Case Study: Colorado Springs School District 11 transforms coaching and professional learning with KickUp

Colorado Springs School District 11 drives 95% coaching adoption with KickUp

Colorado Springs School District 11 (D11) faced a challenge in creating a consistent and effective instructional coaching system across its 56 schools. The district's professional development was decentralized, relying on gut feelings and anecdotal feedback rather than data-driven insights, which made it difficult to support teachers uniformly. To address this, the district turned to the vendor KickUp for its platform to unify their coaching efforts.

By implementing KickUp, D11 was able to standardize coaching practices and introduce real-time classroom walkthroughs, providing flexible entry points for schools to build trust. The solution yielded significant results, including over 2,000 walkthroughs completed in the first three months and a 95% adoption rate across the district. KickUp provided the data-driven structure needed to transform professional learning, aligning coaching with student outcomes and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

Colorado Springs School District 11