving hours every week and delivering faster, more specific teacher feedback.
Observation Copilot has helped me to streamline and speed up the teacher feedback process. I'm able to organize the notes that I take during the lesson into summaries about the different dimensions while I get straight to the work of rating the lesson on the rubric.
Jason Cunningham - Stockdale, TX
Principal, Stockdale Independent School District
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