Early Learning / Childhood Education Teacher

Job Description

Job Description

Schedule : Full-time, M-F, 7 : 00a to 6pm (Variable shifts within Center operating hours)

Hiring Range : $25.25 – $29.25 per hour DOE (Full salary range up to $29.80 for long-tenured staff currently in position or other exceptional circumstances.)

Summary / objective :

Warren Village’s United Airlines Early Learning Center at Gilpin serves children ages 6 weeks to 12 years old in a comprehensive, high-quality early learning environment with teaching teams and a strong emphasis on whole-child development, teacher training, and application of Conscious Discipline®. The Learning Center is a Colorado Shines 5-Star recognized center. This center is attached to a low-income, transitional supportive housing complex and is open to resident families as well as the surrounding community. The Early Childhood Teacher plays a critical role in fostering the social, emotional, cognitive, and physical development of young children, ensuring a safe, nurturing, and engaging learning environment. This position requires expertise in early childhood education best practices and adherence to Colorado-specific licensing standards, as well as familiarity with federal programs like Head Start. Teachers will plan and implement developmentally appropriate curricula, assess children’s progress, and collaborate with families and colleagues to promote optimal child development. Teachers must balance classroom leadership, compliance, and collaboration to foster a positive learning environment for children.

Warren Village recognizes that our backgrounds are broad, and our talents are many, from different lived experiences. We value and leverage our differences to encompass and reflect the communities we serve.

At Warren Village, we uphold organizational values of accountability, collaboration, empowerment, excellence, inclusion, and integrity. We agree to engage our work together with honesty and transparency, clear decision-making, continuous learning and improvement, a commitment to repair, community building, and collective growth and well-being.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities :

• Curriculum and Instruction

Develops and implements weekly lesson plans aligned with Colorado Early Learning and Development Guidelines, Creative Curriculum®, and Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework.

Conducts assessments via established tools and documents progress in digital portfolios.

Classroom Management

Maintains a clean and organized classroom according to CDHS guidelines.

Build strong relationships with families through conferences, home visits, and daily updates.

Complies with licensing regulations such as teacher-child ratios, health protocols, and safety standards.

Cooperates with co-teachers, aides, coaches, and external agencies.

Other duties as assigned.

Competencies

Minimum / Required Qualifications :

Preferred education, knowledge, and / or experience :

Work Environment : The working environment is typically that of a classroom setting, including using a computer and other educational tools and communicating accurately with staff and children. The employee may be exposed to contagious / ill children and must therefore be conscious of their own health and safety as well as that of the children, parents, and school personnel. The environment includes unusual elements, such as dirt, dust, fumes, smoke, unpleasant odors, and / or loud noises.

Physical Demands : While performing these duties, the employee will occasionally be required to lift to 40 pounds and frequently sit, stand, walk, bend, and crouch, inside and outside the building.

Salary & Benefits : $25.25 – $29.25 per hour DOE. (Full salary range up to $29.80 for long-tenured staff currently in position or other exceptional circumstances.)

Attractive benefits package, including generous paid time off (sick / vacation days) and 12 holidays. One-week closure in both winter and summer (paid outside of PTO). Matching employer 403(b) plan. Comprehensive and affordable medical, dental and vision plans for employee and dependents. Virtual telemedicine program. Voluntary supplemental Short-Term Disability and other similar benefits. Plus, company paid life and long-term disability insurance paid and Employee Assistance Program. FSA and HSA accounts. Professional development and tuition reimbursement opportunities. Discounted Early Learning services available.

$500 sign on bonus after 90 days of employment.

To Apply : Interested candidates should submit their resume to https : / / warrenvillage.org / about -us / #careers. Subject line : ELC Teacher - Gilpin

Only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

The above declarations are not intended to be an “all-inclusive” list of the duties and responsibilities of the job described, nor are they intended to be such a listing of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Rather, they are intended only to describe the general nature of the job.

We do not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiting agencies. Warren Village is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy or related medical conditions), national origin, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, or other protected category. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please contact us at careers@warrenvillage.org.