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A vast array of resources are available through CU’s Teaching Quality Framework and Quality Teaching Initiatives.

TQF: Teaching Quality Framework

Building on and collaborating with the KU efforts, CU has adapted the KU materials and its predecessors to create a local 7-dimensional rubric, this is part of the broader framework that includes both the tools for sevaluation and the practices that surround these.

A great place to start is CU Boulder's 1 page summary of their Teaching Quality Framework

For a bit more info, CU's 2-pager on TQF includes a brief introduction to its multi-dimensional rubric: Teaching Quality Framework Rubric - Oct 2020

Still want more, you got it: TQF example rubric-based approach to evaluating teaching

Here's an example rubric from Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures

For TQF with a DEI focus and many additional resources: Teaching Quality Framework Rubric - Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Focus

Still not enough? Check out CU Boulder's TQF Homepage for links to their framework, rubrics, and background information.

QTI: Quality Teaching Initiative

CU also utilizes other frameworks and rubrics, to include their Quality Teaching Initiative (webpage) .

An example of the Quality Teaching Initiative in rubric form that considers multiple evaluation lenses: QTI example rubric-based approach to evaluating teaching