Frequently Asked Questions
About PEBC
PEBC works in Colorado and across the nation to prepare outstanding new teachers, support practicing educators and leaders to become exceptional, and shape policies that foster vibrant growth and lasting student success. We are a nonprofit organization with three main areas of focus: Professional Learning, Teacher Preparation, and Education Policy.
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PEBC is funded through a combination of fees-for-service, public and private grants, and charitable contributions. You can read more about our financing and our impact in our annual report.
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Professional Learning
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PEBC Staff Developers and Leadership coaches can provide on-site, embedded, contextualized professional learning, including:
- Co-planning & co-teaching with teachers or teams
- Demonstration Lessons to Illustrate Best Practice
- Engage in individual or small group coaching conversations
- Observe Teachers and Leaders and provide feedback
- Lead Book Studies or Text based discussions Using high quality Texts & Protocols
- Facilitate Small Groups or PLCs
- Facilitate Learning Walks
- Facilitate Internal and External Learning Labs
- Facilitate customized In-services and Seminars
Education Policy
PEBC’s policy team has three consistent priorities - access to the profession, retention of high quality educators, and improving school finance. This year we also have a special focus on school safety. You can learn more about our current policy priorities here.
Please see our Policy page for an up-to-date list, or contact PEBC”s policy team.
Outside of the legislative session, the PEBC policy team reviews and updates their priorities and meets with legislators, school leaders, and other stakeholders in the field. Currently, when meeting with legislators and state leaders, their focus is on increasing access to the profession through stipends, the Educator Recruitment and Retention Program, and other programs. The policy team is also facilitating a convening on school safety along with our facilitation partners, Confluence Policy + Strategy Group, our special focus this upcoming legislative session. Last, PEBC’s policy team sits on a variety of statewide advisory boards and working groups focused on a wide range of issues in ECE-12 policy, providing thought leadership across issues such as school finance, artificial intelligence, workforce preparation, and the needs of Colorado’s rural school districts.
To learn more or get involved, please contact PEBC’s policy team.
During the legislative session, the PEBC policy team works with our lobbyist to track bills that are important to the PEBC vision. The team continues to meet with legislators, offer testimony on bills that PEBC’s board supports, and provide insights on legislation when applicable. Throughout the legislative session, the PEBC team remains engaged in stakeholder meetings locally and statewide to collaborate with other leaders in education on improving Colorado’s educational system to make it more equitable for each and every learner.