Are you a warm, creative educator who loves the magic of early childhood? Do you have the heart, patience, and imagination to turn a classroom into a world of wonder where little learners thrive? Aspen Academy is looking for an amazing teacher to join our Kindergarten team for the 26-27 school year! 

Full Time | Onsite

Starting annual salary $57,172 - $85,634 (based on education & experience step and ladder, max 9 years teaching experience credit)

Why Aspen Academy?

Located in the southern metro area of beautiful Denver, Colorado, at Aspen Academy, we're not just a school; we're a community committed to shaping the leaders of tomorrow. Our dedication to Next Generation education sets us apart, as we equip students with the enduring life skills they need for future success. We look at learning as a way to ignite the personal passions and interests of each and every student. Our unique leadership, finance, and entrepreneurial development (LiFE) program prepares students for life. Students thrive as they build lasting relationships with peers and teachers through small class sizes and a community focus.

We embody and promote the community's values in our thoughts, words, and actions, serving as committed and supportive co-leaders in realizing Aspen Academy's vision and mission:

• Our values: Be Kind. Do Good. Work Hard. Make the World Better.
• Our mission: We edify and inspire students and educators to grow, learn and lead.
• Our vision: We are a national leader in innovative and transformative education.

About Your Role

• You cultivate students’ curiosity, engagement, growth and performance in academic, intellectual, social and emotional domains.
• You set empathetic limits with students, encourage natural consequences, and foster responsible decision-making in a supportive environment.
• You are a competent, compassionate, creative, dedicated and enthusiastic professional. You are committed to your own growth and improvement.
• You possess strong instructional pedagogy, in addition to curiosity and expertise in the content to be taught.
• You are an excellent communicator, both written and verbal.
• You consistently exhibit strengths in time management and organization, as well as social and emotional intelligence and cultural competency.

What You’ll Do

• Classroom Strategies and Behaviors: Communicate learning goals and feedback, establish rules and procedures; help students interact, practice and deepen new knowledge, and generate and test hypotheses; engage students; recognize adherence to norms and procedures; establish and maintain effective relationships with students; communicate high expectations for all students. Create and maintain a classroom environment aligned with “Love and Logic” Principles.
• Serve as Leadership, Finance, Entrepreneurship (LiFE) Coach: Execute engaging lessons daily, evaluate lesson efficacy, integrate LiFE themes into the core curriculum, and lead impactful programs to develop strong Leadership, Finance, and Entrepreneurship skills in students. Ensure effective scaffolding of learning, practice, and mastery of these skills in yourself and your students.
• Plan and Prepare: Plan and prepare for lessons and units, resources and technology, needs of neurodiverse learners and differentiated learning styles, implementation of culturally responsive classrooms.
• Develop and Maintain Strong, Positive and Productive Partnerships: Communicate proactively, positively and consistently with students, parents, teammates, and our community, fostering a collaborative and supportive community.
• Reflect on Teaching: Evaluate personal performance as well as develop and implement a professional growth plan.
• Collegiality and Professionalism: Champion a positive environment; promote an exchange of ideas and strategies; promote our school and its community’s development.

What You’ll Love About Us

Be Kind. Do Good. Work Hard. Make the World Better. These are the values our team embodies day to day. Below are some of the ways in which we’ll promise to value you in your time here:

• Retirement: 403(b) plan with employer matching
• Healthcare: Medical, dental and vision plans with various options to support your unique needs. Free telehealth.
• Wellness: Holistic employee assistance program (EAP) including mental health support. Fitness challenges, gym & yoga discounts, health education, and fun team activities.
• Life Insurance & Voluntary Benefits: Group life insurance and option to enroll in additional voluntary life insurance and other supplemental coverages
• Time-off: Flexible PTO policy
• Career development: Professional development reimbursement program and monthly onsite professional development
• Family Care: Tuition assistance and potential financial aid
• Community: A sense of belonging

Further details about our total compensation package can be found here.

Salary Range: Starting annual salary $57,172 - $85,634 (based on education & experience step and ladder, max 9 years teaching experience credit)

More about Aspen Academy

Aspen Academy is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace committed to providing an environment of mutual respect, where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and military and veteran status.

Apply Today!

To join us in our mission to provide an unparalleled education that equips students with the knowledge and skills to excel in a changing world, apply here.

What You’ll Need to Get the Job Done

• Required: Bachelor’s degree. Master's degree preferred.
• Preferred: Teaching certification
• 3-5 years classroom experience.
• Evidence of content mastery.
• A passion for Next Generation learning.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
• A commitment to igniting curiosity, and making learning fun and challenging.
• Agility, adaptability and a high degree of change-readiness.
• Proficient use of computer software, Google Suite and learning management systems (Blackbaud preferred).
• Grant permission for a criminal background check upon hire.
• Meet physical demands to perform essential functions of the role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions: Ability to work full-time, including occasional evenings and weekends; work in person/in the school building; speak for long periods of time. Regularly required to stand; walk; use hands; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, or crouch. Frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds; occasionally life up to 50 pounds.

About Aspen Academy

Aspen Academy – Be Kind. Do Good. Make the world a better place. This is the only rule at our national model school and the focus of the work that we do every day. We prepare students to enter, succeed in, and graduate from outstanding high schools. We are committed to providing an intentionally diverse student body with an outstanding liberal arts education within the framework of an individualized education; character, leadership and entrepreneurial development; and service learning. Students thrive as they build lasting relationships with peers and teachers through small class sizes and a community focus. Justice, equity, diversity and inclusion are core to Aspen Academy. We are passionate about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable working and learning environment for all students, staff, and faculty. We believe every member on our team enriches our community by exposing us to a broad range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify challenges, and to discover, design and deliver solutions. If this inspires you, please apply to join our team.

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