Office of Standards and Instructional Support

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About

The Office of Standards and Instructional Support (SIS) consists of full-time and part-time staff of content specialists with expertise in all areas within the Colorado Academic Standards. This team is committed to supporting education professionals across the state in implementing the Colorado Academic Standards (CAS) for student success. The team provides guidance and expertise through technical assistance, both internally and externally, related to standards implementation and instructional support.

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News and Announcements

Teaching and Learning CoLab in Lamar on October 3

The 2025 Teaching and Learning CoLab will be held in Lamar on Friday, October 3, in cooperation with the Southeast BOCES and Lamar Community College. This year's theme, "Together We Learn," reflects a commitment to inclusive, innovative, and collaborative educational practices. Join us for a day of shared learning, meaningful dialogue, and actionable strategies to support Colorado's educators and students. Schools are encouraged to attend CoLab in teams, with teachers representing multiple grades and content areas.

Supporting Student Success: Academic Guidance for Parents, Families, Caretakers, and Communities

NEW from SIS: These "Supporting Student Success" guides are designed to help parents, families, caretakers, and community members support children's academic success beyond the school day. Because supporting learning is a shared effort, the guides describe activities you can engage in with students that complement what they are learning in school, and provide suggestions for working with schools and teachers. The guides are organized into four grade bands, and content areas are grouped to strengthen connections across areas. The guides were developed by the academic content specialists in CDE's Office of Standards and Instructional Support with input from CDE's Office of Family, Community, and School Partnerships, CDE’s Office of Migrant Education Program, and other family and student advocacy groups.

Spanish and English language PDFs of the success guides are coming soon.

Virtual Curriculum Adoption and Implementation Learning Series

CDE is offering a three-part webinar series to help school and district leaders, as well as adoption and implementation committees, understand and apply CDE’s Curriculum Adoption and Implementation Guidance. Hosted by CDE’s mathematics and literacy content specialists, each 30-minute session will highlight key components of the guidance and provide time for live Q&A. Interested attendees in the learning series can submit questions in advance. Join the session on Zoom.

Recordings from the first two sessions are available on Vimeo:

Determine Current and Ideal State with a Communal Lens (Adoption)
Research, Evaluate and Analyze Materials (Adoption)

The last session on September 23, 1:30 - 2:00 pm is "Implement with a Systems Lens and Create a Sustainable System" (Implementation). Questions regarding the learning series can be sent to Tabitha Nickerson, CDE Mathematics Content Specialist, at nickerson_t@cde.state.co.us.