Colorado Classrooms LIVE is a pilot program being supported through a collaboration between Colorado Empowered Learning, Colorado River BOCES and Colorado Digital Learning Solutions that brings highly-qualified Colorado teachers into classrooms across Colorado through LIVE virtual instruction. This pilot is part of a pioneering effort in education that aims to develop a model of teaching and learning in Colorado classrooms that mixes the benefits of the traditional in-person learning experience for Colorado students with LIVE virtual teachers and exciting instructional technologies. The pilot is launching on evidence that LIVE teachers have a positive impact on student achievement. Simultaneously this pilot also aims to address the teacher shortage in Colorado schools by engaging experienced Colorado teachers in the education profession by offering them an innovative teaching and working environment where they can thrive.