Educator Effectiveness Assurances

Annual Educator Effectiveness Assurances Overview

Annual Assurances Process

By July 1st of each year, Colorado districts and BOCES are required to submit assurances that they are implementing the State Model Evaluation System or another evaluation system that adheres to the requirements in statute and Colorado State Board of Education rules for teachers, principals, and special services providers (SSPs).

For the 2023-24 school year, assurances remain the same as they have been since 2020-21. The assurances include:

• The educator evaluation model used to evaluate teachers, principals, and all nine categories of SSPs;
• For those educators evaluated using the state model evaluation system, the weights assigned to the four professional practices quality standards defined in rule;
• The implementation of the Advisory Personnel Performance Evaluation Council (also referred to as the 1338 Committee); and
• The date by which all educators will be trained on the system that will be used for their evaluation.

The 2023-24 assurances process will open April 17, 2023. To complete the assurances process, the Superintendent/BOCES Executive Director or appointed designee:

• Views the 2023-24 submission instructions for the assurances for educator evaluation systems;
• Collects all information listed above BEFORE opening the web form; and
• Completes the online web form (opening April 17th). Do not begin to enter your data into this form until you have all the information above because you will not be able to save your work and resume the form later.​

Please contact Kristin Kipp of the Research and Impact Team, or your Educator Effectiveness Regional Specialist, if you have any questions or need any assistance regarding assurances. For general questions, please email Educator Effectiveness.

Historical Assurances Data

Current and historical use of educator effectiveness models for teachers, principals, and SSPs is available in an interactive display. 

Access Assurances Interactive Display

Also available is a summary spreadsheet of the educator effectiveness assurances data by district and BOCES. 

Access Assurances Summary Spreadsheet

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