Individual Consultations

At CU Boulder, we offer free and confidential teaching consultations for all educators, including tenured and tenure-track faculty, instructors of all ranks, and graduate student instructors. Whether you’re refining a course or exploring new teaching strategies, the CTL and ASSETT teams are here to support you.

What We Can Help With

Our consultations are tailored to your needs and can cover a variety of topics, including:

  • Remote & Hybrid Teaching: Strategies for adapting to different teaching modalities.
  • Student Engagement: Building community and fostering participation, even in large lecture settings.
  • Equitable & Inclusive Teaching: Culturally responsive approaches to support all learners.
  • Course Design: Guidance on syllabus creation and course structure.
  • Assessment & Grading: Designing rubrics, exploring grading or ungrading strategies, and more.
  • Innovative Teaching Methods: Integrating new strategies or instructional technologies.
  • CTL/ASSETT Programs: Learning about programming, certificates, or resources available to you.
  • Class Observations: Feedback based on in-class observations, with or without student input. (Graduate student teachers completing a VTC should contact their departmental lead.)

How to Schedule Your Consultation

Fill out the form below, and a CTL or ASSETT staff member will contact you to schedule your session. 
We’re available year-round and ready to meet whenever works best for you.

Your growth as an educator matters—let’s work together to enhance your teaching practice!

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Individual Teaching Consultation

Requesting an individual teaching consultation to talk one-on-one with a CTL/ASSETT staff member. 
 

Please tell us what you'd like to gain from a teaching consultation. Specifically, please provide as much detail as you are comfortable sharing about the teaching-related questions, goals, challenges, or issues you would like to address. This will help us identify the most appropriate person at the CTL/ASSETT or another unit to support you.
Please list a few times that generally work in your schedule to meet with a CTL/ASSETT consultant. CTL/ASSETT staff will schedule directly with you.
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Please list a few general times you may be reached by phone.

Departmental or Group Teaching Consultation

Requesting a group or departmental teaching consultation. The CTL/ASSETT can design and offer trainings tailored to your department, or a group of educators. CTL/ASSETT staff members will work with you to determine appropriate teaching resources and activities to meet your group's pedagogical needs. 
 

Please tell us about your group’s, department’s, or program's teaching needs. Specifically, please provide as much detail as you are comfortable sharing about the teaching-related questions, goals, challenges, or issues you would like to address. This will help us identify the most appropriate person at the CTL/ASSETT or another unit to support you.
I prefer to be contacted...
 
 
Please list a few general times you may be reached by phone.

Educator Testimonies

"I found my inclusive pedagogy consultation to be informative, generative and affirming. [I was] offered specific practices I could add to my everyday online teaching as well as ways to alter my course structure to be more responsive to the needs of all my students."

– CU Graduate Student Instructor 

"[My consultation] was an enormous help getting me started and comfortable with the new Zoom online teaching.  [The CTL staff member] listened very well and helped me solve every issue I confronted. He worked with me every week and truly helped my large lecture class become a success."

– CU Professor

"Thank you very much for your expertise, kindness, and patience during our email exchanges and Zoom chat. You have made time for any and all questions. You have not made me feel hesitant to ask a question or hesitant to state that I do not know something. You have been enthusiastic and sincere in sharing your expertise, sharing the insights that you have gained from others, and walking through things with me."

– CU Instructor