Welcome to the Tointon Institute

My name is Janet Alcorn, and I am the Director of the Tointon Institute for Educational Change. I want to welcome you to the Tointon Institute and invite you to learn more about our programs. As a former elementary principal myself, I feel strongly that professional development for educators is of crucial importance if we are to be successful in educating our children by remaining current in our knowledge base and practices ourselves. At the Tointon Institute for Educational Change, we provide professional development opportunities for principals and teacher leaders. Our residential academies are characterized by open inquiry, in-depth analysis, innovative delivery, and small size to maximize personalization. Many of the finest educators and professional developers in the state make up our cadre of facilitators. 

Over 5,000 Colorado educators have benefited from the work of the Tointon Institute since its establishment in 1995. Many claim that their participation in our program was one of the finest professional development experiences in their lifetime as educators. District leaders have labeled it as the gold standard of professional development for educators in Colorado. All leave our academies with an expanded knowledge base, a network of professionals with whom many maintain contact for years after the academy, and an appreciation of the time given to them to grow as individuals and as professionals.

Bob Tointon said in his farewell address to the University of Northern Colorado after his nine years as a UNC Trustee, “The road to success is always under construction.” We at the Tointon Institute for Educational Change embrace this concept and work hard to plan and develop professional development experiences for educators that allows participants in our academies to continue their personal constructions as they build their bridges to excellence.

Sincerely,
Janet Alcorn, Ed.D.